There were 6,058 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 October to 31 December 2007 (Tables 4 and 5).

Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by state or territory* for the reporting period 1 October to 31 December 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	–	–	–	1	3	19	57
Mumps virus	–	3	1	2	3	–	2	–	12	2	53	27
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus	–	2	–	6	1	–	–	–	10	7	41	31
Hepatitis D virus	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	2	2	22	7
Arboviruses
Barmah Forest virus	–	8	–	79	10	–	–	–	97	23	506	288
Flavivirus (unspecified)	–	–	–	15	–	–	–	1	16	4	97	47
Ross River virus	1	5	7	156	27	–	1	6	203	41	1,090	1,062
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus not typed/pending	–	77	–	44	156	1	25	–	309	144	1,199	636
Herpes viruses
Cytomegalovirus	–	22	1	111	100	3	14	–	251	137	1,196	872
Epstein-Barr virus	–	9	18	268	109	3	11	75	493	261	2,458	1,445
Varicella-zoster virus	1	108	4	413	121	4	33	–	684	142	2,809	1,039
Other DNA viruses
Parvovirus	–	2	–	91	6	–	22	–	121	37	410	186
Poxvirus group not typed	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	1	3	3
Picornavirus family
Enterovirus not typed/pending	–	21	–	11	17	1	1	–	51	9	173	103
Picornavirus not typed	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	–	9	2
Rhinovirus (all types)	–	68	–	–	10	–	–	–	78	65	323	207
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus	–	2	1	25	22	–	16	–	66	39	2,293	340
Influenza B virus	–	3	–	3	12	–	16	–	34	6	165	176
Parainfluenza virus type 1	–	6	–	1	3	–	1	–	11	–	50	74
Parainfluenza virus type 2	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	2	3	61	15
Parainfluenza virus type 3	–	28	–	46	45	–	9	–	134	118	507	233
Respiratory syncytial virus	2	35	1	82	26	11	10	–	176	62	2,239	1,816
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	2	2	14	6
Norwalk agent	–	23	–	1	–	1	346	–	371	440	1,138	1,550
Rotavirus	–	57	–	–	150	3	25	–	253	428	617	1,318
Other
Chlamydia pneumoniae	1	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	3	–	4	1
Chlamydia psittaci	–	–	–	1	–	1	25	–	27	21	66	64
Chlamydia trachomatis – not typed	3	133	–	1,025	328	14	6	1	1,512	471	7,837	3,875
Chlamydia species	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	3	2
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)	1	33	–	28	9	–	19	3	93	11	276	106
Mycoplasma pneumoniae	–	5	2	70	25	6	47	11	166	134	1,155	1,035
Rickettsia – spotted fever group	–	3	–	1	2	1	7	–	14	2	112	87
Streptococcus group A	–	7	35	197	–	1	21	–	261	48	1,087	377
Bordetella pertussis	–	7	–	97	32	2	13	–	152	90	818	1,313
Brucella species	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	3	–	10	5
Legionella longbeachae	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	2	6	8	21
Legionella pneumophila	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	3	30	28
Cryptococcus species	–	1	–	1	1	–	–	–	3	2	45	19
Leptospira species	–	–	–	8	1	–	–	–	9	2	61	18
Treponema pallidum	–	25	9	211	143	–	1	1	412	99	2,196	785
Entamoeba histolytica	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	2	–	8	1
Toxoplasma gondii	–	1	–	2	1	1	3	–	8	3	29	39
Echinococcus granulosus	–	–	–	–	4	1	3	–	8	–	24	3
Total	9	696	79	3,001	1,369	56	684	98	6,058	2,868	31,261	19,319

* 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 October to 31 December 2007*

State or territory	Laboratory	October 2007	November 2007	December 2007	Total this period
Australian Capital Territory	The Canberra Hospital	–	–	–	–
New South Wales	Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead	49	3	90	142
	New Children's Hospital, Westmead	118	73	50	241
	Repatriation General Hospital, Concord	–	–	–	–
	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown	15	22	11	48
	South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool	57	9	31	97
Queensland	Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End	1,594	1,341	351	3,286
	Townsville General Hospital	–	–	–	–
South Australia	Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide	746	73	574	1,363
Tasmania	Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston	25	15	14	54
	Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart	–	–	–	–
Victoria	Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory	38	38	14	90
	Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne	17	28	25	70
	Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne	20	13	12	45
	Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield	398	60	49	507
Western Australia	PathWest Virology, Perth	–	–	–	–
	Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth	–	–	–	–
	Western Diagnostic Pathology	85	–	30	115
Total		3,162	1,675	1,251	6,058

* 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.