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The Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (ASPREN) data for weeks 1-4 to 9-13, ending 31 March 2002, are included in this issue of Communicable Diseases Intelligence (Table 6).
Table 6. Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network reports, weeks 1-4 to 9-13, 2002
Week number ending on: |
1 - 4 | 5 - 8 | 9 - 13 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 January 2002 | 24 February 2002 | 31 March 2002 | ||||
| No. of doctors reporting: | 250 |
239 |
229 |
|||
| Total no. of consultations: | 26,272 |
26,113 |
25,932 |
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Condition |
Reports | Rate per 1,000 encounters | Reports | Rate per 1,000 encounters | Reports | Rate per 1,000 encounters |
| Influenza | 46 |
1.8 |
33 |
1.3 |
49 |
1.9 |
| Gastroenteritis | 239 |
9.1 |
245 |
9.4 |
239 |
9.2 |
| Acute cough with chest and systemic signs | 46 |
1.8 |
52 |
2.0 |
51 |
2.0 |
| Acute cough with chest signs | 137 |
5.2 |
162 |
6.2 |
205 |
7.9 |
| Acute cough with systemic signs | 45 |
1.7 |
61 |
2.3 |
75 |
2.9 |
| Acute cough without signs | 259 |
9.9 |
226 |
8.7 |
255 |
9.8 |
ASPREN currently comprises about 66 general practitioners from throughout the country, not all of whom report each week. Between 4,000 and 6,000 consultations are reported each week, with special attention to 10 conditions chosen for sentinel surveillance in 2002. Communicable Diseases Intelligence reports the consultation rates for six of these. For further information, including case definitions, see Commun Dis Intell 2002;26:60.
This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 26, No 2, June 2002
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