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 January to 31 March 2010.

Page last updated: 01 July 2010

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There were 9,585 reports received by the Laboratory Virology and Serology Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 January to 31 march 2010 (Tables 4 and 5).

Table 4: Laboratory Virology and Serology reports, 1 January to 31 March 2010 and total reports for the year,* by state or territory^†

	State or territory								This period 2010	This period 2009	Year to date 2010	Year to date 2009
	ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas	Vic	WA
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus	–	–	–	1	2	–	5	–	8	39	8	39
Mumps virus	–	–	–	2	3	–	1	–	6	13	6	13
Rubella virus	–	3	–	1	1	–	4	–	9	4	9	4
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus	–	2	–	11	2	–	1	–	16	8	16	8
Hepatitis D virus	–	–	–	1	2	–	1	–	4	7	4	7
Hepatitis E virus	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	3	1	3
Arboviruses
Ross River virus	–	8	24	228	84	6	4	1	355	400	355	400
Barmah Forest virus	–	3	–	49	16	–	1	–	69	106	69	106
Flavivirus (unspecified)	1	9	–	42	–	–	7	–	59	149	59	149
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus not typed/pending	1	58	–	69	88	3	4	–	223	407	223	407
Herpesviruses
Herpes virus type 6	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1		1
Cytomegalovirus	–	32	–	181	166	6	10	–	395	360	395	360
Varicella-zoster virus	–	23	–	543	240	3	2	–	811	752	811	752
Epstein-Barr virus	1	21	23	419	323	5	8	66	866	613	866	613
Other DNA viruses
Parvovirus	–	2	–	9	52	–	10	–	73	66	73	66
Picornavirus family
Rhinovirus (all types)	–	49	–	–	–	1	–	–	50	24	50	24
Enterovirus not typed/pending	–	5	–	6	7	–	1	–	19	33	19	33
Picornavirus not typed	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	4	2	4
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus	–	21	–	61	56	–	10	–	148	86	148	86
Influenza B virus	1	3	–	7	12	–	–	–	23	35	23	35
Newcastle disease virus	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1		1
Parainfluenza virus type 1	–	39	–	29	2	–	–	–	70	3	70	3
Parainfluenza virus type 2	–	6	–	7	5	–	–	–	18	14	18	14
Parainfluenza virus type 3	–	9	–	4	20	–	–	–	33	44	33	44
Respiratory syncytial virus	–	93	–	118	34	–	–	–	245	251	245	251
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1	–	–	–	–	17	–	–	–	17	83	17	83
Rotavirus	–	9	–	–	7	–	–	–	16	63	16	63
Norwalk agent	–	31	–	–	271	3	–	–	305	16	305	16
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed	1	156	4	2,152	728	14	11	2	3,068	2,376	3,068	2,376
Chlamydia psittaci	–	–	–	–	–	1	7	–	8	23	8	23
Chlamydia spp typing pending	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	2	5	2
Chlamydia species	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	5	1	5
Mycoplasma pneumoniae	1	5	5	42	115	6	92	10	276	253	276	253
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)	–	1	–	10	17	–	3	–	31	58	31	58
Rickettsia prowazeki	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	1	1	1
Rickettsia - spotted fever group	–	1	–	4	5	–	–	–	10	38	10	38
Streptococcus group A	–	12	1	154	–	–	10	–	177	178	177	178
Brucella species	–	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	3	4	3	4
Bordetella pertussis	–	55	–	521	948	1	48	–	1,573	1,362	1,573	1,362
Legionella pneumophila	–	1	–	1	2	–	–	–	4	6	4	6
Legionella longbeachae	–	–	–	–	2	–	3	–	5	3	5	3
Legionella species	1	2	–	5	–	–	2	–	10	5	10	5
Cryptococcus species	–	1	–	8	6	–	–	–	15	9	15	9
Leptospira species	–	1	–	10	3	–	–	1	15	18	15	18
Treponema pallidum	–	48	–	346	133	–	4	–	531	488	531	488
Entamoeba histolytica	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	3		3
Toxoplasma gondii	–	–	–	–	5	–	–	–	5	7	5	7
Echinococcus granulosus	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	8	1	8
Total	7	716	57	5,046	3,376	51	252	80	9,585	8,427	9,585	8,427

* Data presented are for reports with reports dates in the current period.

† State or territory of postcode, if reported, otherwise state or territory of reporting laboratory.

– No data received this period.

Table 5: Laboratory Virology and Serology reports, 1 January to 31 March 2010,* by laboratory

State or territory	Laboratory	January 2010	February 2010	March 2010	Total
Australian Capital Territory	The Canberra Hospital	–	–	–	–
New South Wales	Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead	–	–	95	95
	New Children’s Hospital, Westmead	60	50	103	213
	Repatriation General Hospital, Concord	–	–	–	–
	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown	–	–	–	–
	South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool	41	59	61	161
Queensland	Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End	1,618	1,686	2,039	5,343
	Townsville General Hospital	–	–	–	–
South Australia	Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide	1,151	1,131	1,088	3,370
Tasmania	Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston	14	16	15	45
	Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart	–	–	–	–
Victoria	Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory	–	–	–	–
	Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne	–	–	–	–
	Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne	–	–	66	66
	Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory	68	49	47	164
Western Australia	PathWest Virology, Perth	–	–	–	–
	Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth	–	–	–	–
	Western Diagnostic Pathology	33	71	24	128
Total		2,985	3,062	3,538	9,585

* The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2010, 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.