Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables

These tables published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 22 Number 7, 9 July 1998, contain data from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (for the period 27 May to 23 June 1998), the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (for the period 21 May to 17 June 1998) and the Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (for the period 31 May to 21 June 1998).

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There were 5,736 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) for the four week period, 27 May to 23 June 1998 (Tables 1 and 2). The numbers of reports for selected diseases have been compared with historical data for corresponding periods in the previous three years (Figure 5).

There were 1,565 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) the four week period, 21 May to 17 June 1998 (Tables 3 and 4).

The Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (ASPREN) data for weeks 21 to 24 ending 21 June 1998 are included in this issue of CDI (Table 5).

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Table 1. Notifications of diseases preventable by vaccines recommended by the NHMRC for routine childhood immunisation, received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 27 May to 23 June 1998

Disease1,2
ACT NSW* NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA This period 1998 This period 1997 Year to date 1998* Year to date 1997
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
H. influenzae type b infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
3
3
16
23
Measles
4
4
0
1
0
0
7
7
23
62
223
243
Mumps
0
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
7
15
80
99
Pertussis
3
66
1
72
14
5
41
12
214
490
3,158
3,548
Rubella3
4
2
1
32
0
0
12
5
56
86
359
711
Tetanus
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
2
6

NN. Not Notifiable
1. No notification of poliomyelitis has been received since 1986.
2. Totals comprise data from all States and Territories. Cumulative figures are subject to retrospective revision, so there may be discrepancies between the number of new notifications and the increment in the cumulative figure from the previous period.
3. Includes congenital rubella.
* Data from NSW are incomplete for this reporting period, as one Public Health Unit was unable to provide data

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Table 2. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 27 May to 23 June 1998 (diseases preventable by routine childhood immunisation are presented in Table 1)

Disease1,2,3
ACT NSW* NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA This period 1998 This period 1997 Year to date 19984,* Year to date 1997
Arbovirus infection (NEC)5
0
0
1
4
0
0
2
0
7
12
65
99
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
2
0
22
0
0
0
1
25
49
336
465
Brucellosis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
19
16
Campylobacteriosis4,6
18
-
15
300
62
16
20
99
530
920
3,817
5,560
Chancroid
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Chlamydial infection (NEC)7
23
NN
40
307
42
16
104
175
707
756
5,077
4,557
Cholera
0
0
00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
Dengue
0
3
0
9
0
0
0
0
12
2
288
190
Donovanosis
0
NN
3
1
NN
0
0
0
4
4
20
16
Gonococcal infection8
4
34
63
81
11
0
31
83
307
434
2,531
2,235
Hepatitis A
7
42
3
79
4
0
5
7
147
249
1,495
1,766
Hepatitis B incident4
0
0
0
3
0
0
7
0
10
16
87
125
Hepatitis C incident9
0
0
0
-
0
4
-
-
4
10
48
37
Hepatitis C unspecified4
24
NN
20
228
NN
26
8
97
403
787
2,684
4,647
Hepatitis (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NN
0
2
4
13
Hydatid infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
17
19
Legionellosis
0
3
0
2
0
1
1
4
11
19
121
90
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
7
Leptospirosis
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
1
7
17
81
66
Listeriosis
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
3
28
45
Malaria
2
3
5
130
1
0
1
1
143
59
365
408
Meningococcal infection
0
7
2
8
1
2
7
5
32
36
133
165
Ornithosis
0
NN
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
2
18
34
Q fever
0
7
0
20
0
0
3
0
30
56
246
297
Ross River virus infection
1
10
6
124
0
0
0
2
143
569
2,203
5,968
Salmonellosis (NEC)
7
28
34
170
31
7
73
46
396
395
4,138
4,225
Shigellosis6
0
-
6
10
2
0
5
8
31
69
336
461
Syphilis10
2
22
16
19
0
1
0
3
63
106
587
632
Tuberculosis
2
11
2
13
0
1
8
1
38
78
391
503
Typhoid11
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
6
41
47
Yersiniosis (NEC)6
0
-
0
14
1
0
4
0
19
16
144
148

1. For HIV and AIDS, see Tables 7 and 8.
2. Totals comprise data from all States and Territories. Cumulative figures are subject to retrospective revision so there may be discrepancies between the number of new notifications and the increment in the cumulative figure from the previous period.
3. No notifications have been received during 1998 for the following rare diseases: botulism (foodborne), lymphogranuloma venereum, plague, rabies, yellow fever, or other viral haemorrhagic fevers.
4. Data from Victoria for 1998 are incomplete.
5. NT: includes Barmah Forest virus.
6. Not reported for NSW because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
7. WA: genital only
8. NT, Qld, SA and Vic: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
9. Qld, Vic and WA incident cases of Hepatitis C are not separately reported.
10. Includes congenital syphilis
11. NSW, Qld, Vic: includes paratyphoid.
NN Not Notifiable.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified
- Elsewhere Classified.
* Data from NSW are incomplete for this reporting period, as one Public Health Unit was unable to provide data

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Figure 5. Selected National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System reports,* and historical data1

Figure 5. Selected National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System reports, and historical data

1. The historical data are the averages of the number of notifications in the corresponding 4 week periods of the last 3 years and the 2 week periods immediately preceding and following those.
2. Data from Victoria for 1998 are incomplete.
* Data from NSW are incomplete for this reporting period, as one Public Health Unit was unable to provide data.

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Table 3. Virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory1 for the reporting period 21 May to 17 June 1998, and total reports for the year

  State or Territory1 Total reported
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Total this period In CDI in 1998
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus
1
1
36
Mumps virus
1
3
4
17
Rubella virus
1
1
62
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus
3
2
5
1
11
22
232
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
1
2
10
13
521
Dengue not typed
1
1
20
Kunjin virus
1
1
4
Flavivirus (unspecified)
5
5
42
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 1
4
4
13
Adenovirus type 3
3
3
20
Adenovirus type 6
4
4
5
Adenovirus type 7
2
2
13
Adenovirus type 40
1
1
4
Adenovirus not typed/pending
11
33
3
47
355
Herpes viruses
Cytomegalovirus
5
8
1
6
8
29
384
Varicella-zoster virus
11
16
1
9
24
61
634
Epstein-Barr virus
1
18
5
53
10
31
118
890
Other DNA viruses
Parvovirus
8
10
2
20
87
Picornavirus family
Echovirus type 4
1
1
2
Echovirus type 11
7
7
23
Echovirus type 17
1
1
1
Echovirus type 22
2
1
3
5
Poliovirus type 2 (uncharacterised)
1
1
2
Rhinovirus (all types)
13
1
14
30
218
Enterovirus not typed/pending
10
1
31
42
239
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
96
105
2
75
278
508
Influenza B virus
2
12
14
89
Parainfluenza virus type 1
8
20
17
45
195
Parainfluenza virus type 2
1
2
3
23
Parainfluenza virus type 3
6
6
195
Parainfluenza virus typing pending
2
2
4
Respiratory syncytial virus
116
26
54
197
513
Other RNA viruses
Rotavirus
6
2
9
5
60
82
232
Astrovirus
1
1
9
Norwalk agent
4
4
25
Other 
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
18
125
50
6
160
359
2,115
Chlamydia psittaci
5
5
23
Chlamydia species
9
9
32
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
11
1
26
43
4
85
724
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
2
3
2
7
59
Bordetella pertussis
26
13
39
687
Legionella pneumophila
1
1
5
Legionella longbeachae
2
4
6
25
Total
1
350
134
2
394
16
128
536
1,565
9,292


1. State or Territory of postcode, if reported, otherwise State or Territory of reporting laboratory.

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Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by contributing laboratories for the reporting period 21 May to 17 June 1998

State or Territory
Laboratory Reports
New South Wales Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead
176
New Children's Hospital, Westmead
43
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
41
South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool
97
South Australia Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide
394
Tasmania Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston
2
Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart
13
Victoria Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
71
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield
56
Western Australia PathCentre Virology, Perth
310
Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth
132
Western Diagnostic Pathology
230
Total  
1,565


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Table 5. Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network reports, weeks 21 to 24, 1998

Week number
21 22  23  24
Week ending on
31 May 1998 7 June 1998  14 June 1998  21 June 1998
Doctors reporting
49 50  50  47
Total encounters
6,852 6,865  6,085  6,140
Condition
Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters
Influenza
44
6.4
51
7.4
64
10.5
80
13.0
Rubella
3
0.4
0
0.0
1
0.2
0
0.0
Measles
1
0.1
1
0.1
0
0.0
0
0.0
Chickenpox
11
1.6
9
1.3
9
1.5
17
2.8
Pertussis
0
0.0
1
0.1
1
0.2
1
0.2
HIV testing (patient initiated)
14
2.0
9
1.3
17
2.8
14
2.3
HIV testing (doctor initiated)
5
0.7
2
0.3
6
1.0
7
1.1
Td (ADT) vaccine
33
4.8
43
6.3
27
4.4
30
4.9
Pertussis vaccination
43
6.3
36
5.2
35
5.8
27
4.4
Reaction to pertussis vaccine
2
0.3
1
0.1
0
0.0
1
0.2
Ross River virus infection
1
0.1
0
0.0
1
0.2
1
0.2
Gastroenteritis
71
10.4
76
11.1
72
11.8
51
8.3


The NNDSS is conducted under the auspices of the Communicable Diseases Network Australia New Zealand. The system coordinates the national surveillance of more than 40 communicable diseases or disease groups endorsed by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Notifications of these diseases are made to State and Territory health authorities under the provisions of their respective public health legislations. De-identified core unit data are supplied fortnightly for collation, analysis and dissemination. For further information, see Commun Dis Intell 1998;22:4-5.

LabVISE is a sentinel reporting scheme. Twenty-one laboratories contribute data on the laboratory identification of viruses and other organisms. Data are collated and published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence every four weeks. These data should be interpreted with caution as the number and type of reports received is subject to a number of biases. For further information, see Commun Dis Intell 1998;22:8.

ASPREN currently comprises about 100 general practitioners from throughout the country. Up to 9,000 consultations are reported each week, with special attention to 12 conditions chosen for sentinel surveillance. CDI reports the consultation rates for all of these. For further information, including case definitions, see Commun Dis Intell 1998;22:5-6.

These tables were published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Vol 22 No 7, 9 July 1998.

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