Annual report of the National Influenza Surveillance Scheme, 1998

Authors

  • Linda Halliday National Centre for Disease Control, Department of Health and Aged Care, GPO Box 9848, Canberra ACT 2601; National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University
  • Leslee Roberts National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University
  • Alan Hampson World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Influenza Reference and Research, Melbourne
  • National Influenza Surveillance Scheme

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.1999.23.25

Keywords:

influenza surveillance

Abstract

The National Influenza Surveillance Scheme includes data from sentinel general practice consultations for influenza-like illness, laboratory reports of influenza and absenteeism rates from a national employer. The 1998 season was dominated by an increase in influenza A in all States and Territories and low influenza B activity. All influenza A isolates were characterised as influenza A (H3N2). Peak activity in 1998 was recorded in July and August. Data are coordinated, analysed and disseminated at a national level and published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence during the influenza season. Commun Dis Intell 1999;23:185-192.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

CDNANZ Influenza Pandemic Planning Committee. Towards an Australian Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Plan 1999; Version 1.

Dab W, Quenel P, Cohen JM, Hannoun C. A new influenza surveillance system in France: the Ile de France 'GROG'.2. Validity of the indicators (1984-1989). Eur J Epidemiology 1991;7:579-587.

Surveillance data in CDI. Commun Dis Intell 1998;22.8

Curran M, Herceg A. Surveillance data in CDI. Commun Dis Intell 1996;20:140-145.

Johnston F. Tropical Influenza Surveillance. Commun Dis Intell 1997;21:6.

Curran M, Hampson A. National Influenza Surveillance 1997. Commun Dis Intell 1997;22:5.

Johnston F. Tropical Influenza Surveillance. Commun Dis Intell 1996;20:12.

Ling AE. Singapore (tropical climate). In: Brown LE, Hampson AW, Webster RG. Editors. Options for the Control of Influenza III. Proceedings of the third International Conference on Options for the Control of Influenza; 1996 May 4-9; Cairns, Australia. Elsevier, 1996.

Influenza activity March-September 1998. Weekly Epidemiological record 1998;40:305-308.

Wood JM. Influenza Vaccine Strains for the 1999-2000 season. Influenza 1999;10.

Curran M, Moser K. National Influenza Surveillance 1996. Commun Dis Intell 1997;21:8.

Curran M. National Influenza Surveillance 1995. Commun Dis Intell 1996;20:6.

Australian Recommendations for the Influenza Vaccine Composition for the 1999 Season. Commun Dis Intell 1998;22:269.

Downloads

Published

08/07/99

How to Cite

Halliday, Linda, Leslee Roberts, Alan Hampson, and National Influenza Surveillance Scheme. 1999. “Annual Report of the National Influenza Surveillance Scheme, 1998”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 23 (July):185-92. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.1999.23.25.

Issue

Vol. 23 (1999)

Section

Annual report

Categories

License

Copyright (c) 1999 Communicable Diseases Intelligence

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Most read articles by the same author(s)

1 2 > >>