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A summary of diseases currently being reported by each jurisdiction is provided in Table 1. There were 41,853 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) with a notification date between 1 July 30 September 2008 (Table 2). The notification rate of diseases per 100,000 population for each state or territory is presented in Table 3.
Table 1. Reporting of notifiable diseases by jurisdiction
Disease |
Data received from: |
|---|---|
Bloodborne diseases |
|
| Hepatitis (NEC) | All jurisdictions |
| Hepatitis B (incident) | All jurisdictions |
| Hepatitis B (unspecified) | All jurisdictions |
| Hepatitis C (incident) | All jurisdictions except Qld |
| Hepatitis C (unspecified) | All jurisdictions |
| Hepatitis D | All jurisdictions |
Gastrointestinal diseases |
|
| Botulism | All jurisdictions |
| Campylobacteriosis | All jurisdictions except NSW |
| Cryptosporidiosis | All jurisdictions |
| Haemolytic uraemic syndrome | All jurisdictions |
| Hepatitis A | All jurisdictions |
| Hepatitis E | All jurisdictions |
| Listeriosis | All jurisdictions |
| Salmonellosis | All jurisdictions |
| Shigellosis | All jurisdictions |
| STEC, VTEC | All jurisdictions |
| Typhoid | All jurisdictions |
Quarantinable diseases |
|
| Cholera | All jurisdictions |
| Highly pathogenic avian influenza in humans | All jurisdictions |
| Plague | All jurisdictions |
| Rabies | All jurisdictions |
| Severe acute respiratory syndrome | All jurisdictions |
| Smallpox | All jurisdictions |
| Viral haemorrhagic fever | All jurisdictions |
| Yellow fever | All jurisdictions |
Sexually transmissible infections |
|
| Chlamydial infection | All jurisdictions |
| Donovanosis | All jurisdictions |
| Gonococcal infection | All jurisdictions |
| Syphilis (all) | |
| Syphilis <2 years duration | All jurisdictions |
| Syphilis >2 years or unspecified duration | All jurisdictions except South Australia where data are not collected. |
| Syphilis - congenital | All jurisdictions |
Vaccine preventable diseases |
|
| Diphtheria | All jurisdictions |
| Haemophilus influenzae type b | All jurisdictions |
| Influenza (laboratory confirmed) | All jurisdictions |
| Measles | All jurisdictions |
| Mumps | All jurisdictions |
| Pertussis | All jurisdictions |
| Pneumococcal disease (invasive) | All jurisdictions |
| Poliomyelitis | All jurisdictions |
| Rubella | All jurisdictions |
| Rubella - congenital | All jurisdictions |
| Tetanus | All jurisdictions |
| Varicella zoster (chickenpox) | All jurisdictions except NSW |
| Varicella zoster (shingles) | All jurisdictions except NSW |
| Varicella zoster (unspecified) | All jurisdictions except NSW |
Vectorborne diseases
|
|
| Arbovirus infection (NEC)* | All jurisdictions |
| Barmah Forest virus infection | All jurisdictions |
| Dengue virus infection | All jurisdictions |
| Japanese encephalitis virus infection | All jurisdictions |
| Kunjin virus infection | All jurisdictions |
| Malaria | All jurisdictions |
| Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection | All jurisdictions |
| Ross River virus infection | All jurisdictions |
Zoonoses |
|
| Anthrax | All jurisdictions |
| Australian bat lyssavirus | All jurisdictions |
| Brucellosis | All jurisdictions |
| Leptospirosis | All jurisdictions |
| Lyssavirus (NEC) | All jurisdictions |
| Ornithosis | All jurisdictions |
| Q fever | All jurisdictions |
| Tularaemia | All jurisdictions |
Other bacterial infections |
|
| Legionellosis | All jurisdictions |
| Leprosy | All jurisdictions |
| Meningococcal infection | All jurisdictions |
| Tuberculosis | All jurisdictions |
* Flavivirus (NEC) replaced Arbovirus (NEC) from 1 January 2004. Arbovirus (NEC) replaced Flavivirus (NEC) from 2008
NEC Not elsewhere classified
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This issue - Vol 32 No 4, December 2008
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