Outbreak Investigation Report

• Investigation of a measles outbreak on Phu Quoc Island, Viet Nam, April–June 2024

  Pham Nguyen Phu Khanh, Tran The Vinh, Vo Thi Thuy Tram, Bui Trung Nghia, Le Hoang Phuong, Nguyen Ngoc Bao Chau

  02-07-2026

  1026Views: 1026 933Downloads: 933

• A large outbreak of cryptosporidiosis at a pool in Melbourne, Australia, 2025: rapid investigation and public health response

  Clarissa Moreira, Renae Oliver, Norelle Sherry, Karolina Mercoulia, Annaliese van Diemen, Claire Gordon

  30-06-2026

  930Views: 930 850Downloads: 850

• Cholera outbreak among the Sama Badjao Indigenous community, Lucena City, Philippines, 2022

  Iris Ann D Bigyan, Catherine P Patricio, Johnette A Peñas, Nelson C Soriano, John Bobbie M Roca, Ray Justin Ventura, Mariz Zheila Blanco-Payuyo, Apple Charm Agulto

  30-06-2026

  1158Views: 1158 371Downloads: 371

• A cluster of co-occurring cases of leptospirosis and brucellosis in a pastoral community of dairy farmers, India, 2023–2024: an epidemiological investigation

  Farida Khatoon, Srividya K Vedachalam, Sushma Choudhary, Subodh Kumar Joshi, Pankaj Kumar Jain, Yogesh Bahurupi, Fareeduzzafar, Meenu Singh, Pankaj Kumar Singh

  01-06-2026

  709Views: 709 740Downloads: 740

• School outbreak of coxsackievirus A16 in Antipolo City, Philippines, October 2022

  Daniel SP Garcia III, Alireza S Faiyaz MF, Nino D Rebato, Mariz Zheila Blanco-Payuyo, John Bobbie Roca, Concepcion G Lat

  16-12-2025

  320Views: 320 373Downloads: 373

• Investigation of an outbreak of typhoid fever in a rural district of East Malaysia, 2019

  Jun Fai Yap, Ester Barnad, Muhammad Jikal

  24-11-2025

  366Views: 366 564Downloads: 564

• Investigation of a measles outbreak in Brondong subdistrict, Lamongan district, Indonesia, 2023

  Konstantinus Ua, Lucia Yovita Hendrati, Kornelius Langga Son, Siti Shofiya Novita Sari, Erni Astutik, Sigunawan

  03-11-2025

  465Views: 465 380Downloads: 380

• Management of an outbreak of invasive group A Streptococcus in a rural Australian residential aged-care facility, 2023

  Hannah Woodall, Teresa McGorm, Rikki Graham, Amy Jennison, Priya Janagaraj

  01-09-2025

  171Views: 171 241Downloads: 241

• Influenza B/Victoria outbreak in a remote mountainous village: Oddar Meanchey Province, Cambodia, July–August 2023

  Khemrin Pong, Sophanith Ung, Sengdoeurn Yi, Sovannara Long, Siphai Chhoung, Kimthy Nhim, Hayputhik Long

  20-08-2025

  168Views: 168 216Downloads: 216

• Foodborne illness from tuba-tuba seeds among school-aged children, Philippines: a call for community education

  Darren H Venturina, Apple Charm A Agulto, Alireza S Faiyaz MF, Ray Justin C Ventura, Mariz Zheila C Blanco-Payuyo, John Bobbie Roca

  20-03-2025

  1458Views: 1458 601Downloads: 601

• Investigating suspected gastrointestinal anthrax: a case-control study in Cayapa village, Abra province, Philippines, March 2017

  Karen B Lonogan, Alethea De Guzman, Vikki Carr de los Reyes, Ma Nemia Sucaldito, Ferchito Avelino

  20-10-2024

  774Views: 774 346Downloads: 346

• Large-scale salmonella outbreak associated with banh mi, Viet Nam, 2024

  Tinh Huu Ho, Phuong Hoai Hoang, Lam Vo Thi Ngoc, Minh Nguyen Dinh, Dong Do Thanh, Viet Nguyen Dinh, O Phan Van, Phuong Nguyen Thi Lan, Thanh Nguyen Quoc, Nhan Ho The, Nhan Le Dinh Trong, Chinh Van Dang

  04-09-2024

  716Views: 716 838Downloads: 838

• Typhoid fever: the challenging diagnosis of a pseudo-outbreak in Benguet, Philippines

  Jorah May Guzman, Ray Justin Cacho Ventura, Mariz Zheila C Blanco, Karen B Lonogan, Rio Lat Magpantay

  12-07-2024

  483Views: 483 322Downloads: 322

• Descriptive analysis of a SARS-CoV-2 outbreak among health-care workers in a regional hospital in the Philippines

  Lily Anne N Safilo, Ray Justin C Ventura, Mariz Zheila C Blanco, Karen B Lonogan, Rosario P Pamintuan, Rio L Magpantay

  30-09-2023

  203Views: 203 159Downloads: 159

• Outbreak of foodborne disease in a boarding school, Negeri Sembilan state, Malaysia, 2021

  Nur Nadiatul Asyikin Bujang, Mohd Shahrol Abd Wahil, Siti Aishah Abas, Khairul Hafidz Alkhair Khairul Amin, Nadiatul Ima Zulkifli, Sharina Mohd Shah, Nurul Fazilah Aziz, Syuaib Aiman Amir Kamarudin, Veshny Ganesan, Nur Azieanie Zainuddin, Muhamad Hazizi Muhamad Hasani, Noor Khalili Mohd Ali, Mohamad Paid Yusof

  30-09-2023

  353Views: 353 477Downloads: 477

• School outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease in Northern Luzon, Philippines, October 2022

  Emeryn C Victori, Ray Justin C Ventura, Mariz Zheila C Blanco, Rosario P Pamintuan, Rio L Magpantay, Karen B Lonogan

  28-04-2023

  424Views: 424 367Downloads: 367

• Factors contributing to a measles outbreak in a hard-to-reach rural village in Xaisomboun Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

  Vannida Douangboupha, Philippa L Binns, Bouaphanh Khamphaphongphane, Virasack Som Oulay, Khanxay Sengsaiya, Thounchay Boupphaphanh, Phonepadith Xangsayarath

  03-08-2022

  158Views: 158 238Downloads: 238

• Emergence of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 after using monovalent type 2 oral poliovirus vaccine in an outbreak response, Philippines

  SweetC B Alipon, Yoshihiro Takashima, Tigran Avagyan, Varja Grabovac, Syeda Kanwal Aslam, Benjamin Bayutas, Josephine Logronio, Xiaojun Wang, Achyut Shrestha, Sukadeo Neupane, Maria Concepcion Roces, Lea Necitas Apostol, Nemia Sucaldito

  25-05-2022

  157Views: 157 206Downloads: 206

• Investigation of a foodborne outbreak at a mass gathering in Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia

  Sudeash Rajakrishnan, Muhd Zulfadli Hafiz Ismail, Syed Hafeez Jamalulail, Norazmalia Alias, Hassan Ismail, Salina Md Taib, Lee Soo Cheng, Zazarida Zakiman, Ong Richai, Rubaan Raj Silverdurai, Mohamad Paid Yusof

  10-02-2022

  337Views: 337 471Downloads: 471

• An accidental household outbreak of paliperidone palmitate poisoning via pancake consumption in Lianyungang, China

  Tinglu Zhang, Zhentao Li, Peiliang Luo, Qingjun Sun

  28-12-2020

  186Views: 186 199Downloads: 199

• Investigation and control of a measles outbreak at the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region International Airport, 2019

  Chi Hong Wong, Shuk Kwan Chuang, Wing Hang Lam, Ho Yeung Lam, Tsz Sum Lam, Lei Ming Raymond Ho, Yiu Hong Leung, Chau Kuen Yonnie Lam

  29-06-2020

  223Views: 223 408Downloads: 408

• Staphylococcal poisoning during a village festival, Medina, Misamis Oriental, Philippines in 2014

  John Bobbie Roca, Ruth Alma Ramos, Herdie Hizon, Vikki Carr de los Reyes, Ma Nemia Sucaldito, Enrique Tayag

  21-05-2019

  1368Views: 1368 2532Downloads: 2532

• Is your drinking-water safe? A rotavirus outbreak linked to water refilling stations in the Philippines, 2016

  Nino Dacanay Rebato, Vikki Carr de los Reyes, Ma. Nemia Sucaldito, Gretchen Marin

  20-02-2019

  443Views: 443 754Downloads: 754

• Consumption of barracuda in the Caribbean Sea linked to ciguatera fish poisoning among Filipino seafarers

  Nino Dacanay Rebato, Vikki Carr de los Reyes, Ma. Nemia Sucaldito, Flor D’Lynn Gallardo, Julius Erving Ballera, Irma Asuncion, Kenneth Hartigan-Go

  13-11-2018

  394Views: 394 767Downloads: 767

• A retrospective cohort study on cassava food poisoning, Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur, Philippines, October 2015

  Johnette Agpoon Peñas, Vikki Carr de los Reyes, Ma. Nemia Sucaldito, Denisse Lou Manalili, Herdie Hizon, Rio Magpantay

  25-10-2018

  1767Views: 1767 2792Downloads: 2792

• An outbreak investigation of paediatric severe acute respiratory infections requiring admission to intensive care units – Fiji, May 2016

  Julie Maree Collins, Viema Biaukula, Daniel Faktaufon, James Flint, Sam Fullman, Katri Jalava, Jimaima Kailawadoko, Angela Merianos, Eric Nilles, Katrina Roper, Meru Sheel, Mike Kama

  04-07-2018

  198Views: 198 683Downloads: 683

• A Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak linked to Vietnamese bread rolls in South Western Sydney, Australia, 2015

  Meena Chandra, Heidi Lord, Stephanie Fletcher-Lartey, Kate Alexander, Nilva Egana, Stephen Conaty

  21-06-2017

  403Views: 403 1063Downloads: 1063

• An outbreak of foodborne norovirus gastroenteritis linked to a restaurant in Melbourne, Australia, 2014

  Shaun Peter Coutts, Kaye Sturge, Karin Lalor, John Marshall, Leesa Bruggink, Nela Subasinghe, Marion Easton

  05-05-2017

  678Views: 678 2511Downloads: 2511

• Investigation of a measles outbreak in Cordillera, Northern Philippines, 2013

  Paola Katrina Ching, Ma Justina Zapanta, Vikki Carr de los Reyes, Enrique Tayag, Rio Magpantay

  11-07-2016

  437Views: 437 2021Downloads: 2021

• An outbreak of congenital rubella syndrome in Solomon Islands, 2013

  Kara N Durski, Carol Tituli, Divi Ogaoga, Jennie Musto, Cynthia Joshua, Alfred Dofai, Jennie Leydon, Eric Nilles

  03-02-2016

  293Views: 293 1808Downloads: 1808

• An outbreak investigation of scrub typhus in Western Province, Solomon Islands, 2014

  Michael Marks, Cynthia Joshua, Jenny Longbottom, Katherine Longbottom, Alison Sio, Elliot Puiahi, Greg Jilini, John Stenos, Tenneth Dalipanda, Jennie Musto

  26-01-2016

  329Views: 329 1822Downloads: 1822

• Hidden varicella outbreak, Luang Prabang Province, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, December 2014 to January 2015

  Bounthanom Sengkeopraseuth, Khonesavanh Bounma, Chansone Siamong, Siddhartha Datta, Bouaphanh Khamphaphongphane, Phengta Vongphachanh, Dapeng Luo, Michael O’Reilly, Cindy H Chiu

  12-01-2016

  348Views: 348 1539Downloads: 1539

• Measles outbreak investigation in a remote area of Solomon Islands, 2014

  Jason Diau, Christopher Jimuru, James Asugeni, Lyndell Asugeni, Mike Puia, John Maomatekwa, Humpress Harrington, David MacLaren, Rick Speare, Peter D Massey

  08-09-2015

  297Views: 297 1715Downloads: 1715

• Availability of safe drinking-water: the answer to cholera outbreak? Nabua, Camarines Sur, Philippines, 2012

  Alethea De Guzman, Vikki Carr de los Reyes, Ma Nemia Sucaldito, Enrique Tayag

  27-08-2015

  511Views: 511 1641Downloads: 1641

• Investigation of chikungunya fever outbreak in Laguna, Philippines, 2012

  Julius Erving Ballera, Ma Justina Zapanta, Vikki Carr de los Reyes, Ma Nemia Sucaldito, Enrique Tayag

  10-08-2015

  406Views: 406 2073Downloads: 2073

• Contact tracing the first Middle East respiratory syndrome case in the Philippines, February 2015

  Sheryl Racelis, Vikki Carr de los Reyes, Ma Nemia Sucaldito, Imelda Deveraturda, John Bobbie Roca, Enrique Tayag

  27-07-2015

  330Views: 330 1175Downloads: 1175

• Hepatitis A outbreak in Ba Subdivision, Fiji, October–December 2013

  Aneley Getahun, Eric Rafai, Maria Ximena Tolosa, Akanisi Dawainavesi, Anaseini Maisema Tabua, Josefa Tabua

  10-06-2015

  377Views: 377 982Downloads: 982

• Investigation of hepatitis A outbreak in district of Manjung, Perak, Malaysia, October 2012

  Faudzi Ahmad Yusoff, Rusdi Abdul Rahman, He Mey Ling, Suzana Budart, Lokman Hakim Sulaiman

  27-05-2015

  334Views: 334 1485Downloads: 1485

• Lethal paralytic shellfish poisoning from consumption of green mussel broth, Western Samar, Philippines, August 2013

  Paola Katrina Ching, Ruth Alma Ramos, Vikki Carr de los Reyes, Ma Nemia Sucaldito, Enrique Tayag

  08-05-2015

  527Views: 527 2920Downloads: 2920

• Investigating an outbreak of staphylococcal food poisoning among travellers across two Australian States

  Stephanie M Fletcher, Leng Boonwaat, Terry Moore, Ruchir Chavada, Stephen Conaty

  04-05-2015

  465Views: 465 4105Downloads: 4105

• Chelonitoxism outbreak caused from consuming turtle, Eastern Samar, Philippines, August 2013

  Ray Justin Cacho Ventura, Paula Katrina Ching, Vikki Carr de los Reyes, Ma Nemia Sucaldito, Enrique Tayag

  20-04-2015

  727Views: 727 2892Downloads: 2892

• A large outbreak of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157, caused by low-salt pickled napa cabbage in nursing homes, Japan, 2012

  Ayako Tabuchi, Taku Wakui, Yuichiro Yahata, Koichi Yano, Kotaro Azuma, Takuya Yamagishi, Kazutoshi Nakashima, Tomimasa Sunagawa, Tamano Matsui, Kazunori Oishi

  15-04-2015

  608Views: 608 1250Downloads: 1250

• A community-based gastroenteritis outbreak after Typhoon Haiyan, Leyte, Philippines, 2013

  Ray Justin Ventura, Edzel Muhi, Vikki Carr de los Reyes, Ma Nemia Sucaldito, Enrique Tayag

  10-01-2015

  561Views: 561 2169Downloads: 2169

• Response to a large rotavirus outbreak on South Tarawa, Kiribati, 2013

  Teanibuaka Tabunga, Maryanne Utiera, Rosemary Tekoaua, Tebikau Tibwe, Teatao Tira, Tebuka Toatu, Sala Elbourne Duituturaga, Eric Nilles, Adam Thomas Craig

  30-05-2014

  356Views: 356 1181Downloads: 1181

• An outbreak of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in a boarding school in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (China)

  Miu-ling Wong, Kwok-ming Poon, Yuen-kong Wan, Shuk-kwan Chuang, Lai-key Kwok, Sik-on Pak

  17-01-2014

  364Views: 364 2171Downloads: 2171

• Ongoing rubella outbreak among adults in Tokyo, Japan, June 2012 to April 2013

  Yoshiyuki Sugishita, Takuri Takahashi, Narumi Hori, Mitsuru Abo

  01-08-2013

  330Views: 330 1261Downloads: 1261

• A family cluster of nitrite poisoning, Suzhou City, Jiangsu, China, 2013

  Ruiping Wang, Teng Chen-gang, Zhang Ning, Jun Zhang, George Conway

  30-07-2013

  454Views: 454 4404Downloads: 4404

• Ongoing outbreak of dengue serotype-3 in Solomon Islands, January to May 2013

  Francisco Nogareda, Cynthia Joshua, Alison Sio, Matthew Shortus, Tenneth Dalipanda, Kara Durski, Jennie Musto, Elliot Puiahi, Alfred Dofai, John Aaskov, Van Mai Cao-Lormeau, Didier Musso, Nick Dutta, Juliet Fleischl, Eric J Nilles

  22-07-2013

  364Views: 364 1204Downloads: 1204