HIV surveillance, 1 July to 30 September 2013.

HIV and AIDS surveillance, 1 July to 30 September 2012.

National surveillance for HIV infection is coordinated by the Kirby Institute, in collaboration with state and territory health authorities and the Australian Government Department of Health. Cases of HIV infection are notified to the National HIV Registry on the first occasion of diagnosis in Australia, by either the diagnosing laboratory (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmani...

National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, 1 July to 30 September 2015.

Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit annual report, 2013.

This report provides an update on the surveillance conducted by the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU) during the period January to December 2013. The APSU facilitates national active surveillance of uncommon diseases of childhood including selected communicable diseases. This report includes data on the following conditions: acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), congenital cytomegalovirus...

National notifiable diseases surveillance system, 1 July to 30 September 2014.

A summary of diseases currently being reported by each jurisdiction is provided in Table 1. There were 64,307 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) with a notification received date between 1 July to 30 September 2014 (Table 2). The notification rate of diseases per 100,000 population for each state or territory is presented in Table 3. Table 1: Reporting...

Invasive pneumococcal disease surveillance Australia, 1 July to 30 September 2015.

Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) is caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae and results in illnesses such as pneumonia, bacteraemia and meningitis. There are currently more than 90 serotypes recognised worldwide, approximately half of which are found in Australia where IPD has been a nationally notifiable disease since 2001. The Communicable Diseases Network Australia established th...