Table 2.
Arboviral disease notification data for 2007 compared with their five‐year average rates extracted from the Communicable Diseases Australia website. 27
| Virus | Number of Notifications | Notif. rates per 100,000 pop | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | last 5 year mean | 2007 | last 5 year mean | |
| Barmah Forest virus | 1,695 | 1,366 | 8.1 | 6.7 |
| Dengue Flavivirus | 318 | 358 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| Flavivirus [NEC] | 23 | 51 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Japanese encephalitis [JE] | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kunjin | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Murray Valley encephalitis virus | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ross River virus | 4,143 | 3,513 | 19.7 | 17.3 |
NEC: Not elsewhere classified.