| the influenza surveillance program in western australia, 2003. | in the winter of 2003 western australia experienced its largest epidemic of influenza for at least five years, with activity peaking in august and september. the season was short resulting in very high numbers of cases during the peak weeks. activity in country areas followed the peak of metropolitan activity. influenza a virus was detected in 28.3 per cent of the sentinel samples, and influenza b in less than one per cent. both routine and sentinel detections and the overall estimates of influe ... | 2004 | 15460952 |
| pandemic clinical case definitions are non-specific: multiple respiratory viruses circulating in the early phases of the 2009 influenza pandemic in new south wales, australia. | during the early phases of the 2009 pandemic, subjects with influenza-like illness only had laboratory testing specific for the new a(h1n1)pdm09 virus. | 2014 | 24942807 |
| laboratory diagnosis and surveillance of human respiratory viruses by pcr in victoria, australia, 2002-2003. | respiratory viruses were identified by the polymerase chain reaction (pcr) in more than 4,200 specimens collected during 2002 and 2003 in victoria, australia from patients admitted to hospitals or participating in an influenza surveillance program. influenza viruses and picornaviruses were important causes of morbidity in both years. additional testing of picornavirus-positive samples suggested that rhinoviruses but not enteroviruses were more likely to be associated with respiratory symptoms, i ... | 2005 | 15543580 |