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 April to 30 June 2008.

Page last updated: 30 September 2008

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There were 6,910 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 April to 30 June 2008 (Tables 4 and 5).

Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by state or territory* for the reporting period 1 April to 30 June 2008, and total reports for the year^†.

	State or territory								This period 2008	This period 2007	Year to date 2008	Year to date 2007
	ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas	Vic	WA	This period 2008	This period 2007	Year to date 2008	Year to date 2007
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus	–	8	–	1	1	–	1	–	11	6	24	12
Mumps virus	1	–	1	2	5	–	4	2	15	12	34	21
Rubella virus	–	1	–	1	–	–	1	–	3	6	9	14
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus	–	1	–	6	4	–	1	–	12	11	35	21
Hepatitis D virus	–	2	–	–	7	–	–	–	9	9	18	16
Hepatitis E virus	–	1	–	1	–	1	1	–	4	–	6	1
Arboviruses
Ross River virus	–	9	17	191	20	–	6	19	262	422	1,058	723
Barmah Forest virus	–	14	1	108	4	–	1	–	128	158	378	297
Flavivirus (unspecified)	–	1	–	11	–	–	–	–	12	31	42	56
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus not typed/pending	–	50	–	60	251	2	4	–	367	210	716	390
Herpesviruses
Herpes virus type 6	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	1	1
Cytomegalovirus	2	31	–	99	109	–	11	–	252	313	618	600
Varicella–zoster virus	3	79	–	301	148	2	29	–	562	625	1,322	1,322
Epstein–Barr virus	1	6	35	219	169	3	5	126	564	700	1,219	1,377
Other DNA viruses
Parvovirus	–	2	–	28	8	–	5	–	43	73	123	165
Picornavirus family
Echovirus type 11	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	3	–
Rhinovirus (all types)	1	44	–	–	3	–	–	–	48	95	85	160
Enterovirus not typed/pending	1	6	1	6	1	2	2	–	19	55	100	82
Picornavirus not typed	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	6	1	7	1
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus	2	21	1	28	32	–	5	–	89	66	138	118
Influenza B virus	2	20	–	7	38	–	2	–	69	7	91	12
Parainfluenza virus type 1	–	23	–	7	44	–	12	–	86	7	149	11
Parainfluenza virus type 2	–	5	–	2	2	–	1	–	10	36	20	41
Parainfluenza virus type 3	–	7	–	5	5	–	–	–	17	48	24	81
Respiratory syncytial virus	–	406	1	114	154	7	56	–	738	604	943	775
Other RNA viruses
HTLV–1	–	–	–	–	14	–	–	–	14	6	18	9
Rotavirus	–	24	–	–	63	–	1	–	88	58	197	103
Norwalk agent	–	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	98	28	238
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed	2	272	1	1,099	639	12	14	–	2,039	2,057	4,397	4,221
Chlamydia pneumoniae	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	1	–
Chlamydia psittaci	1	2	–	5	–	–	25	–	33	15	55	36
Mycoplasma pneumoniae	–	6	6	83	47	6	54	15	217	309	423	622
Mycoplasma hominis	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	4	4
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)	4	31	–	15	7	1	14	–	72	75	152	103
Orientia tsutsuganushi	–	–	–	1	1	–	1	–	3	4	8	7
Rickettsia – spotted fever group	–	9	–	12	2	4	33	2	62	69	90	72
Streptococcus group A	–	5	25	147	–	–	1	–	178	263	450	495
Brucella species	–	–	–	9	–	–	–	–	9	2	17	3
Bordetella pertussis	1	35	1	68	131	–	13	–	249	216	446	396
Legionella pneumophila	–	1	–	–	1	–	2	–	4	17	11	21
Legionella longbeachae	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	3	5	6
Cryptococcus species	–	1	–	3	4	–	–	–	8	11	15	20
Leptospira species	–	–	–	20	4	–	–	–	24	15	54	38
Treponema pallidum	1	44	14	193	286	–	6	–	544	722	1,108	1,257
Entamoeba histolytica	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	1	4	5
Toxoplasma gondii	–	–	–	2	1	–	2	–	5	7	6	15
Echinococcus granulosus	–	–	–	–	6	–	9	–	15	11	22	14
Total	22	1,183	104	2,855	2,212	46	324	164	6,910	7,455	14,674	13,982

* 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 April to 30 June 2008*

State or territory	Laboratory	April 2008	May 2008	June 2008	Total this period
Australian Capital Territory	The Canberra Hospital	–	–	–	–
New South Wales	Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead	65	84	130	279
	New Children’s Hospital, Westmead	85	126	125	336
	Repatriation General Hospital, Concord	–	–	–	–
	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown	41	54	49	144
	South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool	87	108	16	211
Queensland	Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End	1,483	946	663	3,092
	Townsville General Hospital	–	–	–	–
South Australia	Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide	655	824	730	2,209
Tasmania	Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston	9	9	22	40
	Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart	–	–	–	–
Victoria	Australian Ricketsial Reference Laboratory	41	42	47	130
	Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne	14	6	54	74
	Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne	12	6	–	18
	Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield	49	52	62	163
Western Australia	PathWest Virology, Perth	–	–	–	–
	Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth	–	–	–	–
	Western Diagnostic Pathology	90		124	214
Total		2,631	2,257	2,022	6,910

* The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2008, 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.