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There were 10,198 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 July to 30 September 2007 (Tables 4 and 5).
Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by state or territory* for the reporting period 1 July to 30 September 2007, and total reports for the year†
| State or territory | This period 2007 | This period 2006 | Year to date 2007 | Year to date 2006 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACT | NSW | NT | Qld | SA | Tas | Vic | WA | |||||
Measles, mumps, rubella |
||||||||||||
| Measles virus | – |
1 |
– |
4 |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
6 |
2 |
18 |
54 |
| Mumps virus | – |
– |
– |
2 |
14 |
– |
3 |
– |
19 |
2 |
41 |
25 |
| Rubella virus | – |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
5 |
15 |
13 |
Hepatitis viruses |
||||||||||||
| Hepatitis A virus | – |
1 |
– |
5 |
1 |
– |
1 |
– |
8 |
8 |
31 |
24 |
| Hepatitis D virus | – |
– |
– |
– |
4 |
– |
– |
– |
4 |
1 |
20 |
5 |
Arboviruses |
||||||||||||
| Ross River virus | – |
4 |
1 |
120 |
38 |
– |
2 |
– |
165 |
44 |
888 |
1,021 |
| Barmah Forest virus | – |
2 |
1 |
93 |
16 |
– |
– |
– |
112 |
36 |
409 |
265 |
| Flavivirus (unspecified) | – |
– |
– |
25 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
25 |
4 |
81 |
43 |
Adenoviruses |
||||||||||||
| Adenovirus not typed/pending | 1 |
90 |
1 |
139 |
150 |
– |
8 |
– |
389 |
229 |
772 |
489 |
Herpes viruses |
||||||||||||
| Herpes virus type 6 | – |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
1 |
– |
2 |
2 |
| Cytomegalovirus | 1 |
52 |
– |
115 |
116 |
3 |
8 |
– |
295 |
217 |
888 |
735 |
| Varicella-zoster virus | 5 |
98 |
1 |
518 |
145 |
2 |
5 |
– |
774 |
287 |
2,088 |
897 |
| Epstein-Barr virus | – |
16 |
– |
360 |
197 |
2 |
10 |
– |
585 |
365 |
1,962 |
1,184 |
Other DNA viruses |
||||||||||||
| Parvovirus | – |
1 |
– |
103 |
5 |
1 |
12 |
– |
122 |
61 |
287 |
149 |
Picornavirus family |
||||||||||||
| Rhinovirus (all types) | 1 |
44 |
– |
– |
8 |
– |
– |
– |
53 |
100 |
214 |
142 |
| Enterovirus type 69 | – |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
1 |
– |
1 |
– |
| Enterovirus not typed/pending | – |
13 |
– |
6 |
8 |
3 |
– |
– |
30 |
18 |
107 |
94 |
| Picornavirus not typed | – |
– |
– |
– |
– |
3 |
– |
– |
3 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
Ortho/paramyxoviruses |
||||||||||||
| Influenza A virus | 1 |
299 |
15 |
1,106 |
440 |
24 |
82 |
7 |
1,974 |
229 |
2,098 |
301 |
| Influenza B virus | – |
10 |
– |
11 |
54 |
– |
19 |
– |
94 |
126 |
109 |
170 |
| Influenza virus - typing pending | – |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
1 |
– |
| Parainfluenza virus type 1 | – |
7 |
– |
3 |
7 |
– |
– |
– |
17 |
16 |
28 |
74 |
| Parainfluenza virus type 2 | – |
8 |
– |
1 |
7 |
– |
– |
– |
16 |
5 |
57 |
12 |
| Parainfluenza virus type 3 | – |
78 |
2 |
78 |
56 |
1 |
6 |
– |
221 |
89 |
318 |
114 |
| Respiratory syncytial virus | 2 |
324 |
– |
262 |
360 |
42 |
41 |
– |
1,031 |
1,187 |
1,833 |
1,748 |
Other RNA viruses |
||||||||||||
| HTLV-1 | – |
– |
– |
– |
3 |
– |
– |
– |
3 |
– |
12 |
4 |
| Rotavirus | – |
70 |
– |
– |
135 |
– |
3 |
– |
208 |
738 |
315 |
870 |
| Norwalk agent | – |
11 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
381 |
– |
392 |
429 |
614 |
1,110 |
Other pathogens |
||||||||||||
| Chlamydia trachomatis not typed | 4 |
226 |
– |
1,301 |
513 |
10 |
10 |
1 |
2,065 |
932 |
6,274 |
3,404 |
| Chlamydia pneumoniae | – |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Chlamydia psittaci | – |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
3 |
– |
3 |
17 |
39 |
43 |
| Chlamydia species | – |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Mycoplasma pneumoniae | – |
9 |
3 |
221 |
67 |
8 |
58 |
– |
366 |
294 |
988 |
901 |
| Mycoplasma hominis | – |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
10 |
5 |
20 |
| Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) | 1 |
1 |
– |
26 |
16 |
– |
7 |
– |
51 |
23 |
143 |
94 |
| Orientia tsutsugamushi | – |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
2 |
7 |
23 |
| Rickettsia - spotted fever group | – |
– |
– |
– |
5 |
– |
– |
– |
5 |
19 |
66 |
85 |
| Streptococcus group A | – |
6 |
53 |
230 |
– |
– |
39 |
– |
328 |
65 |
823 |
329 |
| Yersinia enterocolitica | – |
2 |
– |
2 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
4 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
| Brucella abortus | – |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
1 |
– |
2 |
– |
| Brucella species | – |
– |
– |
4 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
4 |
2 |
7 |
5 |
| Bordetella pertussis | – |
5 |
– |
145 |
98 |
1 |
13 |
1 |
263 |
552 |
659 |
1,223 |
| Legionella pneumophila | – |
2 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
5 |
– |
7 |
6 |
28 |
25 |
| Legionella species | – |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
1 |
– |
3 |
– |
| Cryptococcus species | – |
– |
– |
7 |
14 |
– |
– |
– |
21 |
3 |
41 |
17 |
| Leptospira species | – |
1 |
– |
11 |
2 |
– |
– |
– |
14 |
5 |
52 |
16 |
| Treponema pallidum | – |
29 |
8 |
270 |
183 |
– |
11 |
– |
501 |
191 |
1,767 |
686 |
| Entamoeba histolytica | – |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
| Toxoplasma gondii | – |
1 |
– |
– |
3 |
1 |
1 |
– |
6 |
3 |
21 |
36 |
| Echinococcus granulosus | – |
– |
– |
– |
2 |
– |
– |
– |
2 |
– |
16 |
3 |
| Total | 16 |
1,413 |
85 |
5,170 |
2,669 |
101 |
734 |
9 |
10,197 |
6,327 |
24,170 |
16,466 |
* 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 July to 30 September 2007*
| State or territory |
Laboratory |
July2007 | August 2007 | September 2007 | Total this period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Capital Territory | The Canberra Hospital | – | – | – | 0 |
| New South Wales | Institute of Clinical Pathology & Medical Research, Westmead | 115 | 137 | 57 | 309 |
| New Children's Hospital, Westmead | 212 | 190 | 101 | 503 | |
| Repatriation General Hospital, Concord | – | – | – | 0 | |
| Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown | 28 | 39 | 17 | 84 | |
| South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool | 161 | 80 | – | 241 | |
| Queensland | Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End | 1,604 | 2,373 | 1,615 | 5,592 |
| Townsville General Hospital | – | – | – | 0 | |
| South Australia | Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide | 841 | 1,112 | 709 | 2,662 |
| Tasmania | Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston | 23 | 50 | 24 | 97 |
| Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart | – | – | – | 0 | |
| Victoria | Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne | 40 | 39 | 13 | 92 |
| Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne | 21 | 31 | 18 | 70 | |
| Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield | 85 | 264 | 199 | 548 | |
| Western Australia | PathWest Virology, Perth | – | – | – | 0 |
| Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth | – | – | – | 0 | |
| Western Diagnostic Pathology | – | – | – | 0 | |
| Total | 3,130 | 4,315 | 2,753 | 10,198 |
* The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12
months, January to December 2007, 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.
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