1999/2000 annual report human

The table below contains the number of laboratory notifications of human RR and BF infections by Area Health Service (AHS) for NSW. Note that these are laboratory notifications based on a single IgM positive specimen, and may not always represent infections from this season, as IgM may persist for long periods.

Arbovirus (RR & BF) Notifications according to Area Health Service, 1999-2000.

Month	CS	NS	WS	WE	SW	CC	HU	IL	SE	NR	MN	NE	MA	MW	FW	GM	SA	Total
Jul	1				1	1	3	2		7	8	4	3	2	3	1	9	45
Aug	1	1	1		1	1	2	7		7	9		1		5	2	1	39
Sep					1	1	4	1	1	4	7	1	2			4		26
Oct					2	1	2	6		5	7	3	1		2	2	1	32
Nov				1	1	1	2	2		7	10	2	2			3	3	34
Dec						1	2	2		1	5	1				4		16
Jan	1	1	1	1			7	5		10	10	4	3	4		5	1	53
Feb	1	2	2		1	3	3	1	2	5	16	9	7	6	6	36	4	104
Mar	1	2	3	2	2	4	14	2	2	4	31	7	5	4	5	24	1	113
Apr			1	1		4	21	4	2	6	40	17	18	10	21	10	5	160
May						4	43	7	3	18	38	31	20	3	18	2	7	194
Jun		1				2	11	1		8	5	3	4			3	1	39
Total	5	7	8	5	9	23	114	40	10	82	186	82	66	29	60	96	33	855

CS = Central Sydney, NS = Northern Sydney, WS = Western Sydney, WE = Wentworth, SW = South Western Sydney, CC = Central Coast, HU = Hunter, IL = Illawarra, SE = South Eastern Sydney, NR = Northern Rivers, MN = Mid North Coast, NE = New England, MA = Macquarie, MW = Mid Western, FW = Far Western, GM = Greater Murray, SA = Southern Area.

The high number of cases reported from the southern inland regions through November to January was not repeated this year, and case numbers across the state were generally lower than normal. Some AHS’s had considerably less notifications than last season; Greater Murray, the Southern Area, Illawarra and all Sydney AHS’s had less than half. The Midnorth coast was the only region to experience an increase in cases.