There were 12,613 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 April to 30 June 2009 (Tables 4 and 5).

Table 4: Virology and serology laboratory reports by state or territory* for the reporting period 1 April to 30 June 2009, and total reports for the year†.

	State or territory								This period 2009	This period 2008	Year to date 2009	Year to date 2008
	ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas	Vic	WA
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus	-	1	-	-	2	-	2	-	5	11	44	24
Mumps virus	-	1	1	2	5	-	8	-	17	15	30	34
Rubella virus	-	2	-	2	1	-	-	-	5	3	9	9
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus	-	-	-	6	14	-	-	-	20	12	28	35
Hepatitis D virus	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	7	9	14	18
Arboviruses
Ross River virus	-	35	8	180	59	2	3	7	294	261	694	1,057
Barmah Forest virus	-	3	-	29	11	-	-	-	43	127	149	377
Flavivirus (unspecified)	-	4	-	17	-	-	1	-	22	12	171	42
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus not typed/pending	-	73	-	113	256	-	14	-	456	366	862	715
Herpesviruses
Herpes virus type 6	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	1
Cytomegalovirus	-	42	-	90	137	1	6	-	276	254	635	620
Varicella-zoster virus	2	56	-	327	199	4	8	-	631	562	1,383	1,322
Epstein-Barr virus	-	7	14	219	266	4	3	34	547	564	1,159	1,219
Other DNA viruses
Parvovirus	-	1	-	25	18	2	9	-	55	43	121	123
Picornavirus family
Echovirus type 4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1		2	1
Echovirus type 30	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1		8
Rhinovirus (all types)	-	39	-	1	1	-	-	-	41	53	65	91
Enterovirus not typed/pending	-	9	-	7	2	-	1	-	19	23	52	134
Picornavirus not typed	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	6	5	7
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus	28	1,792	-	305	898	1	110	-	3,134	89	3,220	138
Influenza A virus H1N1	-	1	-	-	-	5	-	-	6		6
Influenza A virus H3N2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1		1
Influenza B virus	3	31	-	42	30	-	-	1	107	70	142	92
Influenza virus - typing pending	-	4	-	-	-	-	1	-	5	–	5
Parainfluenza virus type 1	-	4	-	3	-	-	1	-	8	86	11	149
Parainfluenza virus type 2	-	22	-	26	2	-	5	-	55	10	69	20
Parainfluenza virus type 3	-	19	-	20	73	-	7	-	119	17	163	24
Parainfluenza virus typing pending	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	–	1
Respiratory syncytial virus	-	710	-	341	546	2	92	2	1,693	739	1,944	944
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1	-	-	-	-	59	-	-	-	59	14	142	18
Rotavirus	-	14	-	-	69	4	1	-	88	88	151	197
Norwalk agent	1	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	11	32	28
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed	6	314	-	1,155	679	18	10	1	2,183	2,039	4,559	4,396
Chlamydia pneumoniae	-	1	-	1	-	-	2	-	4	1	6	1
Chlamydia psittaci	-	1	-	-	-	-	15	-	16	33	39	55
Chlamydia spp typing pending	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4		6
Chlamydia species	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2		7	2
Mycoplasma pneumoniae	-	10	1	132	68	7	93	9	320	217	573	424
Mycoplasma hominis	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	4	4
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)	-	1	-	10	15	-	3	-	58	73	115	153
Rickettsia prowazeki	-	-	-	-	1	-	6	-	7		8
Rickettsia - spotted fever group	-	2	-	21	1	-	3	-	37	63	75	91
Streptococcus group A	-	7	-	129	-	-	1	-	137	178	315	450
Brucella species	-	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	5	9	9	17
Bordetella pertussis	1	397	-	358	810	3	2	-	1,571	246	2,933	444
Legionella pneumophila	-	5	-	2	3	-	4	-	14	4	20	11
Legionella longbeachae	-	2	-	1	2	-	2	-	7	1	10	5
Legionella species	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	8		13	1
Cryptococcus species	-	5	-	3	4	-	-	-	12	8	21	15
Leptospira species	-	-	-	5	1	-	1	-	7	24	25	54
Treponema pallidum	-	62	-	193	213	1	5	-	474	543	962	1,108
Entamoeba histolytica	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	4
Toxoplasma gondii	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	-	4	5	11	6
Echinococcus granulosus	-	-	-	-	5	-	1	-	6	15	14	22
Total	41	3,708	24	3,774	4,458	55	425	54	12,613	6,908	21,045	14,702

* 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 April to 30 June 2009*

State or territory	Laboratory	April 2009	May 2009	June 2009	Total this period
Australian Capital Territory	The Canberra Hospital	-	-	-
New South Wales	Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead	300	404	1,593	2,297
	New Children’s Hospital, Westmead	127	150	154	431
	Repatriation General Hospital, Concord	-	-	-	-
	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown	42	60	46	148
	South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool	104	125	315	544
Queensland	Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End	124	1,797	2,204	4,125
	Townsville General Hospital	-	-	-	-
South Australia	Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide	925	1,389	2,140	4,454
Tasmania	Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston	12	17	20	49
	Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart	-	-	-	-
Victoria	Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory	25	23	26	74
	Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne	15	79	125	219
	Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne	-	-	-	-
	Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield	59	58	83	200
Western Australia	PathWest Virology, Perth	-	-	-	-
	Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth	-	-	-	-
	Western Diagnostic Pathology	-	72	-	72
Total		1,733	4,174	6,706	12,613

* The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2009, 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.