Table 3.

Number of cases of each syndrome in total and by age group recorded by the syndrome-based surveillance system, Austria, September 2015-February 2018.

Name of syndrome	All agesa	Age groups (years)
		0-4	5-14	15-44	45-64	≥65
Suspected acute URTIb, n (%)	1469 (50.43)	235 (75.6)	291 (78.9)	911 (41.81)	31 (60)	1 (50)
Rash without fever, n (%)	1174 (40.30)	20 (6.4)	55 (14.9)	1095 (50.25)	4 (8)	0 (0)
Suspected acute LRTIc with fever, n (%)	159 (5.46)	16 (5.1)	12 (3.3)	115 (5.28)	16 (31)	0 (0)
Watery diarrhea, n (%)	73 (2.51)	34 (10.9)	11 (3.0)	27 (1.24)	1 (2)	0 (0)
Skin, soft tissue, or bone abnormalities, n (%)	32 (1.10)	1 (0.03)	0 (0)	30 (1.38)	0 (0)	1 (50)
Rash with fever, n (%)	4 (0.14)	4 (0.13)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Meningitis or encephalitis, n (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
High fever (≥39°C) with no other signs, n (%)	1 (0.03)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (0.05)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Unexplained death, n (%)	1 (0.03)	1 (0.3)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Total (N)	2913	311	369	2179	52	2

^aOne case-patient had missing information on age.

^bURTI: upper respiratory tract infection.

^cLRTI: lower respiratory tract infection.