Collection description
This collection contains the Australian Respiratory Surveillance Reports (ARSR), along with the Technical supplement – Australian Respiratory Surveillance Report.
We compile each report from several data sources used to monitor the:
- distribution of acute respiratory illness activity in the community
- severity of infections
- populations which might be at-risk for severe infections
- impact of acute respiratory illness activity on the community and health system in Australia.
For historical information on influenza surveillance in Australia, see the Australian Influenza Surveillance Reports.
For historical information on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) surveillance in Australia, see the COVID-19 Australia: Epidemiology Reports.
Read also the Australian National Surveillance Plan for COVID-19, Influenza, and RSV.
Reports
Technical supplement
You can view the current Technical supplement – Australian Respiratory Surveillance Report here. This supplement to the ARSR series describes the technical background to the surveillance data reported nationally for:
- COVID-19
- influenza
- respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
- other acute respiratory pathogens.
The supplement includes data considerations to help interpret the ARSR.
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