Comparing laboratory surveillance with the notifiable diseases surveillance system in South Africa

Communicable diseases surveillance. National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.

Cases and outbreaks of influenza-like illness were reported in Cordoba, Mendoza and Santa Fe, Argentina, during June and July. Activity in Cordoba affected mainly adults and reached a peak at the end of July. Specimens obtained in all 3 cities are under investigation at the National Influenza Centre in Cordoba. So far, influenza A(H3N2) virus was isolated from 2 of 35 specimens collected among ...

National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System tables.

Australia's notifiable diseases status, 2006: annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.

In 2006, 66 diseases and conditions were nationally notifiable in Australia. States and territories reported a total of 138,511 cases of communicable diseases to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System: an increase of 10.4% on the number of notifications in 2005. In 2006, the most frequently notified diseases were sexually transmissible infections (57,941 notifications, 42% of tota...

Australia's notifiable diseases status, 2002: Annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.

There were 57 infectious diseases notifiable at the national level in Australia in 2002. States and territories reported 100,278 cases of infectious diseases to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS), a fall of 4 per cent compared to the number of notifications in 2001. In 2002, the most frequently notified diseases were, sexually transmitted infections (31,929 reports, 32...

Australia's notifiable diseases status, 1997. Annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.

In 1997 there were 89,579 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System. A notable feature of 1997 was the pertussis outbreak which peaked towards the end of the year and resulted in 10,668 cases being notified. The highest number of notifications received was for hepatitis C (unspecified) with 19,692 notifications; this is the first year for which data have been reporte...