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 October to 31 December 2010.

Page last updated: 11 April 2011

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There were 15,999 reports received by the Laboratory Virology and Serology Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 October to 31 December 2010 (Tables 4 and 5).

Table 4: Laboratory Virology and Serology reports, 1 October to 31 December 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
-
-
-
4
1
-
2
1
8
4
39
51
Mumps virus
-
-
-
3
-
-
3
8
14
11
32
50
Rubella virus
-
-
-
2
1
-
-
2
5
8
28
21
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus
-
2
-
12
1
-
-
9
24
28
69
67
Hepatitis D virus
-
-
-
3
4
-
-
3
10
6
23
20
Hepatitis E virus
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
2
1
6
6
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
-
5
12
70
91
-
-
20
198
205
1,290
1,042
Barmah Forest virus
-
1
-
61
9
-
-
4
75
53
263
232
Alphavirus (unspecified)
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
3
6
-
6
-
Dengue type 1
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
60
61
1
93
1
Dengue type 2
-
1
3
-
-
-
2
37
43
4
81
4
Dengue type 3
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
37
38
-
49
-
Dengue type 4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
11
11
1
19
1
Dengue not typed
-
1
10
-
-
-
2
176
189
17
319
17
Flavivirus (unspecified)
-
26
-
35
1
-
17
1
80
38
263
245
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 40
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
7
7
17
7
Adenovirus type 41
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
30
30
5
42
5
Adenovirus not typed/pending
4
137
19
150
395
2
3
92
802
328
2,182
1,490
Herpesviruses
Herpes virus type 6
-
1
-
-
-
-
1
1
3
2
7
4
Cytomegalovirus
-
62
-
154
112
4
16
-
348
280
1,476
1,114
Varicella-zoster virus
-
57
2
578
156
2
14
160
969
914
3,786
2,853
Epstein-Barr virus
1
14
36
367
170
5
11
106
710
853
3,043
2,437
Other DNA viruses
Vaccinia virus
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
-
Molluscum contagiosum
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
8
9
6
20
6
Parvovirus
3
2
-
33
11
-
18
10
77
104
364
274
Picornavirus family
Rhinovirus (all types)
2
131
-
-
1,146
-
-
52
1,331
130
3,217
234
Enterovirus not typed/pending
-
39
-
1
9
2
-
3
54
63
191
135
Picornavirus not typed
-
-
22
-
-
1
-
165
188
6
405
17
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
5
52
13
159
238
-
44
80
591
255
3,932
6,434
Influenza A virus H1N1
-
-
-
1
-
2
-
8
11
1
18
97
Influenza A virus H3N2
-
-
18
-
-
-
1
53
72
4
110
8
Influenza B virus
3
14
72
38
55
-
3
203
388
26
813
294
Newcastle Disease virus
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
21
-
Parainfluenza virus type 1
2
3
-
3
5
-
-
-
13
47
190
70
Parainfluenza virus type 2
1
5
-
4
10
-
-
4
24
7
115
88
Parainfluenza virus type 3
1
120
10
152
301
-
3
116
703
299
1,292
619
Parainfluenza virus typing pending
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
3
1
4
3
Respiratory syncytial virus
-
41
4
62
73
5
2
73
260
209
3,359
2,725
Paramyxovirus (unspecified)
-
23
-
-
-
-
-
-
23
-
65
-
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1
-
-
-
-
20
-
-
1
21
31
88
173
Rotavirus
3
123
-
-
34
15
-
134
309
57
1,200
242
Calicivirus
-
1
1
-
-
-
-
290
292
570
523
570
Norwalk agent
-
28
-
-
176
-
-
1
205
267
1,129
345
Coronavirus
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
1
-
1
-
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
4
321
4
1,916
487
21
3
673
3,429
2,695
13,513
9,087
Chlamydia pneumoniae
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
4
34
13
Chlamydia psittaci
1
1
-
1
-
-
28
2
33
11
58
67
Chlamydia spp typing pending
-
11
-
-
-
-
-
-
11
6
42
22
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
-
6
10
44
191
1
109
220
581
433
1,790
1,256
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
1
16
-
16
6
-
12
1
52
74
235
246
Rickettsia – spotted fever group
-
9
-
19
1
-
2
-
31
23
92
122
Rickettsia spp - other
1
3
-
-
-
-
1
2
7
2
11
2
Streptococcus group A
-
8
-
200
-
-
29
-
237
175
877
654
Yersinia enterocolitica
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
1
1
Brucella species
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
-
6
2
21
13
Bordetella pertussis
1
152
1
948
1,463
1
138
150
2,854
1,358
8,631
4,912
Bordetella parapertussis
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
-
Legionella pneumophila
-
-
-
-
1
2
7
-
10
11
39
37
Legionella longbeachae
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
14
16
7
33
18
Legionella species
1
4
-
8
-
-
3
-
16
7
49
29
Cryptococcus species
-
-
-
6
2
-
-
-
8
6
47
34
Leptospira species
-
2
-
8
1
-
-
2
13
5
46
38
Treponema pallidum
-
38
4
278
103
-
12
18
453
430
1,951
1,725
Entamoeba histolytica
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
3
2
13
8
Toxoplasma gondii
-
-
-
2
11
2
2
5
22
8
59
23
Echinococcus granulosus
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
1
3
3
18
17
Total
34
1,464
247
5,346
5,288
69
490
3,061
15,999
10,111
57,752
40,325

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

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

– No data received this period.

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

State or territory
Laboratory
 October 2010 November 2010 December 2010 Total
Australian Capital Territory The Canberra Hospital
-
-
-
-
New South Wales Institute of Clinical Pathology & Medical Research, Westmead
507
135
6
648
New Children's Hospital, Westmead
115
57
83
255
Repatriation General Hospital, Concord
-
-
-
-
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
15
27
15
57
South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool
106
49
23
178
Queensland Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End
2,030
2,043
1,673
5,746
Townsville General Hospital
-
-
-
-
South Australia Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide
143
3,017
2,119
5,279
Tasmania Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston
22
19
17
58
Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart
-
-
-
-
Victoria Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory
8
3
31
42
Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
-
-
-
-
Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
22
67
101
190
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield
92
68
77
237
Western Australia PathCentre Virology, Perth
1,235
1,023
886
3,144
Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth
-
-
-
-
Western Diagnostic Pathology
21
117
27
165
Total
4,316
6,625
5,058
15,999

* 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.

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