Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables: Laboratory Virology and Serology Reporting Scheme (LabVISE)

The Laboratory Serology and Virology Reporting Scheme collects laboratory reports on a set of communicable disease organisms in Australia. The reports are on a voluntary basis and these data should be interpreted with caution. The data published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence volume 28, number 3 is for the reporting period 1 April to 30 June 2004.

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Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by state or territory1 for the reporting period 1 April to 30 June 20042

  ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA This Period 2004 This period 2003 Year to date 2004 Year to date 2003
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus
-
-
-
1
1
-
3
1
6
26
13
40
Mumps virus
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
1
2
3
7
Rubella virus
-
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
2
4
8
12
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus
-
-
2
1
-
-
-
6
9
19
19
36
Hepatitis E virus
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
2
-
7
-
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
-
8
3
211
9
-
6
12
249
900
680
1,112
Barmah Forest virus
1
1
1
33
4
-
-
1
41
264
126
341
Dengue not typed
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
7
1
22
Flavivirus (unspecified)
-
-
2
26
-
-
1
-
29
65
78
104
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 40
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
5
9
5
20
Adenovirus not typed/pending
1
60
-
22
71
1
26
16
197
242
367
455
Herpesviruses
Herpes virus type 6
-
1
-
-
-
-
1
-
2
2
2
3
Cytomegalovirus
1
96
2
18
27
3
9
-
156
240
364
511
Varicella-zoster virus
-
38
5
171
58
-
12
61
345
375
794
794
Epstein-Barr virus
-
20
19
138
137
-
8
100
422
381
1,051
839
Other DNA viruses
Molluscum contagiosum
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
2
1
10
Poxvirus group not typed
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
-
2
1
Parvovirus
-
5
-
6
1
-
7
28
47
56
108
106
Picornavirus
Coxsackievirus A9
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
12
1
12
Coxsackievirus A16
1
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
2
5
4
Echovirus type 7
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
1
1
Echovirus type 9
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
5
2
9
Echovirus type 11
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
1
6
2
Echovirus type 22
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
2
-
Echovirus type 30
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
1
4
1
Poliovirus type 1 (uncharacterised)
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
17
6
26
Poliovirus type 2 (uncharacterised)
-
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
3
8
4
Poliovirus type 3 (uncharacterised)
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
1
1
Rhinovirus (all types)
1
48
-
-
7
-
3
32
91
127
172
251
Enterovirus not typed/pending
-
20
1
3
1
-
7
12
44
45
86
89
Picornavirus not typed
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
2
3
4
5
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
-
-
-
2
15
-
-
2
19
101
58
204
Influenza B virus
-
2
1
-
13
-
-
2
18
32
30
59
Parainfluenza virus type 1
-
12
-
4
5
-
4
4
29
10
69
26
Parainfluenza virus type 2
-
-
-
2
1
-
-
-
3
30
5
49
Parainfluenza virus type 3
-
4
1
1
37
-
2
36
81
86
169
197
Respiratory syncytial virus
1
553
3
85
66
7
66
78
859
537
1,053
679
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
4
3
8
Rotavirus
-
25
-
-
1
7
16
16
65
84
142
143
Reovirus (unspecified)
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
2
1
Calicivirus
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
26
26
46
26
80
Norovirus
-
-
-
-
-
-
81
-
81
13
164
41
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
9
177
2
388
319
6
8
140
1,049
1,087
2,226
2,318
Chlamydia pneumoniae
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
2
6
4
10
Chlamydia psittaci
-
-
-
-
2
-
43
-
45
25
104
42
Chlamydia spp typing pending
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
2
-
Chlamydia species
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
-
2
-
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
-
39
9
129
33
2
47
9
268
232
623
433
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
1
-
-
5
16
-
5
1
28
37
76
93
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
1
1
1
Streptococcus group A
-
1
-
60
-
-
35
-
96
126
221
271
Yersinia enterocolitica
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
2
4
Brucella abortus
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
1
1
4
2
Brucella species
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
3
2
Bordetella pertussis
2
21
-
12
17
-
14
22
88
117
244
256
Bordetella parapertussis
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
-
1
-
Legionella pneumophila
-
5
-
-
2
-
19
-
26
10
46
53
Legionella longbeachae
-
1
-
-
6
-
6
4
17
18
33
28
Legionella species
-
3
-
1
-
-
2
-
6
1
10
4
Cryptococcus species
-
-
-
2
5
-
-
-
7
9
20
12
Leptospira species
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
3
5
16
11
Treponema pallidum
1
33
-
109
82
-
-
-
225
302
553
674
Entamoeba histolytica
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
3
5
6
Toxoplasma gondii
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
7
15
21
Echinococcus granulosus
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
2
6
6
11
Total
19
1,207
52
1,434
940
27
439
619
4,737
5,750
9,865
10,557

1. State or territory of postcode, if reported, otherwise state or territory of reporting laboratory.
2. From January 2000 data presented are for reports with report dates in the current period. Previously reports included all data received in that period.
3. Totals comprise data from all laboratories. Cumulative figures are subject to retrospective revision, so there may be discrepancies between the number of new notifications and the increment in the cumulative figure from the previous period.
– No data received.

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Table 5. Virology and serology laboratory reports by state or territory1 for the reporting period 1 April to 30 June 2004*

State or territory Laboratory April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 Total this period
Australian Capital Territory The Canberra Hospital
–
–
–
–
New South Wales Institute of Clinical Pathology & Medical Research, Westmead
144
134
135
413
  New Children's Hospital, Westmead
89
93
105
287
  Repatriation General Hospital, Concord
–
–
–
–
  Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
17
31
28
76
  South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool
87
132
190
409
Queensland Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End
455
567
465
1,487
  Townsville General Hospital
–
–
–
–
South Australia Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide
436
502
–
938
Tasmania Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston
10
6
11
27
  Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart
–
–
–
–
Victoria Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
15
27
31
73
  Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
62
65
10
137
  Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield
79
79
73
231
Western Australia PathCentre Virology, Perth
–
21
510
531
  Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth
–
–
–
–
  Western Diagnostic Pathology
11
57
60
128
Total  
1,405
1,714
1,618
4,737

* The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2004, will appear in every report regardless of whether reports were received in this reporting period. Reports are not always received from all laboratories.
– No data received this period.

This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Vol 28 No 3, September 2004.

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