Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables: Laboratory Serology and Virology 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. This page contains data for the period 1 October to 31 December 2005.

Page last updated: 30 March 2006

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Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by state or territory^* for the reporting period 1 October to 31 December 2005, and total reports for the year^†

	State or territory								This period 2005	This period 2004	Year to date 2005	Year to date 2004
	ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas	Vic	WA	This period 2005	This period 2004	Year to date 2005	Year to date 2004
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus	–	–	–	2	1	–	1	–	4	14	8	35
Mumps virus	–	–	–	2	5	–	6	–	13	1	38	6
Rubella virus	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	9	12	20
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus	–	–	1	5	9	–	–	–	15	15	53	51
Hepatitis D virus	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	2	1	14	8
Hepatitis E virus	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	1	12	14
Arboviruses
Ross River virus	–	–	10	32	55	–	7	15	119	36	452	743
Barmah Forest virus	–	3	1	14	9	–	–	–	27	27	185	195
Flavivirus (unspecified)	–	1	–	6	–	–	1	–	8	8	37	102
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	7	–
Adenovirus not typed/pending	–	40	1	25	81	–	28	–	175	258	673	1,052
Herpesviruses
Herpes virus type 6	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	2	2	6
Cytomegalovirus	1	55	1	23	194	4	31	–	309	220	1,038	834
Varicella-zoster virus	1	38	–	271	54	4	17	1	386	544	1,497	2,061
Epstein-Barr virus	–	15	26	229	194	3	25	113	605	512	2,148	2,367
Other DNA viruses
Parvovirus	–	5	–	33	32	–	9	–	79	129	202	413
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus A9	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	3	1
Coxsackievirus A16	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	6	5
Echovirus type 5	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	2	–
Echovirus type 7	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	11	8	12
Echovirus type 9	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	6	2	10
Echovirus type 18	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	14	14	19
Echovirus type 30	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	1	35	7
Poliovirus type 1 (uncharacterised)	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	21	18
Poliovirus type 2 (uncharacterised)	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	8	19	21
Rhinovirus (all types)	1	62	–	–	17	–	–	–	80	188	326	617
Enterovirus not typed/pending	–	26	–	9	3	–	6	–	44	72	185	205
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus	–	4	–	8	40	–	8	–	60	137	696	492
Influenza B virus	–	7	–	–	17	–	3	–	27	89	253	219
Parainfluenza virus type 1	–	5	–	–	6	–	3	–	14	12	59	143
Parainfluenza virus type 2	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	–	3	4	49	15
Parainfluenza virus type 3	–	33	–	7	56	–	16	–	112	228	386	655
Respiratory syncytial virus	–	33	–	54	24	1	17	–	129	114	1,677	2,599
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	3	2	9	15
Rotavirus	1	99	–	1	119	3	42	–	265	626	1,263	1,247
Astrovirus	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	4	–	4	–
Norwalk agent	–	–	–	–	–	–	67	–	67	168	230	659
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis - not typed	–	113	–	626	474	14	39	1	1,267	1,242	5,045	5,257
Chlamydia pneumoniae	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	2	2	8	9
Chlamydia psittaci	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	–	14	35	52	173
Chlamydia species	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	1	3
Mycoplasma pneumoniae	–	11	8	114	108	19	65	46	371	331	1,298	1,374
Mycoplasma hominis	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	5	5
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)	–	2	–	13	21	–	5	–	41	51	162	173
Rickettsia prowazeki	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rickettsia - spotted fever group	–	–	–	–	58	–	–	–	58	89	236	139
Streptococcus group A	–	6	–	129	–	–	43	–	178	107	609	467
Brucella species	–	1	–	4	–	–	–	–	5	4	14	9
Bordetella pertussis	–	11	1	63	278	1	52	–	406	599	1,573	1,358
Legionella pneumophila	–	1	–	–	3	–	2	–	6	12	23	77
Legionella longbeachae	–	1	–	–	13	–	–	–	14	17	51	76
Legionella species	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	15
Cryptococcus species	–	2	–	–	10	–	–	–	12	6	41	38
Leptospira species	–	–	–	2	8	–	–	–	10	4	33	23
Treponema pallidum	–	25	–	133	92	–	1	–	251	244	1,086	1,154
Entamoeba histolytica	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	2	5	14	14
Toxoplasma gondii	–	2	–	6	3	–	2	–	13	14	44	41
Echinococcus granulosus	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	2	3	10	15
Total	4	619	49	1,813	1,991	49	522	176	5,223	6,227	21,931	25,286

* State or territory of postcode, if reported, otherwise state or territory of reporting laboratory.
† Data presented are for reports with reports dates in the current period.
- No data received this period.

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Table 5. Virology and serology reports by laboratories for the reporting period 1 October to 31 December 2005*

State or territory	Laboratory	October 2005	November 2005	December 2005	Total this period
Australian Capital Territory	The Canberra Hospital	–	–	–	–
New South Wales	Institute of Clinical Pathology & Medical Research, Westmead	61	84	108	253
	New Children's Hospital, Westmead	81	65	33	179
	Repatriation General Hospital, Concord	–	–	–	–
	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown	–	–	–	–
	South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool	124	15	–	139
Queensland	Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End	667	611	606	1,884
Queensland	Townsville General Hospital	–	–	–	–
South Australia	Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide	757	731	501	1,989
Tasmania	Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston	19	15	10	44
Tasmania	Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart	–	–	–	–
Victoria	Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, Melbourne	20	9	16	45
	Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne	27	12	2	41
	Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne	99	83	43	225
	Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield	102	69	43	214
Western Australia	PathCentre Virology, Perth	–	–	–	–
	Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth	–	–	–	–
	Western Diagnostic Pathology	45	103	62	210
Total		2,002	1,797	1,424	5,223

* The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2005, 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 report was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Vol 30 No 1, March 2006.