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The Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (ASPREN) data for weeks 1-4 to 9-12, ending 25 March 2001, are included in this issue of Communicable Diseases Intelligence (Table 7).
Table 7. Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network reports, weeks 1-4 to 9-12, 2001
Week number |
1-4 | 5-8 | 9-12 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week ending on | 28 January 2001 |
25 February 2001 |
25 March 2001 |
|||
| Doctors reporting | 220 |
327 |
199 |
|||
| Total encounters | 23,901 |
36,712 |
23,622 |
|||
Condition |
Reports | Rate per 1,000 encounters | Reports | Rate per 1,000 encounters | Reports | Rate per 1,000 encounters |
| Influenza | 22 |
0.9 |
32 |
0.9 |
47 |
2.0 |
| Influenza with culture | 0 |
0.0 |
1 |
0.0 |
3 |
0.1 |
| Chickenpox | 41 |
1.7 |
47 |
1.3 |
27 |
1.1 |
| Shingles | 35 |
1.5 |
45 |
1.2 |
32 |
1.4 |
ASPREN currently comprises about 120 general practitioners from throughout the country, not all of whom report each week. Between 7,000 and 8,000 consultations are reported each week, with special attention to 14 conditions chosen for sentinel surveillance in 2001. Communicable Diseases Intelligence reports the consultation rates for 4 of these. For further information, see Commun Dis Intell 2000;24:7-8.
This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 25, No 2, April 2001.
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