Influenza surveillance has been carried out since 1999, initially only during the winter season but now throughout the year.
This is conducted in collaboration with the Communicable Disease Control Directorate (CDCD) of the Western Australian Department of Health.
Weekly data on influenza-like illnesses presenting at sentinel general practitioners is collected, and testing is carried out on a subset of those patients.
Data on routine laboratory detection of influenza at PathWest at the QE2 Medical Centre and PathWest at the Women's and Children's Health Service is also collected.
PathWest at the QE2 Medical Centre is one of the Australian National Influenza Centres and collects and forwards influenza isolates to the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre in Melbourne.
A number of applied research activities are carried out in conjunction with the influenza surveillance. These include new technologies for detection and characterisation, molecular surveillance of other respiratory viruses, estimating impact of influenza, and programs for identifying new respiratory pathogens.
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