There were 5,543 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 January to 31 March 2006 (Tables 4 and 5).

Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by state or territory* for the reporting period 1 January to 31 March 2006, and total reports for the year^†

	State or territory								This period 2006	This period 2005	Year to date 2006	Year to date 2005
	ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas	Vic	WA
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus	–	4	–	3	1	–	3	–	11	2	11	2
Mumps virus	–	–	1	3	2	–	6	–	12	6	12	6
Rubella virus	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	2	4	2	4
Hepatitis virus
Hepatitis A virus	–	–	1	4	5	–	–	–	10	6	10	6
Hepatitis D virus	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	2	1	2
Hepatitis E virus	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	6	1	6
Arboviruses
Ross River virus	–	29	23	487	186	1	21	36	783	208	783	208
Barmah Forest virus	–	4	–	43	93	–	–	–	140	54	140	54
Flavivirus (unspecified)	–	1	–	21	–	–	6	–	28	13	28	13
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus not typed/pending	6	33	–	16	62	–	2	–	119	113	119	113
Herpesviruses
Herpes virus type 6	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	1	1	1
Cytomegalovirus	–	46	–	39	201	7	4	–	297	171	297	171
Varicella-zoster virus	1	30	–	236	67	1	9	–	344	364	344	364
Epstein-Barr virus	–	8	23	225	188	1	16	78	539	569	539	569
Other DNA viruses
Parvovirus	–	3	–	11	31	–	5	–	50	55	50	55
Picornaviruses
Coxsackievirus A9	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	2	1
Echovirus type 5	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	2	–
Echovirus type 22	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	2	–
Echovirus type 30	–	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	9	7	9
Rhinovirus (all types)	–	5	–	–	5	–	–	–	10	82	10	82
Enterovirus not typed/pending	4	41	–	6	1	–	–	–	52	24	52	24
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus	–	1	–	2	22	–	–	–	25	24	25	24
Influenza B virus	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	–	3	33	3	33
Parainfluenza virus type 1	–	7	–	–	4	–	–	–	11	10	11	10
Parainfluenza virus type 2	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	6	1	6
Parainfluenza virus type 3	–	3	–	–	7	–	1	–	11	46	11	46
Respiratory syncytial virus	–	12	–	53	6	1	3	–	75	112	75	112
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	4	2	4	2
Rotavirus	–	7	–	–	32	10	3	–	52	69	52	69
Norwalk agent	–	–	–	–	–	–	181	–	181	15	181	15
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed	6	204	–	648	533	19	21	2	1,433	1,191	1,433	1,191
Chlamydia psittaci	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	–	7	14	7	14
Mycoplasma pneumoniae	1	6	4	137	105	11	51	20	335	258	335	258
Mycoplasma hominis	–	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	1	10	1
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)	–	1	–	17	24	–	5	–	47	35	47	35
Rickettsia - spotted fever group	–	–	–	–	56	–	–	–	56	49	56	49
Streptococcus group A	–	5	–	101	–	–	31	–	137	104	137	104
Yersinia enterocolitica	–	2	–	1	–	–	–	–	3	4	3	4
Brucella species	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	2	2	2	2
Bordetella pertussis	1	6	3	49	301	1	62	–	423	386	423	386
Legionella pneumophila	–	3	–	–	3	–	1	–	7	7	7	7
Legionella longbeachae	–	–	–	–	5	–	1	–	6	12	6	12
Cryptococcus species	–	1	–	2	7	–	–	–	10	10	10	10
Leptospira species	–	2	–	1	4	–	–	–	7	3	7	3
Treponema pallidum	–	7	2	145	110	–	1	–	265	252	265	252
Toxoplasma gondii	–	3	–	4	4	3	2	–	16	10	16	10
Echinococcus granulosus	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	3	5	3	5
Total	19	498	57	2,256	2,077	55	444	137	5,543	4,350	5,543	4,350

* 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.

Table 5. Virology and serology reports by laboratories for the reporting period 1 January to 31 March 2006*

State or territory	Laboratory	January 2006	February 2006	March 2006	Total this period
Australian Capital Territory	The Canberra Hospital	–	–	–	–
New South Wales	Institute of Clinical Pathology & Medical Research, Westmead	116	118	153	387
	New Children's Hospital, Westmead	19	20		39
	Repatriation General Hospital, Concord	–	–	–	–
	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown	–	–	–	–
	South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool	–	–	–	–
Queensland	Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End	794	769	802	2,365
	Townsville General Hospital	–	–	–	–
South Australia	Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide	700	645	753	2,098
Tasmania	Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston	24	17	11	52
	Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart	–	–	–	–
Victoria	Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne	6			6
	Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne	39	28	50	117
	Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield	147	87	63	297
Western Australia	PathCentre Virology, Perth	–	–	–	–
	Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth	–	–	–	–
	Western Diagnostic Pathology	78	88	16	182
Total		1,923	1,772	1,848	5,543

* 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 2, June 2006.