Influenza-like illness data were retrieved from the World Health Organization’s Global Influenza Programme. We collated weekly data for Australia from the week starting January 2, 2012 to the week starting December 25, 2023 inclusive. The data described: (1) the weekly number of cases of influenza-like illness; and (2) the weekly number of specimens positive for influenza by subtype. We grouped the influenza specimens into: influenza A subtype not determined; influenza A H3N2; influenza A H1N1 (influenza A H1N1, influenza A H1N1pdm09); influenza B (influenza B Yamagata, influenza B Victoria, influenza B lineage not determined); and other (unknown causes which we do not have data to determine).
Format
influenza
A data frame with 426 rows and 7 columns:
- ili
Integer, daily total number of cases of influenza-like illness
- week
Date, between 1 January 2012 to week starting 1 March 2020
- inf_A
Integer, daily number of cases of unsubtyped influenza A
- inf_B
Integer, daily number of cases of influenza B
- inf_H3N2
Integer, daily number of cases of influenza A subtype H3N2
- inf_H1N1
Integer, daily number of cases of influenza A subtype H1N1
- other
Integer, number of cases of unspecified influenza-like illness