Informing the public health management of typhoid and paratyphoid: the Australian context.

Objective: 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.