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.