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COMMUNICABLE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE IN CROATIA
Communicable
disease case notification in
May
S
a l m o n e l l o s i s. Number of cases registered in May was higher than in April (2003:121).
Last year intensity was slightly lower (196). Small clusters are
seen in Koprivnica (20), Virovitica (12), Rijeka (12) and
Zagreb Tresnjekva (12).
M o r bi l l i
(measles). No reports in May
R u b e l l a.
No reports in May
P a r o t I t I
s
epidemica (mumps). Only 2 cases were registered in May, 8 last year in the same
month.
S y p h i l i s.
There were 5 cases reported in May, 3 of them in Zadar area (Benkovac:1,
Biograd:1, Zadar : 1). This is similar to previous month (6), while in May last
year only 2 cases were recorded.
M e n i n g i t
i s v i r o s a (aseptic).
Beginning of seasonal raise registered (14:7). In May last year number was
similar (13). No clusters.
Q f e v e r.
There were 2 cases reported in May (Knin 1, Ploce 1), similarly to April (3),
slightly less than in May last year (4).
I n f l u e n z
a. In
May, last 186 cases were reported (4176 cases in April), and the 2008/2009
outbreak stopped. Total of 54080 cases were recorded during current outbreak.
That was insignificantly more than in previous year
(53688).
No reports in
May
from:
Garesnica, Vojnic, Opatija, Rovinj, Gracac, Makarska, Solin, Vis
and Lastovo. Total: 8 out of 113 epidemiological districts.
Epidemic outbreaks
Following outbreaks were reported in May:
Note:
in all outbreaks mentioned here, epidemiological investigation
and necessary measures were undertaken, preventing thus other
potential cases.
Dubrovnik streptococcal sore throat in a kindergarten. There
were 4 diseased out of 18 exposed between 12.4. and 23.4. 2009.
Donja Stubica
gastroenteritis in a groups of school children on excursion, settled in a hotel.
There were 12 diseased out of 108 exposed. Causative agent not found, analyses
negative. Mode of spread not detected. Epidemiological investigation in the
hotel did not reveal hygienic week points; personnel found pathogenic bacteria
negative
Makarska -
salmonella food poisoning (S. typhimurium) in a group of workers having
their hot meal in a field. Vehicle epidemiologically: backed pork meat, kept
outside refrigerator in a pick up van for several hours. Between 6.5. and 11.5.
2009 there were 3 diseased out of 70 exposed.
Samobor -
salmonella food poisoning (S. enteritidis) on 17.5. 2009 in a group of
construction workers after a meal of pork goulash with pasta, brought from a
near restaurant. No samples left for analyses.
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