| influenza. | in australia in april this year, there were 25 cases of influenza a and 8 cases of influenza b reported. most of these, 11 of type a and all 8 type b occurred in western australia. in may, 33 type a and two type b were reported. of these, 25 type a were in south australia and the two type b were in victoria. in addition, two type h3n2, an epidemic strain, were reported in victoria. most recently, in june 1999 36 type a (14 in victoria and 12 in western australia) plus one case of h1n1 9 (also an ... | 1999 | 10846998 |
| annual report of the national influenza surveillance scheme, 2006. | influenza surveillance in australia is based on laboratory isolation of influenza viruses, sentinel general practitioner reports of influenza-like illness, and absenteeism data from a major national employer. in 2006, 3,130 cases of laboratory-confirmed influenza were reported to the national notifiable diseases surveillance system, which was one-third lower than in 2005. the influenza season started in mid-june, with peak activity in late august. influenza a was the predominant type notified (7 ... | 2007 | 17724991 |
| comparison of pandemic (h1n1) 2009 and seasonal influenza, western australia, 2009. | we compared confirmed pandemic (h1n1) 2009 influenza and seasonal influenza diagnosed in western australia during the 2009 influenza season. from 3,178 eligible reports, 984 pandemic and 356 seasonal influenza patients were selected; 871 (88.5%) and 288 (80.9%) were interviewed, respectively. patients in both groups reported a median of 6 of 11 symptoms; the difference between groups in the proportion reporting any given symptom was < or =10%. fewer than half the patients in both groups had > or ... | 2010 | 20735922 |
| chronic disease and hospitalisation for pandemic (h1n1) 2009 influenza in indigenous and non-indigenous western australians. | indigenous and non-indigenous western australians with pandemic (h1n1) 2009 influenza (ph1n1) infection were compared for risk factors, influenza vaccination history, symptoms, use of antiviral medications, and hospitalisation. data were collected systematically on 856 notified cases with laboratory confirmed ph1n1 infection during the first 10 weeks of ph1n1 virus transmission in western australia in 2009. indigenous people with ph1n1 were approximately 3 times more likely to be hospitalised an ... | 2011 | 22010511 |
| incidence of pandemic (h1n1) 2009 influenza infection in children and pregnant women during the 2009 influenza season in western australia - a seroprevalence study. | to determine antibody levels and estimate incidence of infection with pandemic (h1n1) 2009 influenza in children and pregnant women during the 2009 winter in western australia. | 2011 | 21241219 |
| pandemic (h1n1) 2009 influenza vaccine uptake in pregnant women entering the 2010 influenza season in western australia. | to audit the uptake of pandemic (h1n1) 2009 influenza vaccine in pregnant women entering the 2010 influenza season in western australia, and to identify why some women did not receive the vaccine. | 2010 | 20919972 |
| pandemic (h1n1) 2009 influenza vaccination coverage in western australia. | to assess pandemic (h1n1) 2009 influenza vaccination coverage in western australians, up to 31 january 2010. | 2010 | 20919971 |
| association between 2009 seasonal influenza vaccine and influenza-like illness during the 2009 pandemic: preliminary results of a large household transmission study in western australia. | we conducted a prospective household transmission study to examine whether receipt of 2009 trivalent influenza vaccine (tiv) was associated with increased risk of influenza-like illness (ili) among contacts of confirmed pandemic influenza a(h1n1) 2009 patients. in the week following onset of pandemic illness in a household member, 46 (15%) of 304 tiv-vaccinated contacts, and 174 (15%) of 1,162 unvaccinated contacts developed ili (p=0.95). receipt of 2009 tiv had no effect on one's risk of pandem ... | 2010 | 20650055 |
| pandemic (h1n1) 2009 influenza community transmission was established in one australian state when the virus was first identified in north america. | in mid-june 2009 the state of victoria in australia appeared to have the highest notification rate of pandemic (h1n1) 2009 influenza in the world. we hypothesise that this was because community transmission of pandemic influenza was already well established in victoria at the time testing for the novel virus commenced. in contrast, this was not true for the pandemic in other parts of australia, including western australia (wa). | 2010 | 20596536 |
| household responses to pandemic (h1n1) 2009-related school closures, perth, western australia. | school closure is often purported to reduce influenza transmission, but little is known about its effect on families. we surveyed families affected by pandemic (h1n1) 2009-related school closures in perth, western australia, australia. surveys were returned for 233 (58%) of 402 students. school closure was deemed appropriate by 110 parents (47%); however, 91 (45%) parents of 202 asymptomatic students reported taking >or=1 day off work to care for their child, and 71 (35%) had to make childcare a ... | 2010 | 20113548 |
| epidemiological characteristics of pandemic influenza h1n1 2009 and seasonal influenza infection. | the median age of patients with pandemic influenza h1n1 2009 infection was reported as 20-25 years in initial case series from europe and the united states. this has been lowered to 13 years in the us after testing of more patients, but this may reflect differential increased testing of school-aged children as part of the pandemic response. the median age of patients with seasonal influenza a(h1n1) infection identified through sentinel surveillance in western australia and victoria in 2007-2008 ... | 2009 | 19645642 |
| h1n1 swine origin influenza infection in the united states and europe in 2009 may be similar to h1n1 seasonal influenza infection in two australian states in 2007 and 2008. | the population-based impact of infection with swine origin influenza a (h1n1) virus infection was not clear in the early days of the epidemic towards the end of may 2009. australia had seven confirmed cases by 22 may 2009. we aimed to compare available data on swine origin influenza a (h1n1) virus infection overseas with seasonal influenza a (h1n1) virus infection in australia to assist with forward planning. | 2009 | 19627376 |
| extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for critically ill patients with influenza a (h1n1) 2009: a case series. | in this case series, we report on five patients with influenza a (h1n1) who received extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo) treatment between july and december 2009 in the intensive care unit of sir charles gairdner hospital in perth, western australia. in considering these cases, we highlight the indications, risks and potential benefits associated with ecmo, whose role remains, as yet, largely undefined in the setting of h1n1 critical illness. | 2011 | 21355828 |
| the impact of pandemic a(h1n1)pdm09 influenza and vaccine-associated adverse events on parental attitudes and influenza vaccine uptake in young children. | parental attitudes towards vaccination significantly influence vaccine uptake. the a(h1n1)pdm09 influenza pandemic was followed in 2010 by an unprecedented increase in febrile reactions in children receiving trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine manufactured by biocsl. uptake of tiv in children <5 years in western australia (wa) decreased in 2010 and has remained low. the impact of pandemic a(h1n1)pdm09 and adverse-events on parental attitudes towards vaccination is uncertain. | 2014 | 24877764 |
| annual report: surveillance of adverse events following immunisation in australia, 2010. | this report summarises australian passive surveillance data for adverse events following immunisation (aefi) reported to the therapeutic goods administration (tga) for 2010, and describes reporting trends over the 11-year period 2000 to 2010. there were 3,894 aefi records for vaccines administered in 2010, the highest number reported in any year, and a 63% increase over the 2,396 in 2009. the increase was almost entirely attributable to the large number of reports following seasonal influenza (n ... | 2011 | 22624487 |