Communicable Diseases Report, January–February 2002

Abstract

Notifications of communicable diseases through to November are noteworthy for the expected seasonal declines in influenza, invasive pneumococcal disease, and meningococcal disease (Figure 1, Table 1). However, declines in notifications of gonorrhoea and pertussis depicted in Figure 1 probably owe more to reporting delays than to real declines in incidence.