title: Enteric disease outbreak reporting, New South Wales, Australia, 2000 to 2005.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review enteric disease outbreaks reported to the NSW Department of Health.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from existing electronic enteric disease outbreak summary databases were used to describe the number and type of outbreaks reported, burden of illness and cause of the outbreaks.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Between 2000 and 2005, 998 enteric disease outbreaks were reported (148 foodborne and 850 non-foodborne), affecting 24 260 people and associated with 771 hospitalisations and 21 deaths. Salmonella was confirmed in 28 per cent of foodborne outbreaks, and norovirus in 18 per cent of non-foodborne outbreaks.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Enteric disease outbreaks cause a substantial burden of disease in NSW.
authors: NSW Public Health Officer Training Program, NSW Department of Health. mcret@doh.health.nsw.gov.au
authors: Michelle
authors: M
authors: Cretikos
authors: Barbara
authors: B
authors: Telfer
authors: Jeremy
authors: J
authors: McAnulty
mesh_terms: D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D009517:New South Wales / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric