Australian Influenza Surveillance 2010 - Latest report

Via Australia's Department of Health, excerpt :

" Report No. 38

Reporting period 18 to 24 September 2010

Summary

• Levels of influenza-like illness (ILI) in the community have continued to increase through most surveillance systems this reporting period. Local, regional and widespread activity was reported within jurisdictions. The number of laboratory confirmed notifications has also increased.
• There were 933 laboratory confirmed notifications of influenza during this reporting period, including 732 pandemic (H1N1) 2009 cases. Notifications of laboratory confirmed influenza were highest in SA.
• Results from sentinel laboratory surveillance systems for this reporting period show that 17% of the respiratory tests conducted over this period were positive for influenza, which is a slight increase from the last reporting period (14%). In 2010, a total of 973 specimens have been positive for influenza (of 12,228 specimens tested), of which 69% were pandemic (H1N1) 2009, 9% were A/H3N2 and 19% were influenza B.

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