Editorial: towards improving influenza surveillance in Australia.

A Review of Influenza Surveillance System in the Islamic Republic of Iran: History, Structures and Processes

Background and Objectives: Iran, like most other countries in the world, is always threatened with global epidemics and pandemics of influenza. The purpose of this study was to review the influenza surveillance system in Iran.   Methods: Data of this study were obtained from the surveillance system of the Center for Communicable Disease Control, the review of records, documents, books and pub...

Monitoring the control of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and related diseases in Australia: towards a national HPV surveillance strategy.

This paper describes a possible multifaceted approach to human papillomavirus (HPV) related surveillance in Australia following implementation of a national HPV vaccination program. We describe eight main components: monitoring of vaccine coverage, vaccine safety, type-specific HPV infection surveillance, cervical cytology (Pap screening) coverage and screen detected lesion prevalence, cervical...

How severe was the 2015 influenza season in Australia?

ASPREN1⁄4Australian Sentinel Practices Research Network; ILI1⁄4 influenza-like illness; SPNWA1⁄4Sentinel Practitioners Network of Western Australia; VicSPIN1⁄4Victorian Sentinel Practice Influenza Network. * For ASPREN and VicSPIN: overall proportions of positive swabs collected during the influenza season (MayeOctober). u MAustralia depicted a severe influenza season, focusing on the record nu...

Fragmentation of influenza surveillance in Australia.

Monitoring of community influenza through sentinel practice networks is essential to track the onset and progress of epidemics. In 1999, the Influenza Pandemic Planning Committee of the Communicable Diseases Network Australia New Zealand (CDNANZ) recommended that a national surveillance system be established comprising both community-based and institutional surveillance. In 2001, however, influ...

Febrile convulsions after 2010 seasonal trivalent influenza vaccine: implications for vaccine safety surveillance in Australia.