- Title
- Estimate of the number of Campylobacter infections in the Hunter region, NSW, 2004-2007
- Creator
- Roberts-Witteveen, April R.; Durrheim, David N.; Merritt, Tony D.; Munnoch, Sally A.
- Relation
- NSW Public Health Bulletin Vol. 20, Issue 11-12, p. 187-191
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/NB09009
- Publisher
- CSIRO Publishing
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2009
- Description
- Campylobacteriosis is not notifiable in NSW and the number of cases of Campylobacter disease is thus not well described. De-identified campylobacteriosis records for 2004–2007 were requested from laboratories in the Hunter region of NSW. Based on notifying laboratory, a Salmonella notification weighting was applied to laboratory-confirmed campylobacteriosis cases to provide an overall estimate of Campylobacter disease in the area. The estimated median of the annual number of laboratory-confirmed campylobacteriosis cases was 788 (range 700–1022). The ratio of estimated Campylobacter cases to Salmonella notifications was 5.5:1. Campylobacter infection causes considerable disease in the Hunter, and likely in NSW. Regular review of Campylobacter laboratory results may be valuable.
- Subject
- Campylobacteriosis; Campylobacter infection; Salmonella; Hunter
- Identifier
- uon:6853
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/805403
- Identifier
- ISSN:1034-7674
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