Acute flaccid paralysis surveillance in Australia: the first year

Authors

  • Ana Herceg Department of Health and Family Services, MDP 15, GPO Box 9848 Canberra ACT 2601; Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit Acute Flaccid Paralysis Study Group
  • Margery Kennett National Polio Reference Laboratory, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield, Vic; Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit Acute Flaccid Paralysis Study Group
  • Jayne Antony New Children’s Hospital, Westmead, NSW; Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit Acute Flaccid Paralysis Study Group
  • Helen Longbottom Department of Health and Family Services, MDP 15, GPO Box 9848 Canberra ACT 2601; Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit Acute Flaccid Paralysis Study Group

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.1996.20.68

Keywords:

acute flaccid paralysis, surveillance, Guillain-Barré Syndrome, poliomyelitis

Abstract

Surveillance for acute flaccid paralysis commenced through the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit in March 1995. Thirty-five cases were reported in the first year, giving an estimated incidence of 0.90 cases per 100,000 children under the age of 15 years. Nearly half the cases were GuillainBarre syndrome. No cases of poliomyelitis were identified. This surveillance scheme will assist in the process of certification of the eradication of poliomyelitis in Australia and the World Health Organization Western Pacific Region. Comm Dis Intell 1996;20:403-405.

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16/09/96

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Herceg, Ana, Margery Kennett, Jayne Antony, and Helen Longbottom. 1996. “Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance in Australia: The First Year”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 20 (September):403-5. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.1996.20.68.

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