Carlson Sandra J, Cassano Daniel, Butler Michelle T, Durrheim David N, Dalton Craig B
Hunter New England Population Health, Wallsend, New South Wales
University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, New South Wales
Commun Dis Intell (2018). 2019 Apr 15;43. doi: 10.33321/cdi.2019.43.15.
Flutracking is a national online community influenza-like illness (ILI) surveillance system that monitors weekly ILI attack rates and seriousness of disease in the Australian community. This article reports on the 2016 findings. From 2015 to 2016 there was an 11.4% increase in participants to 30,998 completing at least one survey with a peak weekly response of 27,094 participants and a minimum weekly response of 26,123. The 2016 Flutracking national weekly percentage of participants with fever and cough peaked in late August at 2.7%, one week earlier than the national counts of laboratory confirmed influenza peaked. A lower percentage of participants took 2 or more days off from work or normal duties and sought medical advice in 2016 (peak level 1.6% and 1.0% respectively) compared with 2015 (peak level 2.0% and 1.3% respectively). Flutracking fever and cough peaked in the same week as death rates for influenza and pneumonia recorded by the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. The percentage of participants aged 0 to 14 years with cough and fever was higher than all other age groups in 2016. Overall, Flutracking surveillance demonstrated that the attack rates and seriousness of disease for the 2016 season at the community level were lower than 2015 and 2014.
流感追踪是一个全国性的在线社区流感样疾病（ILI）监测系统，用于监测澳大利亚社区每周的ILI发病率和疾病严重程度。本文报告了2016年的调查结果。从2015年到2016年，参与至少一项调查的人数增加了11.4%，达到30998人，每周最高回复人数为27094人，最低每周回复人数为26123人。2016年流感追踪全国范围内出现发烧和咳嗽症状的参与者每周百分比在8月下旬达到峰值，为2.7%，比实验室确诊流感的全国统计峰值早一周。与2015年（峰值水平分别为2.0%和1.3%）相比，2016年因流感而请假2天或以上或无法正常工作并寻求医疗建议的参与者比例较低（峰值水平分别为1.6%和1.0%）。流感追踪中发烧和咳嗽的峰值与新南威尔士州出生、死亡和婚姻登记处记录的流感和肺炎死亡率峰值出现在同一周。2016年，0至14岁出现咳嗽和发烧症状的参与者比例高于所有其他年龄组。总体而言，流感追踪监测表明，2016年社区层面的发病率和疾病严重程度低于2015年和2014年。
