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NNDSS (notification date) | NNDSS (report date) | LabVISE (contributing laboratories) | LabVISE (laboratory reports) | ASPREN
There were 5,419 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) with a notification date in June 2000 (Table 1). Data by date of report for June 2000, are included in this issue of Communicable Diseases Intelligence (Table 2). The number of reports for selected diseases1 have been compared with a 5 year mean, calculated using May to July data for the previous 5 years (Figure 1).
There were 2,132 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 to 30 June 2000 (Tables 3 and 4).
The Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (ASPREN) data for weeks 22 to 25, ending 25 June 2000, are included in this issue of Communicable Diseases Intelligence (Table 5).
Table 1. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 1 to 30 June 2000, by date of notification#
| Disease |
ACT | NSW | NT | Qld | SA | Tas | Vic | WA | Total June 20001 | Total May 20001 | Total June 19991 | Last 5 years mean | Year to date 2000 | Last 5 years YTD mean | Ratio* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bloodborne diseases |
|||||||||||||||
| Hepatitis B (incident) | 0 |
5 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
22 |
31 |
17 |
22 |
155 |
144 |
1.0 |
| Hepatitis B (unspecified)2 | 0 |
246 |
0 |
61 |
0 |
5 |
159 |
59 |
530 |
713 |
779 |
586 |
3,995 |
3,474 |
0.9 |
| Hepatitis C (incident) | 0 |
4 |
0 |
- |
3 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
15 |
21 |
16 |
15 |
161 |
95 |
1.0 |
| Hepatitis C (unspecified)2 | 7 |
466 |
8 |
260 |
40 |
23 |
458 |
111 |
1,373 |
1,815 |
1,850 |
1,363 |
10,721 |
7,867 |
1.0 |
| Hepatitis D | 0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
8 |
0.5 |
Gastrointestinal diseases |
|||||||||||||||
| Botulism | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Campylobacterosis3 | 21 |
- |
18 |
325 |
107 |
31 |
307 |
136 |
945 |
1,189 |
942 |
931 |
6,286 |
5,586 |
1.0 |
| Haemolytic uraemic syndrome | NN |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
0.0 |
| Hepatitis A | 0 |
11 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
11 |
42 |
81 |
104 |
168 |
519 |
1,256 |
0.3 |
| Hepatitis E | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0.0 |
| Listeriosis | 0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
42 |
33 |
1.0 |
| Salmonellosis | 6 |
43 |
12 |
87 |
29 |
6 |
86 |
44 |
313 |
639 |
375 |
419 |
3,577 |
4,057 |
0.7 |
| Shigellosis3 | 0 |
- |
6 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
11 |
6 |
29 |
57 |
37 |
54 |
264 |
377 |
0.5 |
| SLTEC,VTEC4 | NN |
0 |
0 |
NN |
1 |
0 |
0 |
NN |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
18 |
7 |
0.5 |
| Typhoid | 0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
39 |
44 |
0.4 |
| Yersiniosis3 | 1 |
- |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
9 |
17 |
44 |
134 |
0.2 |
Quarantinable diseases |
|||||||||||||||
| Cholera | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0.0 |
| Plague | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
na |
| Rabies | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
na |
| Viral haemorrhagic fever | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
na |
| Yellow fever | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
na |
Sexually transmissible diseases |
|||||||||||||||
| Chancroid | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
na |
| Chlamydial infection5 | 14 |
174 |
72 |
367 |
39 |
33 |
156 |
141 |
996 |
1,455 |
1,170 |
822 |
7,595 |
4,958 |
1.2 |
| Donovanosis | 0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
NN |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
9 |
24 |
0.3 |
| Gonococcal infection6 | 0 |
50 |
83 |
79 |
13 |
2 |
75 |
81 |
383 |
613 |
439 |
385 |
3,078 |
2,411 |
1.0 |
| Lymphogranuloma venereum | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
na |
| Syphilis7 | 0 |
25 |
4 |
54 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
92 |
177 |
176 |
146 |
835 |
865 |
0.6 |
Vaccine preventable diseases |
|||||||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
na |
| Haemophilus influenzae type b | 0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
28 |
0.8 |
| Measles | 0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
7 |
6 |
11 |
43 |
61 |
306 |
0.2 |
| Mumps | 4 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
17 |
27 |
15 |
15 |
104 |
84 |
1.1 |
| Pertussis | 5 |
112 |
0 |
29 |
19 |
9 |
46 |
0 |
220 |
300 |
296 |
365 |
1,677 |
2,371 |
0.6 |
| Poliomyelitis | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
na |
| Rubella8 | 1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
12 |
18 |
28 |
96 |
93 |
686 |
0.1 |
| Tetanus | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
1.0 |
Vectorborne diseases |
|||||||||||||||
| Arbovirus infection NEC | 0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
4 |
3 |
58 |
40 |
0.3 |
| Barmah Forest virus infection | 0 |
9 |
0 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
32 |
75 |
41 |
52 |
340 |
488 |
0.6 |
| Dengue | 0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
9 |
6 |
9 |
189 |
105 |
0.6 |
| Malaria | 2 |
21 |
3 |
27 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
61 |
134 |
41 |
61 |
540 |
420 |
1.0 |
| Ross River virus infection | 3 |
38 |
5 |
48 |
5 |
0 |
13 |
44 |
156 |
572 |
170 |
269 |
3,375 |
4,229 |
0.6 |
Zoonoses |
|||||||||||||||
| Brucellosis | 0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
15 |
0.3 |
| Hydatid infection | 0 |
NN |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
20 |
17 |
0.3 |
| Leptospirosis | 0 |
3 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
43 |
15 |
17 |
140 |
111 |
0.6 |
| Ornithosis | 0 |
NN |
0 |
NN |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
3 |
6 |
37 |
39 |
0.2 |
| Q fever | 0 |
5 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
23 |
39 |
53 |
49 |
246 |
268 |
0.5 |
Other |
|||||||||||||||
| Legionellosis | 0 |
3 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
2 |
22 |
41 |
18 |
17 |
310 |
113 |
1.3 |
| Leprosy | 0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1.0 |
| Meningococcal infection | 0 |
28 |
0 |
7 |
4 |
3 |
11 |
4 |
57 |
35 |
49 |
45 |
223 |
169 |
1.3 |
| Tuberculosis | 0 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
1 |
34 |
40 |
79 |
83 |
378 |
496 |
0.4 |
| Total | 64 |
1,264 |
218 |
1,427 |
270 |
120 |
1,396 |
660 |
5,419 |
8,176 |
6,768 |
6,082 |
45,167 |
41,341 |
|
1. 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.
2. Unspecified numbers should be interpreted with some caution as the magnitude may be a reflection of the numbers of tests being carried out.
3. Not reported for NSW because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
4. Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing E. coli (SLTEC/VTEC).
5. WA: genital only.
6. NT, Qld, SA, Vic and WA: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
7. Includes congenital syphilis.
8. Includes congenital rubella
# Date of notification = a composite of three components: (i) the true onset date from a clinician, if available, (ii) the date the laboratory test was ordered, or (iii) the date reported to the public health unit.
NN Not Notifiable.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
- Elsewhere Classified.
na Not applicable.
* Ratio = ratio of current month total to mean of last 5 years calculated as described above.
Table 2. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 1 to 30 June 2000, by date of report*
| Disease1 |
State or Territory | Total this period | Year to date total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACT | NSW | NT | Qld | SA | Tas | Vic | WA | |||
Bloodborne diseases |
||||||||||
| Hepatitis B (incident) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 169 |
| Hepatitis B (unspecified)2 | 0 | 366 | 0 | 66 | 23 | 6 | 177 | 74 | 712 | 4,259 |
| Hepatitis C (incident) | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 190 |
| Hepatitis C (unspecified)2 | 10 | 696 | 11 | 277 | 82 | 23 | 459 | 154 | 1,712 | 11,113 |
| Hepatitis D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
Gastrointestinal diseases |
||||||||||
| Botulism | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Campylobacterosis3 | 22 | - | 17 | 356 | 134 | 29 | 419 | 156 | 1,133 | 6,504 |
| Haemolytic uraemic syndrome | NN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Hepatitis A | 0 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 62 | 554 |
| Hepatitis E | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Listeriosis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 43 |
| Salmonellosis | 10 | 81 | 19 | 119 | 34 | 6 | 98 | 49 | 416 | 3,850 |
| Shigellosis3 | 1 | - | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 42 | 273 |
| SLTEC,VTEC4 | NN | 0 | 0 | NN | 1 | 0 | 0 | NN | 1 | 21 |
| Typhoid | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 44 |
| Yersiniosis3 | 1 | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 45 |
Quarantinable diseases |
||||||||||
| Cholera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Plague | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rabies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Viral haemorrhagic fever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yellow fever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sexually transmissible diseases |
||||||||||
| Chancroid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chlamydial infection5 | 16 | 253 | 89 | 390 | 75 | 33 | 238 | 206 | 1,300 | 7,899 |
| Donovanosis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | NN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Gonococcal infection6 | 1 | 78 | 96 | 90 | 37 | 3 | 81 | 108 | 494 | 3,134 |
| Lymphogranuloma venereum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Syphilis7 | 0 | 48 | 12 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 132 | 910 |
Vaccine preventable diseases |
||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haemophilus influenzae type b | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| Measles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 63 |
| Mumps | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 107 |
| Pertussis | 12 | 257 | 0 | 33 | 36 | 9 | 54 | 3 | 404 | 1,950 |
| Poliomyelitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rubella8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 100 |
| Tetanus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Vectorborne diseases |
||||||||||
| Arbovirus infection NEC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 55 |
| Barmah Forest virus infection | 0 | 14 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 358 |
| Dengue | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 206 |
| Malaria | 2 | 22 | 6 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 88 | 558 |
| Ross River virus infection | 3 | 75 | 7 | 60 | 13 | 2 | 18 | 111 | 289 | 3,587 |
Zoonoses |
||||||||||
| Brucellosis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Hydatid infection | 0 | NN | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20 |
| Leptospirosis | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 147 |
| Ornithosis | 0 | NN | 0 | NN | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 49 |
| Q fever | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 260 |
Other |
||||||||||
| Legionellosis | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 48 | 322 |
| Leprosy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Meningococcal infection | 0 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 56 | 226 |
| Tuberculosis | 0 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 62 | 491 |
| Total | 82 | 2,011 | 281 | 1,628 | 460 | 125 | 1,682 | 927 | 7,196 | 47,558 |
1. 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.
2. Unspecified numbers should be interpreted with some caution as the magnitude may be a reflection of the numbers of tests being carried out.
3. Not reported for NSW because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
4. Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing E. coli (SLTEC/VTEC).
5. WA: genital only.
6. NT, Qld, SA, Vic and WA: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
7. Includes congenital syphilis.
8. Includes congenital rubella.
* Date of report is the date the public health unit received the report.
NN Not Notifiable.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
- Elsewhere Classified.
Table 3. Virology and serology laboratory reports by contributing laboratories for the reporting period 1 to 30 June 20001
| State or Territory |
Laboratory | Reports this period | Total this period2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Capital Territory | The Canberra Hospital | 9 |
0 |
| New South Wales | Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead | 162 |
175 |
| New Children's Hospital, Westmead | 138 |
167 |
|
| Repatriation General Hospital, Concord | 0 |
0 |
|
| Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown | 55 |
58 |
|
| South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool | 0 |
0 |
|
| Queensland | Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End | 429 |
365 |
| Townsville General Hospital | 0 |
0 |
|
| South Australia | Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide | 412 |
458 |
| Tasmania | Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston | 7 |
19 |
| Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart | 0 |
0 |
|
| Victoria | Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne | 0 |
3 |
| Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne | 154 |
208 |
|
| Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield | 171 |
213 |
|
| Western Australia | PathCentre Virology, Perth | 484 |
465 |
| Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth | 100 |
374 |
|
| Western Diagnostic Pathology | 11 |
6 |
|
| Total | 2,132 |
2,511 |
1. The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2000, will appear in every report from January 2000 regardless of whether reports were received in this reporting period. Reports are not always received from all laboratories.
2. Total reports include both reports for the current period and outstanding reports to date.
Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory1 for the reporting period 1 to 30 June 2000, and total reports for the year2
| State or Territory1 | This period 2000 | This period 1999 | Year to date 20003 | Year to date 1999 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACT | NSW | NT | Qld | SA | Tas | Vic | WA | |||||
Measles, mumps, rubella |
||||||||||||
| Measles virus | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
26 |
130 |
| Mumps virus | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
31 |
30 |
| Rubella virus | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
10 |
22 |
49 |
Hepatitis viruses |
||||||||||||
| Hepatitis A virus | 0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
26 |
94 |
199 |
| Hepatitis D virus | 0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
Arboviruses |
||||||||||||
| Ross River virus | 0 |
1 |
2 |
17 |
8 |
0 |
2 |
45 |
75 |
72 |
1,064 |
1,045 |
| Barmah Forest virus | 0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
8 |
104 |
116 |
| Dengue not typed | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
164 |
33 |
| Kunjin virus | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
| Flavivirus (unspecified) | 0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
37 |
17 |
Adenoviruses |
||||||||||||
| Adenovirus type 1 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
| Adenovirus type 2 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
| Adenovirus type 19 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
| Adenovirus type 37 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
9 |
| Adenovirus type 40 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
9 |
11 |
68 |
33 |
| Adenovirus not typed/pending | 0 |
12 |
1 |
2 |
44 |
0 |
13 |
20 |
92 |
97 |
541 |
538 |
Herpes viruses |
||||||||||||
| Cytomegalovirus | 3 |
10 |
0 |
8 |
33 |
0 |
17 |
11 |
82 |
95 |
615 |
603 |
| Varicella-zoster virus | 1 |
3 |
0 |
20 |
7 |
0 |
24 |
44 |
99 |
100 |
745 |
806 |
| Epstein-Barr virus | 3 |
13 |
4 |
145 |
65 |
0 |
5 |
34 |
269 |
115 |
1,206 |
1,186 |
Other DNA viruses |
||||||||||||
| Molluscum contagiosum | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
8 |
| Parvovirus | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
8 |
12 |
24 |
39 |
166 |
208 |
Picornavirus family |
||||||||||||
| Echovirus type 30 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
102 |
6 |
| Rhinovirus (all types) | 0 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
26 |
36 |
42 |
208 |
186 |
| Enterovirus not typed/pending | 0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
38 |
60 |
88 |
576 |
385 |
Ortho/paramyxoviruses |
||||||||||||
| Influenza A virus | 3 |
13 |
0 |
1 |
43 |
0 |
5 |
8 |
73 |
322 |
339 |
629 |
| Influenza A virus H3N2 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
14 |
1 |
23 |
| Influenza B virus | 0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
8 |
6 |
39 |
16 |
90 |
71 |
| Parainfluenza virus type 1 | 0 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
14 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
31 |
5 |
179 |
23 |
| Parainfluenza virus type 2 | 0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
28 |
21 |
83 |
| Parainfluenza virus type 3 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
9 |
38 |
108 |
208 |
| Respiratory syncytial virus | 4 |
187 |
0 |
29 |
36 |
4 |
139 |
154 |
553 |
495 |
1,259 |
1,045 |
Other RNA viruses |
||||||||||||
| HTLV-1 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
| Rotavirus | 0 |
53 |
0 |
0 |
29 |
0 |
6 |
52 |
140 |
200 |
349 |
538 |
Other |
||||||||||||
| Chlamydia trachomatis not typed | 3 |
38 |
9 |
60 |
31 |
3 |
4 |
84 |
232 |
290 |
1,735 |
1,549 |
| Chlamydia pneumoniae | 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Chlamydia psittaci | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
8 |
14 |
49 |
49 |
| Chlamydia species | 0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
11 |
| Mycoplasma pneumoniae | 1 |
3 |
3 |
18 |
11 |
0 |
18 |
3 |
57 |
80 |
295 |
533 |
| Mycoplasma hominis | 0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
6 |
4 |
| Rickettsia spp - other | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
5 |
| Streptococcus group A | 0 |
4 |
2 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
21 |
46 |
181 |
74 |
| Yersinia enterocolitica | 0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
8 |
8 |
| Bordetella pertussis | 3 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
8 |
1 |
21 |
6 |
49 |
46 |
274 |
322 |
| Legionella pneumophila | 0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
14 |
15 |
| Legionella longbeachae | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
35 |
19 |
| Cryptococcus species | 0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
8 |
6 |
| Leptospira species | 0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
7 |
31 |
16 |
| Treponema pallidum | 0 |
1 |
24 |
14 |
49 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
90 |
113 |
366 |
166 |
| Entamoeba histolytica | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
1 |
| Toxoplasma gondii | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
5 |
| Echinococcus granulosus | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
| Total | 22 |
375 |
47 |
358 |
414 |
8 |
317 |
591 |
2,132 |
2,439 |
11,201 |
11,018 |
1. State or Territory of postcode, if reported, otherwise State or Territory of reporting laboratory.
2. From January 2000 data presented are for reports with report dates in the current period. Previously reports included all data received in that period.
3. Totals comprise data from all laboratories. 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.
- No data received this period.
Table 5. Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network reports, weeks 22 to 25, 2000
| Week number |
22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week ending on |
4 Jun 2000 | 11 Jun 2000 | 18 Jun 2000 | 25 Jun 2000 | ||||
| Doctors reporting | 63 |
65 |
69 |
69 |
||||
| Total encounters | 7,682 |
7,769 |
7,408 |
8,264 |
||||
| 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 | 66 |
8.6 |
48 |
6.2 |
45 |
6.1 |
44 |
5.3 |
| Chickenpox | 12 |
1.6 |
11 |
1.4 |
10 |
1.3 |
13 |
1.6 |
| Gastroenteritis | 59 |
7.7 |
51 |
6.6 |
53 |
7.2 |
70 |
8.5 |
| Gastroenteritis with stool culture | 4 |
0.5 |
20 |
2.6 |
7 |
0.9 |
13 |
1.6 |
| ADT immunisations | 24 |
3.1 |
34 |
4.4 |
41 |
5.5 |
35 |
4.2 |
The NNDSS is conducted under the auspices of the Communicable Diseases Network Australia New Zealand. The system coordinates the national surveillance of close to 50 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 legislation. De-identified core unit data are supplied fortnightly for collation, analysis and dissemination. For further information, see Commun Dis Intell 2000;24:6.
LabVISE is a sentinel reporting scheme. Currently 17 laboratories contribute data on the laboratory identification of viruses and other organisms. This number may change throughout the year. 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 2000;24:10.
ASPREN currently comprises about 120 general practitioners from throughout the country. Between 7,000 and 8,000 consultations are reported each week, with special attention to 14 conditions chosen for sentinel surveillance in 2000. Communicable Diseases Intelligence reports the consultation rates for five of these. For further information, including case definitions, see Commun Dis Intell 2000;24:7-8.
This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 24, No 7, July 2000.
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