Cases of Neisseria meningitidis invasive disease among children aged 10-14 in New Zealand

Disease: Diseases notifiable to the Medical Officer of Health under the Health Act 1956 and the Tuberculosis Act 1948 (http://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/notifiable-diseases).
Individual disease definition is found here http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/communicable-disease-control-manual-2012

Please note only acute cases of Hepatitis B and C are notifiable.

Notifiable disease data collected and reported by agencies other than ESR is not presented in this dataset i.e., acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and other spongiform encephalopathies, lead absorption equal to or in excess of 0.48 µmol/L, and poisoning arising from chemical contamination of the environment.
Not every case of acute gastroenteritis is necessarily notifiable, only those where there is a suspected common source or from a person in a high risk category (for example, a food handler, an early childhood service worker) or single cases of chemical, bacterial, or toxic food poisoning such as botulism or toxic shellfish poisoning.

Invasive group A streptococcal infection became notifiable on 1 October 2024.

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