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Tuesday, 18 March 2014
Monday, 18 November 2013
RSV retreated, flu fading, parainfluenza picking up: Queensland respiratory virus numbers up to Week 45, 2013
If you like to keep track of influenza cases in Queensland, Australia, then the Queensland Government's Queensland Health (QH) influenza data website is for you.
It's a great place to drop by and check out the comings and goings of influenza viruses and many of the other traditional respiratory viruses including adenoviruses (AdVs), parainfluenzaviruses (PIVs) 1, 2 and 3, human metapneumovirus (MPV) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) - the "Big8". Testing is not routinely conducted for the rhinoviruses (RVs).
The snippet below is from data that are publicly reported on the QH website. These images cover to the week beginning 3rd of November (up to Sunday, Nov 10th, 2013).
The charts highlight that the 2013 flu season is winding down in Australia, also reflected by the WHO global updates. This year flu followed on from what seemed to have been a large RSV season. Unfortunately I couldn't find data for this same time period last year to compare RSV prevalence.
It's a great place to drop by and check out the comings and goings of influenza viruses and many of the other traditional respiratory viruses including adenoviruses (AdVs), parainfluenzaviruses (PIVs) 1, 2 and 3, human metapneumovirus (MPV) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) - the "Big8". Testing is not routinely conducted for the rhinoviruses (RVs).
The snippet below is from data that are publicly reported on the QH website. These images cover to the week beginning 3rd of November (up to Sunday, Nov 10th, 2013).
The charts highlight that the 2013 flu season is winding down in Australia, also reflected by the WHO global updates. This year flu followed on from what seemed to have been a large RSV season. Unfortunately I couldn't find data for this same time period last year to compare RSV prevalence.
In the wake of influenzavirus season, the parainfluenzaviruses are now on the rise in the lead up to summer. I expect the RVs (and enteroviruses) are also climbing, but in greater numbers.
My thanks to the team at the Communicable Diseases Unit, Queensland Health.
The source of these data can be read in full..
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| Click to enlarge. A snippet from the Queensland Health Statewide Weekly Influenza Surveillance Report for 01.01.2013-10.11.2013 |
The source of these data can be read in full..
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