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 period1 July to 30 September 2009.

Page last updated: 22 February 2010

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There were 9,118 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 July to 30 September 2009 (Tables 4 and 5).

Table 4: Virology and serology laboratory reports by state or territory* for the reporting period 1 July to 30 September 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
3
6
47
30
Mumps virus
4
4
1
9
5
39
39
Rubella virus
1
3
4
3
13
12
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus
1
10
11
9
39
44
Hepatitis E virus
1
1
2
2
5
8
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
8
5
126
1
1
2
143
207
837
1,264
Barmah Forest virus
1
29
30
106
179
483
Flavivirus (unspecified)
1
6
23
1
5
36
13
207
55
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus not typed/pending
119
169
3
7
1
299
584
1,161
1,299
Herpesviruses
Herpes virus type 6
1
1
2
1
Cytomegalovirus
4
64
114
4
11
197
348
832
968
Varicella-zoster virus
63
456
4
18
541
889
1,924
2,211
Epstein-Barr virus
12
15
363
1
5
28
424
617
1,583
1,836
Other DNA viruses
Parvovirus
3
33
10
1
47
84
168
207
Picornavirus family
Rhinovirus (all types)
39
39
47
104
138
Enterovirus not typed/pending
1
7
11
1
20
24
72
158
Picornavirus not typed
6
6
2
11
9
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
39
1,628
1
1,181
13
17
79
2,958
509
6,178
647
Influenza A virus H1N1
4
1
84
1
90
96
Influenza A virus H3N2
3
3
4
Influenza B virus
4
41
75
6
126
777
268
869
Influenza virus - typing pending
1
1
6
Parainfluenza virus type 1
9
3
12
32
23
181
Parainfluenza virus type 2
6
6
12
5
81
25
Parainfluenza virus type 3
4
97
51
1
3
156
174
319
198
Parainfluenza virus typing pending
1
1
2
Respiratory syncytial virus
6
301
196
37
25
1
566
846
2,510
1,790
Other RNA viruses
Rotavirus
25
2
7
34
78
185
275
Norwalk agent
46
46
46
78
74
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
4
308
1
1,477
14
10
1,814
2,190
6,373
6,586
Chlamydia pneumoniae
1
2
3
1
9
2
Chlamydia psittaci
1
3
2
11
17
24
56
79
Chlamydia spp typing pending
10
10
16
Chlamydia species
1
1
1
8
3
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
9
5
132
1
7
90
5
249
305
823
729
Mycoplasma hominis
5
5
3
9
7
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
4
13
11
28
81
143
234
Rickettsia - spotted fever group
2
11
1
2
16
47
91
138
Streptococcus group A
7
156
1
164
317
479
767
Yersinia enterocolitica
1
1
5
1
10
Brucella species
2
2
11
11
28
Bordetella pertussis
1
195
419
1
4
620
591
3,553
1,035
Legionella pneumophila
1
1
4
6
1
26
12
Legionella longbeachae
1
1
4
11
9
Legionella species
2
6
1
9
22
1
Cryptococcus species
2
5
7
8
28
23
Leptospira species
8
8
16
33
70
Treponema pallidum
2
69
259
1
331
510
1,293
1,618
Entamoeba histolytica
3
2
5
4
6
8
Toxoplasma gondii
1
3
4
6
15
12
Total
66
3,100
27
5,353
16
190
327
39
9,118
9,538
29,979
24,192

* 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 2009*

State or territory
Laboratory
July 2009 August 2009 September 2009 Total this period
Australian Capital Territory The Canberra Hospital
New South Wales Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead
1,182
358
158
1,698
  New Children's Hospital, Westmead
323
119
124
566
  Repatriation General Hospital, Concord
  Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
38
40
5
83
  South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool
228
94
95
417
Queensland Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End
2,684
1,481
1,624
5,789
  Townsville General Hospital
South Australia Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide
Tasmania Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston
98
46
29
173
  Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart
Victoria Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory
13
1
14
  Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
53
10
63
  Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
  Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield
89
94
73
256
Western Australia PathWest Virology, Perth
  Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth
  Western Diagnostic Pathology
59
59
Total  
4,708
2,243
2,167
9,118

* 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.

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