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Hospitalisation with confirmed influenza in a sentinel surveillance system in 2010 and 2011

Allen C Cheng, on behalf of the FluCAN Investigators
Med J Aust 2012; 197 (4): . || doi: 10.5694/mja12.10060
Published online: 20 August 2012

To the Editor: Influenza is a common respiratory infection that is infrequently associated with severe disease requiring hospitalisation. We have conducted hospital-based surveillance in the Influenza Complications Alert Network (FluCAN) since 20091 and report on our findings in 2010 and 2011.


  • Monash University, Melbourne, VIC.


Correspondence: allen.cheng@monash.edu

Acknowledgements: 

On behalf of the FluCAN Investigators (Allen C Cheng, Mark Holmes, Tom Kotsimbos, Louis B Irving, Simon G Brown, Grant W Waterer, Tony M Korman, Deborah Friedman, Sanjaya N Senanayake, Paul M Kelly.)

Competing interests:

No relevant disclosures.

  • 1. Kelly PM, Kotsimbos T, Reynolds A, et al. FluCAN 2009: initial results from sentinel surveillance for adult influenza and pneumonia in eight Australian hospitals. Med J Aust 2011; 194: 169-174. <MJA full text>
  • 2. Cheng AC, Kotsimbos AT, Kelly HA, et al. Effectiveness of H1N1/09 monovalent and trivalent influenza vaccines against hospitalization with laboratory-confirmed H1N1/09 influenza in Australia: a test-negative case control study. Vaccine 2011; 29: 7320-7325.
  • 3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. FluView: 2010-2011 influenza season summary. http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/weeklyarchives2010-2011/10-11summary.htm (accessed Feb 2012).

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