EnhancEd invasive pneumococcal disease surveillance working group – quarterly surveillance report.

Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) is caused Surveillance System (NNDSS). The data in this by the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae and report are provisional and subject to change as results in illnesses such as pneumonia, bactelaboratory results and additional case informaraemia and meningitis. There are currently 92 tion become available. The data are analysed serotypes recognised worldwide and it has been by diagnosis date and were extracted on 16 May a nationally notifiable disease in Australia since 2013. Consideration of vaccination status of cases 2001. The Communicable Diseases Network is outside the scope of this report. More detailed Australia (CDNA) established the Enhanced analyses will be available in national surveillance Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Surveillance reports on vaccine preventable diseases pubWorking Group (EIPDSWG) in 2000 to assist in lished by the National Centre for Immunisation developing and implementing a nationally standResearch and Surveillance (NCIRS). ardised approach to the enhanced surveillance of IPD in Australia. This quarterly report docuIn Australia, pneumococcal vaccination is recomments trends in notifications of IPD occurring in mended as part of routine immunisation for chilAustralia in the first quarter of 2013 (1 January to dren, the medically at risk and older Australians. 31 March 2013). The 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (7vPCV) was added to the National Immunisation Notification data are collected by all Australian Program (NIP) schedule for Indigenous and states and territories under jurisdictional pubmedically at-risk children in 2001 and for all chillic health legislation and are forwarded to the dren up to 2 years of age in 2005. The 13-valent Commonwealth under the National Health pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (13vPCV) Security Act 2007. Notifications are collated replaced the 7vPCV in the childhood immuninationally in the National Notifiable Diseases sation program from July 2011. The 23-valent