摘要：In 2000, the OzFoodNet network was established to enhance surveillance of foodborne diseases acrossAustralia. OzFoodNet consists of 7 sites and covers 68 per cent of Australia's population. During 2001,sites reported 15,815 cases of campylobacteriosis, 6,607 cases of salmonellosis, 326 cases ofshigellosis, 71 cases of yersiniosis, 61 cases of listeriosis, 47 cases of shiga-toxin producing E. coli and5 cases of haemolytic uraemic syndrome. Sites reported 86 foodborne outbreaks affecting 1,768 people,of whom 4.0 per cent (70/1,768) were hospitalised and one person died. There was a wide range of foodsimplicated in these outbreaks and the most common agent was S. Typhimurium. Sites reported twointernational outbreaks; one of multi-drug resistant S. Typhimurium Definitive Type 104 due to helvaimported from Turkey, and one of S. Stanley associated with dried peanuts from China. The NationalCentre for Epidemiology and Population Health conducted a national survey of gastroenteritis.Preliminary data from interviews of 2,417 people suggests that the incidence of foodborne illness issignificantly higher than previously thought. OzFoodNet initiated case control studies into risk factors forCampylobacter, Salmonella, Listeria, and shiga-toxin producing E. coli. OzFoodNet developed a foodbornedisease outbreak register for Australia; established a network of laboratories to type Campylobacter;prepared a survey of pathology laboratories; reviewed Australian data on listeriosis; and assessed theusefulness of sentinel surveillance for gastroenteritis. This program of enhanced surveillance hasdemonstrated its capacity to nationally investigate and determine the causes of foodborne disease
