title: Annual report of the National Influenza Surveillance Scheme, 1998.
abstract: The National Influenza Surveillance Scheme includes data from sentinel general practice consultations for influenza-like illness, laboratory reports of influenza and absenteeism rates from a national employer. The 1998 season was dominated by an increase in influenza A in all States and Territories and low influenza B activity. All influenza A isolates were characterised as influenza A (H3N2). Peak activity in 1998 was recorded in July and August. Data are coordinated, analysed and disseminated at a national level and published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence during the influenza season.
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Disease Control, Department of Health and Aged Care, Canberra.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Halliday
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hampson
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009980:Influenza A virus; D009981:Influenza B virus; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012621:Seasons; D017678:Sex Distribution