| Summary of outbreaks investigated by CDCB in South Australia, 2000 to 2007 | ||||||
| Month | Organism | Place of outbreak | Number ill | Cases positive | Mode of transmission or suspect vehicle | Evidence |
| Year: 2008 | ||||||
| January | Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Community | 5 | 0 | Unknown | D |
| Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 9 | Community | 14 | 14 | Unknown | D | |
| Salmonella Virchow phage type 8 | Community | 10 | 10 | Unknown | D | |
| February | Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Aged care facility | 22 | 0 | Unknown | D |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Child Care Facility | 21 | 0 | Unknown | D | |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Child Care Facility | 14 | 0 | Unknown | D | |
| March | Rotavirus | Child Care Facility | 3 | 2 | Person-to-person | D |
| Norovirus | Aged care facility | 13 | 1 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Hotel | 6 | 0 | Unknown | D | |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Aged care facility | 14 | 0 | Unknown | D | |
| April | Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Aged care | 7 | 0 | Unknown | D |
| Norovirus | Conference facility | 57 | 4 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Norovirus | Camping facility | 27 | 1 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 135 | Community | 5 | 5 | Unknown | D | |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Café | 17 | 0 | Unknown | D | |
| May | Norovirus | Aged care facility | 16 | 1 | Person to person | D |
| Norovirus | Health care facility | 14 | 2 | Person to person | D | |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Aged care | 9 | 0 | Unknown | D | |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Aged care facility | 5 | 0 | Unknown | D | |
| June | Norovirus | Aged care facility | 8 | 2 | Person to person | D |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Aged care facility | 13 | 0 | Unknown | D | |
| Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 135 | Aged care facility | 31 | 21 | Unspecified vitamised food; person-to-person | D, A | |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Aged care facility | 25 | 0 | Unknown | D | |
| Mycobacterial abcesses | Gawler | 21 | 8 | Injections | D | |
| Norovirus | Aged care facility | 18 | 3 | Person to person | D | |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Aged care facility | 9 | 0 | Unknown | D | |
| July | Norovirus | Aged care facility | 12 | 2 | Person to person | D |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Aged care facility | 14 | 0 | Unknown | D | |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Aged care facility | 3 | 0 | Unknown | D | |
| Shigella sonnei biotype a | Community | 3 | 3 | Person to person | D | |
| Year: 2007 | ||||||
| January | Norovirus | Community | 10 | 4 | Person to person | D |
| Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 44 | Care facility | 5 | 5 | Unknown | D | |
| Norovirus | Residential care facility | 4 | 2 | Person to person | D | |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Community | >30 | 0 | Unknown | D | |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Aged care | 10 | 0 | Unknown | D | |
| Norovirus | Community | >17 | 1 | Person to person | D | |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Aged care facility | 12 | 0 | Unknown | D | |
| Norovirus | Care facility | 15 | 4 | Person to person | D | |
| Norovirus | Aged care facility | 8 | 1 | Person to person | D | |
| Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 9 | Community (Jan-Apr) | 54 | 54 | Unknown | D | |
| Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 44 | Community (Jan-Mar) | 25 | 25 | Free range eggs coating, fried ice-cream | D | |
| Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 29 | Community (Jan-Mar) | 26 | 26 | Egg coating, fried ice-cream (4 cases) | D, M | |
| Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli O157 | Community | 12 | 12 | Unknown | D | |
| February | Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 135a | Community | 17 | 17 | Unknown | D |
| Salmonella bovismorbificans phage type 13 | Community | 4 | 4 | Unknown | D | |
| Salmonella Infantis | Community | 13 | 13 | Unknown | D | |
| March | Salmonella Adelaide | Community | 7 | 7 | Unknown | D |
| Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 9 | Restaurant | 46 | 36 | Shared meal, food - chicken | D, S | |
| Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 108 | Community | 15 | 15 | Unknown | D | |
| Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 22 | Community | 4 | 4 | Unknown | D | |
| Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 6var | Community | 7 | 7 | Unknown | D | |
| Norovirus | Community | >32 | 12 | Person to person | D | |
| Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 101 | Community | 3 | 3 | Person-to-person, two cases | D | |
| April | Norovirus | Aged care facility | 15 | 1 | Person to person | D |
| Norovirus | Aged care facility | 34 | 2 | Person to person | D | |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Aged care facility | 5 | 0 | Unknown | D | |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Office | 12 | 0 | Sushi | D, S | |
| Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 29 | Community (Apr-June) | 32 | 32 | Unknown | D | |
| May | Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | School | 28 | 0 | Unknown | D |
| Campylobacter | Closed community | 4 | 3 | Unknown | D | |
| Norovirus | Aged care facility | 21 | 2 | Person to person | D | |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Child Care Facility | 33 | 0 | Person to person | D | |
| Norovirus | Child Care Facility | 15 | 2 | Person to person | D | |
| Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 9 | Child Care Facility | 8 | 8 | Person to person | D | |
| Q fever | Community | 5 | 5 | Airborne | D | |
| June | Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 29 | Community | 4 | 4 | Unknown | D |
| July | Norovirus | Restaurant | 14 | 1 | Unknown | D |
| Norovirus | School camp | 36 | 3 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 193 | Private function | 30 | 4 | Unknown | D | |
| Norovirus | Aged care facility | 35 | 4 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Norovirus | Aged care facility | 18 | 3 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Aged care facility | 4 | 0 | Unknown | D | |
| Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 108 | Community | 8 | 8 | Unknown | D | |
| Norovirus | Aged care facility | 76 | 2 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Norovirus | Aged care facility | 12 | 1 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Aged care facility | 4 | 0 | Unknown | D | |
| Norovirus | Aged Care Facilities (5) | 47 | 15 | Person-to-person | D | |
| August | Norovirus | Health care facility | 9 | 9 | Person-to-person | D |
| Norovirus | Aged Care Facility | 4 | 2 | Unknown | D | |
| Norovirus | Aged Care Facilities (4) | 65 | 13 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Norovirus | Aged Care Facilities (2) | 27 | 3 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Health care facility | 5 | 0 | Unknown | D | |
| Norovirus | Health care facilities (3) | 28 | 13 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Aged care facilities (3) | 19 | 0 | Unknown | D | |
| Campylobacter | Aged Care Facility | 6 | 4 | Unknown | D | |
| Norovirus | Aged Care Facility | 24 | 1 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Rotavirus | Aged Care Facility | 4 | 3 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Aged Care Facility | 10 | 0 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Rotavirus | Child care facility | 12 | 1 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Norovirus | Health Care Facilities (2) | 46 | 1 | Person-to-person | D | |
| September | Norovirus | Aged Care Facilities (3) | 15 | 3 | Person-to-person | D |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Health Care Facility | 3 | 0 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Aged Care Facilities (3) | 22 | 0 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Norovirus | Aged Care Facilities (4) | 56 | 9 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Norovirus | Aged Care Facility | 46 | 7 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Aged Care Facility | 15 | 0 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Norovirus | Acute Care Facility | 30 | 24 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Norovirus | Acute Care Facility | 6 | 1 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Aged Care Facility | 19 | 0 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Norovirus | Rural Work Place | 24 | 2 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Norovirus | Acute Care Facility | 14 | 8 | Person-to-person | D | |
| October | Norovirus | Aged Care Facilities (5) | 48 | 15 | Person-to-person | D |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Aged Care Facilities (2) | 46 | 0 | Unknown | D | |
| Norovirus | Health Care Facilitiy | 13 | 4 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Norovirus | Aged Care Facility | 92 | 2 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Norovirus | Health Care Facility | 9 | 3 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | River boat | 5 | 0 | Unknown | D | |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Aged Care Facilities (1) | 4 | 0 | Unknown | D | |
| Norovirus | Health Care Facilities (4) | 39 | 9 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Norovirus | Restaurant | 14 | 1 | Unknown | D | |
| Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 44 | Community | 17 | 17 | Unknown | D | |
| Norovirus | Aged Care Facility (2) | 29 | 3 | Person-to-person | D | |
| November | Norovirus | Aged Care Facilities (2) | 39 | 7 | Person-to-person | D |
| Norovirus | Health Care Facility | 12 | 5 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Rotavirus | Child care facility | 10 | 1 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Norovirus | Aged Care Facility | 11 | 2 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Aged Care Facility | 8 | 0 | Unknown | D | |
| Norovirus | Health Care Facility | 7 | 4 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Rotavirus | Child care facility | 14 | 2 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Norovirus | Aged Care Facility | 20 | 2 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Aged Care Facility | 6 | 0 | Unknown | D | |
| Norovirus | Aged Care Facility | 8 | 1 | Person-to-person | D | |
| December | Norovirus | Community function | 26 | 3 | Person-to-person | D |
| Norovirus | Aged Care Facility | 9 | 4 | Person-to-person | D | |
| Gastroenteritis, organism not detected | Aged Care Facility | 22 | 3 | Unknown | D | |