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Previously unpublished data received from WA PathCentre for the period October 2000 to June 2001 are shown in Table 6.
The Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (ASPREN) data for weeks 27-30 to 35-39, ending 30 September 2001, are included in this issue of Communicable Diseases Intelligence (Table 7).
The following table displays Summary of data sent to LabVISE from Path Centre, Western Australia, October 2000 to June 2001. If you are not able to access these data please e-mail cdi.editor@health.gov.au.
Table 6. Summary of data sent to LabVISE from Path Centre, Western Australia, October 2000 to June 2001
Organism |
2000 | 2001 | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | ||
| Adenovirus not typed | 13 |
22 |
12 |
14 |
23 |
17 |
19 |
16 |
11 |
147 |
| Adenovirus type 1 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Adenovirus type 40 | 0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
7 |
11 |
2 |
13 |
43 |
| Adenovirus type 41 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Influenza A virus | 74 |
50 |
10 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
155 |
| Influenza B virus | 12 |
6 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
41 |
| Parainfluenza virus type 1 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Parainfluenza virus type 2 | 0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Parainfluenza virus type 3 | 9 |
10 |
17 |
12 |
11 |
4 |
1 |
8 |
11 |
83 |
| Parainfluenza virus type 4 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| Respiratory syncytial virus | 16 |
12 |
2 |
8 |
14 |
21 |
3 |
18 |
18 |
112 |
| Rhinovirus (all types) | 17 |
13 |
10 |
1 |
15 |
16 |
12 |
15 |
16 |
115 |
| Mycoplasma pneumoniae | 9 |
19 |
11 |
16 |
10 |
4 |
4 |
20 |
12 |
105 |
| Chlamydia psittaci | 0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
| Mumps virus | 4 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
1 |
2 |
24 |
| Epstein-Barr virus | 15 |
23 |
21 |
38 |
25 |
30 |
9 |
16 |
15 |
192 |
| Varicella-Zoster virus | 49 |
72 |
84 |
52 |
47 |
70 |
43 |
50 |
61 |
528 |
| Herpes type 6 | 0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Coxiella Burnetti | 8 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
27 |
| Rickettsia, other | 0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
|
| Enteroviruses - not typed | 22 |
31 |
48 |
25 |
29 |
79 |
42 |
69 |
91 |
436 |
| Molluscum contagiosum | 1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
12 |
| ORF virus | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
| Measles virus | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
| Rubella virus | 0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
| Hepatitis A virus | 2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
|
| Chlamydia trachomatis not typed | 108 |
133 |
116 |
79 |
121 |
149 |
93 |
176 |
126 |
1101 |
| Papovavirus group | 0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| Cytomegalovirus | 11 |
4 |
8 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
53 |
| Rotavirus | 3 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
13 |
8 |
27 |
61 |
120 |
| Calicivirus | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Enterovirus type 71 (BCR) | 0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Parvovirus | 12 |
15 |
19 |
15 |
29 |
10 |
8 |
10 |
24 |
142 |
| HTLV-1 | 2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
12 |
| Barmah Forest virus | 4 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
11 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
42 |
| Dengue type 2 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Dengue type 3 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
| Dengue type 4 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| MVE virus | 1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
| Ross River virus | 0 |
8 |
8 |
25 |
28 |
31 |
19 |
21 |
4 |
144 |
| Dengue | 3 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
6 |
60 |
26 |
0 |
19 |
126 |
| Kunjin virus | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
11 |
| Bordetella species | 0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
13 |
| Bordetella pertussis | 0 |
4 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
19 |
| Legionella pneumophila | 0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
| Legionella longbeachae | 2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
15 |
| Leptospira species | 1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
| Schistosoma species | 6 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
10 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
41 |
| Total | 404 |
457 |
413 |
338 |
393 |
584 |
352 |
486 |
519 |
3,946 |
Top of pageThe following table displays Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network reports, weeks 27-30 to 35-39, 2001. If you are not able to access these data please e-mail cdi.editor@health.gov.au.
Table 7. Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network reports, weeks 27-30 to 35-39, 2001
Week number |
27-30 | 31-34 | 35-39 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ending on | 29 July 2001 |
26 August 2001 |
30 September 2001 |
|||
| Doctors reporting | 207 |
228 |
285 |
|||
| Total encounters | 24,716 |
27,865 |
34,900 |
|||
Condition |
Reports | Rate per 1,000 encounters | Reports | Rate per 1,000 encounters | Reports | Rate per 1,000 encounters |
| Influenza | 317 |
12.8 |
373 |
13.4 |
279 |
8.0 |
| Influenza with culture | 3 |
0.1 |
6 |
0.2 |
2 |
0.1 |
| Chickenpox | 66 |
2.7 |
60 |
2.2 |
76 |
2.2 |
| Shingles | 27 |
1.1 |
33 |
1.2 |
52 |
1.5 |
LabVISE is a sentinel reporting scheme. Currently 17 laboratories contribute data on the laboratory identification of viruses and other organisms. This number may change throughout the year. Data are collated and published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence quarterly. 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 2000;24:10.
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 12 conditions chosen for sentinel surveillance in 2001. Communicable Diseases Intelligence reports the consultation rates for four of these. For further information, including case definitions, see Commun Dis Intell 2001;25:106.
This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 25, No 4, November 2001.
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