Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 23, No 7, 8 July 1999 contains tables of surveillance data for notifiable diseases and laboratory data.

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There were 5,790 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) in the four week period, 26 May to 22 June 1999 (Tables 1 and 2). The numbers of reports for selected diseases have been compared with historical data for corresponding periods in the previous three years (Figure 3).

There were 3,099 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the four week period, 20 May to 16 June 1999 (Tables 3 and 4).

The Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (ASPREN) data for weeks 21 to 24, ending 20 June 1999, are included in this issue of Commun Dis Intell (Table 5).

Table 1. Notifications of diseases preventable by vaccines recommended by the NHMRC for routine childhood immunisation, received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 26 May to 22 June 1999

Disease1,2
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA This period 1999 This period 1998 Year to date 1999 Year to date 1998
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
H. influenzae type b infection
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
20
14
Measles
3
3
0
0
0
0
6
1
13
23
166
176
Mumps
1
1
0
2
0
1
7
1
13
11
77
79
Pertussis
5
58
0
27
15
12
67
10
194
317
1,557
3,724
Rubella3
2
2
0
5
0
0
9
4
22
67
166
364
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3

NN. Not Notifiable
1. No notification of poliomyelitis has been received since 1978.
2. Totals comprise data from all States and Territories. Cumulative figures are subject to retrospective revision, so there may be discrepancies between the number of new notifications and the increment in the cumulative figure from the previous period.
3. Includes congenital rubella.

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Table 2. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 26 May to 22 June 1999

Disease1,2,3,4
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA This period 1999 This period 1998 Year to date 1999 Year to date 1998
Arbovirus infection (NEC)
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
4
5
66
42
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
0
0
14
0
0
1
4
19
32
232
352
Brucellosis
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
1
11
20
Campylobacteriosis5
26
-
21
138
211
29
254
92
771
647
5,918
4,989
Chancroid
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Chlamydial infection (NEC)6
10
NN
68
262
84
17
280
111
832
826
7,817
5,112
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
Dengue
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
6
17
146
286
Donovanosis
0
NN
0
0
NN
0
0
1
1
3
9
19
Gonococcal infection7
3
76
89
78
26
1
0
67
340
408
2,343
2,490
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome8
NN
1
0
0
1
0
NN
0
2
0
13
6
Hepatitis A
0
37
0
12
16
0
13
9
87
180
820
1,570
Hepatitis B incident
0
12
0
5
2
0
4
2
25
17
167
128
Hepatitis B unspecified9
6
153
0
48
0
3
191
108
509
606
3,196
3,438
Hepatitis C incident
1
0
0
-
5
0
1
3
10
31
155
135
Hepatitis C unspecified9
29
359
20
173
67
26
414
50
1,138
1,594
9,339
10,557
Hepatitis (NEC)10
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
NN
3
2
7
9
Hydatid infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
4
2
16
16
Legionellosis
0
6
1
1
3
0
3
0
14
16
151
122
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Leptospirosis
0
4
0
14
0
0
0
0
18
10
240
78
Listeriosis
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
21
27
Malaria
1
12
3
8
2
0
8
3
37
151
358
382
Meningococcal infection
0
9
1
10
1
1
11
7
40
37
197
133
Ornithosis
0
NN
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
39
18
Q fever
0
12
0
18
0
0
0
1
31
36
222
259
Ross River virus infection
1
0
0
130
1
5
3
41
181
155
2,777
2,216
Salmonellosis (NEC)
4
43
22
103
33
7
55
47
314
486
4,728
4,522
Shigellosis5
0
-
13
4
2
0
8
7
34
41
311
333
SLTEC, VTEC11
NN
0
0
NN
1
0
NN
NN
1
3
13
7
Syphilis12
0
26
50
60
1
2
0
16
155
106
919
639
TTP13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Tuberculosis
0
60
2
5
1
1
30
2
101
110
698
610
Typhoid14
0
3
0
0
0
0
4
1
8
2
36
50
Yersiniosis (NEC)5
0
-
0
2
0
0
0
1
3
17
83
138

1. Diseases preventable by routine childhood immunisation are presented in Table 1.
2. For HIV and AIDS, see Tables 6 and 7.
3. Totals comprise data from all States and Territories. Cumulative figures are subject to retrospective revision so there may be discrepancies between the number of new notifications and the increment in the cumulative figure from the previous period.
4. No notifications have been received during 1999 for the following rare diseases: lymphogranuloma venereum, plague, rabies, yellow fever, or other viral haemorrhagic fevers.
5. Not reported for NSW because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
6. WA: genital only.
7. NT, Qld, SA and Vic: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
8. Nationally reportable from August 1998.
9. Unspecified numbers should be interpreted with some caution as the magnitude may be a reflection of the numbers of tests being carried out.
10. Includes hepatitis D and E.
11. Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing E. Coli (SLTEC/VTEC) became nationally reportable in August 1998.
12. Includes congenital syphilis.
13. Thrombotic thrombocytopaenic purpura became nationally reportable in August 1998.
14. NSW, Qld: includes paratyphoid.
NN   Not Notifiable.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
- Elsewhere Classified.

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Figure 3. Selected National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System reports, and historical data

Figure 3. Selected National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System reports, and historical data

1. The historical data are the averages of the number of notifications in the corresponding 4 week periods of the last 3 years and the 2 week periods immediately preceding and following those.

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Table 3. Virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory1 for the reporting period 20 May to 16 June 1999, and total reports for the year

  State or Territory1 Total this period Total reported in CDI in 1999
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus
 
1
2
1
3
 
13
5
25
143
Mumps virus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11
11
37
Rubella virus
 
 
 
12
2
 
 
4
18
56
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus
 
2
2
9
6
 
2
37
58
229
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
 
7
17
124
2
 
7
128
285
1,183
Barmah Forest virus
 
1
4
29
 
 
2
10
46
129
Dengue not typed
 
1
1
 
 
 
 
13
15
45
Murray Valley encephalitis virus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
1
2
Kunjin virus
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
2
3
5
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
4
 
4
16
Adenovirus type 2
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
1
8
Adenovirus type 3
 
 
 
 
4
 
5
 
9
27
Adenovirus type 4
 
 
 
 
1
 
3
 
4
7
Adenovirus type 37
 
 
 
 
 
 
4
 
4
12
Adenovirus type 40
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
11
12
38
Adenovirus not typed/pending
 
23
 
8
24
 
44
41
140
643
Herpes viruses
Herpes virus type 6
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3
3
6
Cytomegalovirus
 
28
1
24
24
 
51
24
152
642
Varicella-zoster virus
 
15
4
36
36
 
63
66
220
933
Epstein-Barr virus
 
21
8
84
67
 
18
109
307
1,379
Other DNA viruses
Papovavirus group
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5
5
10
Molluscum contagiosum
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4
4
10
Contagious pustular dermatitis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3
3
11
Poxvirus group not typed
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
1
2
Parvovirus
1
 
1
3
3
 
42
16
66
227
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus A9
 
 
 
 
 
 
3
 
3
3
Coxsackievirus A10
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
1
1
Echovirus type 4
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
1
3
Echovirus type 9
 
1
 
 
 
1
 
 
2
25
Echovirus type 11
 
6
 
 
 
 
1
 
7
43
Echovirus type 19
 
1
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
2
Poliovirus type 3 (uncharacterised)
 
1
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
3
Rhinovirus (all types)
 
25
 
1
4
 
 
20
50
201
Enterovirus type 71 (BCR)
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
1
1
Enterovirus not typed/pending
 
3
2
4
 
 
9
96
114
440
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
 
39
1
13
26
 
37
20
136
399
Influenza A virus H1N1
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
1
2
Influenza A virus H3N2
 
 
 
 
 
 
4
 
4
7
Influenza B virus
 
3
 
1
3
 
5
11
23
71
Parainfluenza virus type 1
 
2
 
1
1
 
1
 
5
24
Parainfluenza virus type 2
 
2
 
 
4
 
18
6
30
55
Parainfluenza virus type 3
 
11
 
2
6
 
15
11
45
342
Respiratory syncytial virus
 
212
1
33
23
1
32
51
353
801
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
1
2
8
Rotavirus
 
62
 
1
17
 
27
89
196
552
Astrovirus
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
1
2
Norwalk agent
 
 
 
 
 
 
15
 
15
49
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
 
39
27
111
49
2
20
158
406
1,546
Chlamydia psittaci
 
 
 
 
 
 
15
 
15
47
Chlamydia species
 
 
 
2
 
 
 
 
2
8
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
 
25
2
29
7
 
56
27
146
659
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
 
3
 
12
 
 
7
4
26
91
Rickettsia - Spotted fever group
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
1
1
Rickettsia spp - other
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
2
5
Salmonella species
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
2
4
Bordetella pertussis
 
6
 
38
 
 
52
9
105
355
Legionella pneumophila
 
 
 
 
1
 
 
1
2
8
Legionella longbeachae
 
 
 
 
1
 
 
1
2
25
Total
1
540
76
578
314
4
582
1,004
3,099
11,587

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Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by contributing laboratories for the reporting period 20 May to 16 June 1999

State or Territory
Laboratory
Reports
New South Wales Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead
New Children's Hospital, Westmead
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool
18
110
113
274
Queensland Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End
Townsville General Hospital
590
39
South Australia Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide 314
Tasmania Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston 3
Victoria Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield
64
236
281
Western Australia PathCentre Virology, Perth
Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth
Western Diagnostic Pathology
787
124
146
Total   3,099

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Table 5. Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network reports, weeks 21 to 24, 1999

Week number
21 22 23 24
Week ending on
30 May 1999
6 June 1999
13 June 1999
20 June 1999
Doctors reporting
59
60
58
48
Total encounters
7,590
7,632
7,610
5,525
Condition
Reports Rate (per 1,000 encounters) Reports Rate (per 1,000 encounters) Reports Rate (per 1,000 encounters) Reports Rate (per 1,000 encounters)
Influenza
66
8.7
65
8.5
62
8.1
80
14.5
Rubella
1
0.1
1
0.1
4
0.5
0
0.0
Measles
1
0.1
1
0.1
0
0.0
0
0.0
Chickenpox
12
1.6
13
1.7
6
0.8
11
2.0
New diagnosis of asthma
12
1.6
18
2.4
16
2.1
7
1.3
Post operative wound sepsis
6
0.8
11
1.4
11
1.4
5
0.9
Gastroenteritis
70
9.2
73
9.6
82
10.8
35
6.3


The NNDSS is conducted under the auspices of the Communicable Diseases Network Australia New Zealand. The system coordinates the national surveillance of more than 40 communicable diseases or disease groups endorsed by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Notifications of these diseases are made to State and Territory health authorities under the provisions of their respective public health legislations. De-identified core unit data are supplied fortnightly for collation, analysis and dissemination. For further information, see Commun Dis Intell 1999;23:58.

LabVISE is a sentinel reporting scheme. Twenty-one laboratories contribute data on the laboratory identification of viruses and other organisms. Data are collated and published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence every four weeks. These data should be interpreted with caution as the number and type of reports received is subject to a number of biases. For further information, see Commun Dis Intell 1999;23:58.

ASPREN currently comprises about 100 general practitioners from throughout the country. Up to 9,000 consultations are reported each week, with special attention to 12 conditions chosen for sentinel surveillance in 1999. CDI reports the consultation rates for seven of these. For further information, including case definitions, see Commun Dis Intell 1999;23:55-56.


This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 23, No 7, 8 July 1999.

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