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There were 2,499 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 January to 31 March 2001 (Tables 5 and 6).

Table 5. Virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory¹ for the reporting period 1 January to 31 March 2001, and total reports for the year²

	State or Territory1								This period 2001	This period 2000	Year to date 20013	Year to date 2000
	ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas	Vic	WA
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus	-	-	-	-	-	-	69	1	70	12	70	12
Mumps virus	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	23	4	23
Rubella virus	-	2	-	7	-	-	1	-	10	13	10	13
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	5	53	5	53
Hepatitis D virus	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1
Arboviruses
Ross River virus	-	7	61	107	34	-	17	2	228	573	228	573
Barmah Forest virus	-	3	2	54	-	-	-	-	59	63	59	63
Flavivirus (unspecified)	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	3	31	3	31
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	9	2	9
Adenovirus type 7	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	2	2	2
Adenovirus type 8	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-
Adenovirus type 37	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	1	2
Adenovirus not typed/pending	-	17	-	7	42	-	27	5	98	283	98	283
Herpes viruses
Cytomegalovirus	-	15	3	26	67	6	55	4	176	318	176	318
Varicella-zoster virus	2	33	4	90	11	1	102	5	248	424	248	424
Epstein-Barr virus	1	8	4	72	65	3	33	21	207	543	207	543
Other DNA viruses
Parvovirus	-	1	-	19	5	-	5	-	30	94	30	94
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus A9	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	2
Coxsackievirus B3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-
Coxsackievirus B4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	4	-
Echovirus type 9	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	2	3
Echovirus type 33	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1
Poliovirus type 1 (uncharacterised)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3
Poliovirus type 2 (uncharacterised)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	3	2
Rhinovirus (all types)	2	22	-	2	1	-	1	-	28	96	28	96
Enterovirus type 71 (BCR)	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	7	-
Enterovirus not typed/pending	-	13	-	4	-	6	6	-	29	300	29	300
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus	2	5	-	1	48	-	1	1	58	196	58	196
Influenza B virus	1	1	-	1	9	-	2	2	16	27	16	27
Parainfluenza virus type 1	-	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	4	50	4	50
Parainfluenza virus type 2	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	3	6	3	6
Parainfluenza virus type 3	1	10	-	2	16	-	2	16	47	71	47	71
Respiratory syncytial virus	-	16	-	8	7	4	4	4	43	253	43	253
Other RNA viruses
Rotavirus	1	23	-	-	28	1	19	10	82	131	82	131
Norwalk agent	-	-	-	-	-	-	46	-	46	1	46	1
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed	11	121	30	171	69	5	30	5	442	878	442	878
Chlamydia psittaci	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	12	25	12	25
Chlamydia species	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	3
Mycoplasma pneumoniae	-	8	1	60	12	-	19	3	103	149	103	149
Mycoplasma hominis	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)	-	-	-	15	1	-	2	-	18	24	18	24
Streptococcus group A	-	3	13	41	-	-	22	-	79	109	79	109
Yersinia enterocolitica	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	5	2	5
Bordetella pertussis	-	18	-	33	24	2	63	-	140	165	140	165
Legionella pneumophila	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	3	3
Cryptococcus species	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	3	1	3	1
Leptospira species	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	4	9	4	9
Treponema pallidum	-	3	53	70	37	-	-	-	163	130	163	130
Entamoeba histolytica	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	8	1	8
Toxoplasma gondii	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	4	4	4	4
Total	21	350	172	801	484	28	563	80	2,499	5,099	2,499	5,099

1. State or Territory of postcode, if reported, otherwise State or Territory of reporting laboratory.
2. From January 2000 data presented are for reports with report dates in the current period. Previously reports included all data received in that period.
3. Totals comprise data from all laboratories. Cumulative figures are subject to retrospective revision, so there may be discrepancies between the number of new notifications and the increment in the cumulative figure from the previous period.
- No data received this period.

Table 6. Virology and serology laboratory reports by contributing laboratories for the reporting period 1 January to 31 March 2001¹

State or Territory	Laboratory	January 2001	February 2001	March 2001	Total this period2
Australian Capital Territory	The Canberra Hospital	-	-	-	-
New South Wales	Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead	121	99	22	242
	New Children's Hospital, Westmead	26	-	-	26
	Repatriation General Hospital, Concord	-	-	-	-
	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown	24	28	5	57
	South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool	-	-	-	-
Queensland	Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End	525	280	199	1,004
	Townsville General Hospital	5	-	-	5
South Australia	Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide	484			484
Tasmania	Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston	11	9	1	21
	Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart	-	-	-	-
Victoria	Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne	-	-	-	-
	Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne	105	84	28	217
	Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield	156	158	35	349
Western Australia	PathCentre Virology, Perth	-	-	-	-
	Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth	32	14	8	54
	Western Diagnostic Pathology	-	40	-	40
Total		1,489	712	298	2,499

1. The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2001, will appear in every report regardless of whether reports were received in this reporting period. Reports are not always received from all laboratories.
2. Total reports include both reports for the current period and outstanding reports to date.
- Nil reports

LabVISE is a sentinel reporting scheme. Currently 17 laboratories contribute data on the laboratory identification of viruses and other organisms. This number may change throughout the year. Data are collated and published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence quarterly. 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 2000;24:10.


This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 25, No 2, April 2001.