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dc.contributor.authorYoung, Megan K
dc.contributor.authorSlinko, Vicki
dc.contributor.authorSmith, James
dc.contributor.authorCarroll, Heidi
dc.contributor.authorBennett, Sonya
dc.contributor.authorAppleton, Sally
dc.contributor.authorMcCall, Brad J
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-12T04:22:28Z
dc.date.available2017-06-12T04:22:28Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn1326-0200
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/1753-6405.12387
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/99004
dc.description.abstractObjective: To examine outcomes of public health management of notified enteric fever cases in South-East Queensland over the past five years. Methods: Notification records of typhoid and paratyphoid infection in South-East Queensland 2008–2012 (inclusive) were reviewed to determine likelihood of cases and contacts adhering to present or previous recommendations for faecal clearance/screening, duration of infectiousness of cases and extent of local transmission to contacts. Results: Sixty-nine of 85 cases and 218 of 265 contacts submitted at least one faecal specimen. Cases were 2.7 (95%CI 1.2–6.0) and contacts were 4.4 (95%CI 3.0–6.4) times more likely to complete recommended faecal clearance/screening under previous compared to present guidelines (requiring more specimens). In ten cases with positive post-treatment specimens, last recorded infectiousness was 19 days to six months after notification. The documented rate of local transmission of infection was 18/1,000 contacts submitting at least one faecal specimen (95%CI 6–48/1,000). Conclusions: Local transmission risk of enteric fever in South-East Queensland is low, although small numbers of cases may have prolonged bacilli excretion post-treatment. More complex clearance/screening regimens are associated with decreased compliance. Implications: Pursuing extensive faecal clearance/screening regimens is unlikely to be effective in terms of public health management of enteric fever in South-East Queensland. We suggest a unified national approach focussing on cases/contacts at high risk of disease transmission.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom577
dc.relation.ispartofpageto581
dc.relation.ispartofissue6
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
dc.relation.ispartofvolume39
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEpidemiology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied economics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode420299
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3801
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4407
dc.titleInforming the public health management of typhoid and paratyphoid: The Australian context
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Medicine
gro.rights.copyright© 2015 Public Health Association of Australia. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Informing the public health management of typhoid and paratyphoid: The Australian context, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, [39(6), 577–581, 2015 which has been published in final form at http://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12387. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving (http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-828039.html)
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gro.griffith.authorYoung, Megan K.
gro.griffith.authorBennett, Sonya


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