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Thursday, September 16, 2010

Australian Influenza Surveillance 2010 - Latest report

I'm not too sure if this is the latest report but this is what currently posted on Australia DOH's website, as of today :

Report No. 35 - Reporting period 28 August to 3 September 2010
  • Levels of influenza and influenza-like illness (ILI) in the community have continued to increase through all surveillance systems this reporting period and highlight a late start to the influenza season compared to previous years.
  • There were 501 laboratory confirmed notifications of influenza during this reporting period, including 361 pandemic (H1N1) 2009 cases. Notifications of laboratory confirmed influenza were highest in SA and QLD.
  • Results from sentinel laboratory surveillance systems for this reporting period show that 19% of the respiratory tests conducted over this period were positive for influenza, which is similar to the last reporting period (17%). In 2010, a total of 694 specimens have been positive for influenza (of 10,554 specimens tested), of which 70% were pandemic (H1N1) 2009 and 12% were A/H3N2.
  • Of the 4,152 confirmed cases of influenza diagnosed during 2010 up to 3 September, 1,935 (47%) have been sub-typed as pandemic (H1N1) 2009. A total of 39,571 confirmed cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 have occurred in Australia since May 2009.
  • Sentinel hospitals have reported 16 hospitalisations for influenza during the reporting period, including 13 for pandemic (H1N1) 2009. ANZICS reported two ICU admissions for influenza and the APSU has reported nine cases of influenza complications in children aged less than 15 years this reporting period.

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