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Influenza Annual Epidemiology Report 2018, NSW
SHPN: (HP NSW) 170557 Page | 1 Influenza Annual Epidemiology Report 2018 , NSW This Report describes the surveillance for Influenza and other respiratory pathogens, undertaken by NSW Health to date. This includes data from a range of surveillance systems. For weekly communicable disease surveillance updates refer to the Communicable Disease Weekly Reports at . 1. Annual summary NSW had a mild Influenza season in 2018 which was dominated by the Influenza A(H1N1) strain. The Influenza season commenced in early August, much later than usual, and activity returned to inter-seasonal levels in early October. There was higher than usual Influenza activity in the summer months in January and February and again in December.
From 1 January to 31 December 2018: Based on the index of increase for ILI, the 2018 PHREDSS ILI season was almost 12 weeks, shorter than the 2017 season of 14 weeks. This year, the PHREDSS ‘seasonal threshold’ for ILI2 of 15.0 was exceeded on Monday 16 July, peaked on 10 September at 34.4 and fell below 15.0 on 5 October.
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