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National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
A summary of diseases currently being reported by each jurisdiction is provided in Table 1. There were 60,971 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) with a notification received date between 1 January and 31 March 2011 (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 (newly acquired) | All jurisdictions |
Hepatitis B (unspecified) | All jurisdictions |
Hepatitis C (newly acquired) | All jurisdictions except Queensland |
Hepatitis C (unspecified) | All jurisdictions |
Hepatitis D | All jurisdictions |
Gastrointestinal diseases |
|
Botulism | All jurisdictions |
Campylobacteriosis | All jurisdictions except New South Wales |
Cryptosporidiosis | All jurisdictions |
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome | All jurisdictions |
Hepatitis A | All jurisdictions |
Hepatitis E | All jurisdictions |
Listeriosis | All jurisdictions |
STEC, VTEC* | All jurisdictions |
Salmonellosis | All jurisdictions |
Shigellosis | 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 < 2 years duration | All jurisdictions |
Syphilis > 2 years or unspecified duration | All jurisdictions except South Australia |
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 New South Wales |
Varicella zoster (shingles) | All jurisdictions except New South Wales |
Varicella zoster (unspecified) | All jurisdictions except New South Wales |
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 |
* Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing Escherichia coli (STEC/VTEC).
NEC Not elsewhere classified.
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This issue - Vol 35 No 2, June 2011
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