Monica M Lahra, Rodney Enriquez for the Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme
Introduction
The reference laboratories of the Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme report data on the number of cases confirmed by laboratory testing using culture and by non-culture based techniques. Culture positive cases, where Neisseria meningitidis is grown from a normally sterile site or skin lesions, and non-culture based diagnoses, derived from results of nucleic acid amplification assays and serological techniques, are defined as invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) according to Public Health Laboratory Network definitions. Data contained in quarterly reports are restricted to a description of the number of cases by jurisdiction and serogroup, where known. Some minor corrections to data in the Table may be made in subsequent reports if additional data are received. A full analysis of laboratory confirmed cases of IMD in each calendar year is contained in the annual reports of the programme published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence. For more information see Commun Dis Intell 2013;37(1):E61.
Results
Laboratory confirmed cases of invasive meningococcal disease for the period 1 April to 30 June 2013 are shown in the Table.
| State or territory | Year | Serogroup | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | Y | W135 | ND | All | |||||||||
| Q2 | YTD | Q2 | YTD | Q2 | YTD | Q2 | YTD | Q2 | YTD | Q2 | YTD | Q2 | YTD | ||
Australian Capital Territory |
2013 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| 2012 | 0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
New South Wales |
2013 | 0 |
0 |
5 |
10 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
14 |
| 2012 | 0 |
0 |
14 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
17 |
25 |
|
Northern Territory |
2013 | 0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| 2012 | 0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
|
Queensland |
2013 | 0 |
0 |
8 |
15 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
20 |
| 2012 | 0 |
0 |
10 |
20 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
22 |
|
South Australia |
2013 | 0 |
0 |
6 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
12 |
| 2012 | 0 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
8 |
|
Tasmania |
2013 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 2012 | 0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
Victoria |
2013 | 0 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
10 |
| 2012 | 0 |
0 |
6 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
15 |
|
Western Australia |
2013 | 0 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
10 |
| 2012 | 0 |
0 |
6 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
Australia |
2013 | 0 |
0 |
23 |
52 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
33 |
69 |
| 2012 | 0 |
0 |
47 |
72 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
55 |
87 |
|
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