Communicable Diseases Surveillance: Part 3

The tables contain data from the Laboratory Serology and Virology Reporting Scheme (26 March to 22 April 1998) and the Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (13 to 16, 1998).

Page last updated: 14 May 1998

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There were 1,551 reports received in the CDI Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) this four week period, 26 March to 22 April 1998 (Tables 4 and 5). LabVISE is a sentinel reporting scheme. Twenty-one laboratories contribute data on the laboratory identification of viruses and other organisms. Data are collated and published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence every four weeks. These data should be interpreted with caution as the number and type of reports received is subject to a number of biases. For further information, see Commun Dis Intell 1998;22:8.

The Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (ASPREN) data for weeks 13 to 16 ending 26 April 1998 are included in this issue of CDI (Table 6). ASPREN currently comprises about 100 general practitioners from throughout the country. Up to 9,000 consultations are reported each week, with special attention to 12 conditions chosen for sentinel surveillance. Commun Dis Intell reports the consultation rates for all of these. For further information, including case definitions, see Commun Dis Intell 1998;22:5-6.

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Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory1 for the reporting period 26 March to 22 April 1998, and total reports for the year

  State or territory Total this period Total reported in CDI in 1998
NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus
1
2
3
33
Measles virus
1
2
3
33
Mumps virus
1
1
10
Rubella virus
2
2
11
1
3
19
54
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis Avirus
4
1
34
5
1
1
12
58
173
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
3
3
90
2
24
122
470
Barmah Forest virus
1
4
5
15
Dengue not typed
7
7
13
Murray Valley encephalitis virus
1
1
1
Kunjin virus
1
1
2
Flavivirus (unspecified)
4
7
11
34
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type2
1
1
8
Adenovirus type 3
4
4
12
Adenovirus type 5
1
1
2
Adenovirus type 6
1
1
1
Adenovirus type 7
3
3
7
Adenovirus type 40
2
2
3
Adenovirus not typed/pending
12
1
42
1
16
72
235
Herpes viruses
Cytomegalovirus
9
2
26
10
4
9
60
326
Varicella-zoster virus
10
21
18
12
45
106
466
Epstein-Barr virus
16
1
22
57
5
47
148
642
Other DNA viruses
Molluscum contagiosum
1
1
1
Parvovirus
1
3
7
6
17
59
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus A9
2
2
3
Coxsackievirus B1
1
1
1
Coxsackievirus B4
1
1
3
Coxsackievirus B5
1
1
1
Echovirus type 1
1
1
1
Echovirus type 4
1
1
1
Echovirus type 11
2
2
10
Echovirus type 22
1
1
2
Poliovirus type1 (uncharacterised)
1
1
3
Rhinovirus (all types)
3
6
1
11
21
157
Enterovirus not typed/pending
7
1
9
43
60
155
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
1
2
10
2
10
25
146
Influenza B virus
8
1
9
54
Parainfluenza virus type 1
16
2
3
50
71
124
Parainfluenza virus type 2
1
7
8
14
Parainfluenza virus type 3
1
1
18
20
174
Respiratory syncytial virus
17
2
9
3
16
47
264
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1
1
1
9
Rotavirus
7
3
2
23
35
125
Norwalk agent
4
4
21
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
10
53
70
64
4
169
370
1,400
Chlamydia psittaci
1
1
2
18
Chlamydia species
8
8
17
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
18
2
45
26
1
15
5
112
582
Coxiella burnetii (Qfever)
4
4
1
5
14
39
Bordetella pertussis
3
25
35
17
80
589
Legionella pneumophila
2
2
3
Legionella longbeachae
1
2
3
16
Total
159
68
376
275
8
104
561
1,551
6,504

1. State or Territory of postcode, if reported, otherwise State or Territory of reporting laboratory.


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Table 5. Virology and serology laboratory reports by contributing laboratory for the reporting period 26 March to 22 April 1998

State or Territory
 Laboratory Reports
New South Wales Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead
54
New Children's Hospital, Westmead
8
South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool
79
Queensland Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End
402
South Australia Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide
275
Tasmania Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston
8
Victoria   Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
46
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield
56
Western Australia PathCentre Virology, Perth
397
Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth
109
Western Diagnostic Pathology
117
Total  
1,551

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Table 6. Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network reports, weeks 13 to 16, 1998

Week number
13 14 15 16
Week ending on
 5 April 1998 12 April 1998 19 April 1998 26 April 1998
Doctors reporting
50 47 48 52
Total consultations
7,098 5,792 5,532 6,756
Condition
Reports Rate per
1,000 encounters		 Reports Rate per
1,000 encounters		 Reports Rate per
1,000 encounters		 Reports Rate per
1,000 encounters
Influenza
21
3.0
22
3.8
18
3.3
32
4.7
Rubella
0
0.0
1
0.2
0
0.0
0
0.0
Measles
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
1
0.1
Chickenpox
8
1.1
8
1.4
7
1.3
16
2.4
Pertussis
5
0.7
1
0.2
2
0.4
2
0.3
HIV testing (patient initiated)
14
2.0
8
1.4
6
1.1
9
1.3
HIV testing (doctor initiated)
5
0.7
2
0.3
5
0.9
5
0.7
Td (ADT) vaccine
43
6.1
32
5.5
56
10.1
46
6.8
Pertussis vaccination
29
4.1
35
6.0
30
5.4
38
5.6
Reaction to pertussis vaccine
0
0.0
0
0.0
3
0.5
5
0.7
Ross River virus infection
0
0.0
2
0.3
0
0.0
0
0.0
Gastroenteritis
78
11.0
60
10.4
77
13.9
76
11.2


These tables were published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Vol 22 No 5, 14 May 1998.

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