Annual report of the Australian National Enterovirus Reference Laboratory 2012

In 2012 no cases of poliomyelitis were reported through clinical surveillance in Australia, and poliovirus was not detected through virological surveillance. Australia conducts surveillance for cases of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) in children less than 15 years as the main mechanism to monitor its...

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Published inCommunicable diseases intelligence Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. E97 - E104
Main Authors Roberts, Jason, Hobday, Linda, Ibrahim, Aishah, Aitken, Thomas, Thorley, Bruce
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Australia 30.06.2013
Subjects
Acute Disease
Adolescent
Australia - epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Disease Eradication
Disease Notification
Enterovirus - classification
Enterovirus - isolation & purification
Enterovirus Infections - classification
Enterovirus Infections - epidemiology
Enterovirus Infections - virology
Environmental Monitoring
Feces - virology
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Muscle Hypotonia - epidemiology
Muscle Hypotonia - virology
Paralysis - epidemiology
Paralysis - virology
Poliomyelitis - epidemiology
Poliomyelitis - prevention & control
Sentinel Surveillance
Australia
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Summary:In 2012 no cases of poliomyelitis were reported through clinical surveillance in Australia, and poliovirus was not detected through virological surveillance. Australia conducts surveillance for cases of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) in children less than 15 years as the main mechanism to monitor its polio-free status in accordance with World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations. Cases of AFP in children are notified to the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit or the Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance System. In 2012 Australia reported 1.2 non-polio AFP cases per 100,000 children, meeting the WHO performance criterion for a sensitive system for the fifth year in a row. However the faecal specimen collection rate from AFP cases was 29%, which was well below the WHO target of 80%. Virological surveillance for poliovirus consists of two components. Firstly, the Enterovirus Reference Laboratory Network of Australia (ERLNA) reports on the typing of enteroviruses detected in or isolated from clinical specimens. Secondly, environmental surveillance is conducted at sentinel sites. These surveillance systems are co-ordinated by the National Enterovirus Reference Laboratory (NERL).
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ISSN:1447-4514
1445-4866