Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables - PathCentre and ASPREN

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 25, No 4, November 2001 contains an analysis and tables of monthly notifiable diseases and laboratory data, and quarterly surveillance reports.

Page last updated: 19 December 2001

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Previously unpublished data received from WA PathCentre for the period October 2000 to June 2001 are shown in Table 6.

The Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (ASPREN) data for weeks 27-30 to 35-39, ending 30 September 2001, are included in this issue of Communicable Diseases Intelligence (Table 7).

The following table displays Summary of data sent to LabVISE from Path Centre, Western Australia, October 2000 to June 2001. If you are not able to access these data please e-mail cdi.editor@health.gov.au.

Table 6. Summary of data sent to LabVISE from Path Centre, Western Australia, October 2000 to June 2001

Organism
2000 2001 Total
Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Adenovirus not typed
13
22
12
14
23
17
19
16
11
147
Adenovirus type 1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
Adenovirus type 40
0
2
2
0
6
7
11
2
13
43
Adenovirus type 41
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
Influenza A virus
74
50
10
9
1
1
2
2
6
155
Influenza B virus
12
6
2
6
3
1
2
4
5
41
Parainfluenza virus type 1
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
3
Parainfluenza virus type 2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Parainfluenza virus type 3
9
10
17
12
11
4
1
8
11
83
Parainfluenza virus type 4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
Respiratory syncytial virus
16
12
2
8
14
21
3
18
18
112
Rhinovirus (all types)
17
13
10
1
15
16
12
15
16
115
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
9
19
11
16
10
4
4
20
12
105
Chlamydia psittaci
0
1
1
0
3
1
0
1
1
8
Mumps virus
4
3
1
2
1
2
8
1
2
24
Epstein-Barr virus
15
23
21
38
25
30
9
16
15
192
Varicella-Zoster virus
49
72
84
52
47
70
43
50
61
528
Herpes type 6
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
Coxiella Burnetti
8
2
1
2
3
6
2
3
0
27
Rickettsia, other
0
1
3
1
0
0
0
1
6
Enteroviruses - not typed
22
31
48
25
29
79
42
69
91
436
Molluscum contagiosum
1
1
0
0
2
3
1
2
2
12
ORF virus
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
3
Measles virus
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
2
0
5
Rubella virus
0
1
1
0
1
1
2
1
0
7
Hepatitis A virus
2
2
3
2
0
1
1
1
12
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
108
133
116
79
121
149
93
176
126
1101
Papovavirus group
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
Cytomegalovirus
11
4
8
2
3
7
18
0
0
53
Rotavirus
3
4
1
0
3
13
8
27
61
120
Calicivirus
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
Enterovirus type 71 (BCR)
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
Parvovirus
12
15
19
15
29
10
8
10
24
142
HTLV-1
2
0
2
1
1
3
2
1
0
12
Barmah Forest virus
4
4
6
3
3
11
4
4
3
42
Dengue type 2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Dengue type 3
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
4
Dengue type 4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
MVE virus
1
0
0
1
1
7
1
0
0
11
Ross River virus
0
8
8
25
28
31
19
21
4
144
Dengue
3
2
4
6
6
60
26
0
19
126
Kunjin virus
0
0
0
0
1
4
2
2
2
11
Bordetella species
0
1
0
3
0
6
2
1
0
13
Bordetella pertussis
0
4
8
2
0
1
0
1
3
19
Legionella pneumophila
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
5
Legionella longbeachae
2
1
3
1
0
3
1
2
2
15
Leptospira species
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
5
Schistosoma species
6
4
5
4
1
10
2
4
5
41
Total
404
457
413
338
393
584
352
486
519
3,946


Top of pageThe following table displays Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network reports, weeks 27-30 to 35-39, 2001. If you are not able to access these data please e-mail cdi.editor@health.gov.au.

Table 7. Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network reports, weeks 27-30 to 35-39, 2001

Week number
27-30 31-34 35-39
Ending on
29 July 2001
26 August 2001
30 September 2001
Doctors reporting
207
228
285
Total encounters
24,716
27,865
34,900
Condition
Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters
Influenza
317
12.8
373
13.4
279
8.0
Influenza with culture
3
0.1
6
0.2
2
0.1
Chickenpox
66
2.7
60
2.2
76
2.2
Shingles
27
1.1
33
1.2
52
1.5


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 quarterly. 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, not all of whom report each week. Between 7,000 and 8,000 consultations are reported each week, with special attention to 12 conditions chosen for sentinel surveillance in 2001. Communicable Diseases Intelligence reports the consultation rates for four of these. For further information, including case definitions, see Commun Dis Intell 2001;25:106.


This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 25, No 4, November 2001.

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