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There were 6,256 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 July to 30 September 2001 (Tables 4 and 5).

The following table displays virology and serology laboratory reports by laboratories for the reporting period 1 July to 30 September 2001. If you are not able to access these data please e-mail cdi.editor@health.gov.au.

Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by laboratories for the reporting period 1 July to 30 September 2001¹

State or Territory	Laboratory	July 2001	August 2001	September 2001	Total this period
Australian Capital Territory	The Canberra Hospital	-	-	-	-
New South Wales	Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead	180	189	40	409
	New Children's Hospital, Westmead	169	119	87	375
	Repatriation General Hospital, Concord	-	-	-	0
	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown	79	64	23	166
	South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool	206	165	48	419
Queensland	Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End	199	321	400	920
	Townsville General Hospital	13	4	-	17
South Australia	Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide	268	766	842	1,876
Tasmania	Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston	36	26	8	70
	Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart	-	-	-	0
Victoria	Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne	-	-	-	0
	Rickettsia Reference Laboratory, Geelong*	6	-	-	6
	Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne	150	37	26	213
	Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield	160	142	98	400
Western Australia	PathCentre Virology, Perth	405	437	-	842
	Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth	324	156	-	480
	Western Diagnostic Pathology	36	27	-	63
Total		2,231	2,453	1,572	6,256

1.The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2001, will appear in every report from January 2000 regardless of whether reports were received in this reporting period. Reports are not always received from all laboratories.
- Nil reports
* The Rickettsia Reference Laboratory, Geelong has recently joined the LabVISE scheme as a contributing laboratory. The first reports for this laboratory were received in September 2001 and are published in this issue of CDI for the first time.

Top of pageThe following table displays virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory for the reporting period 1 July to 30 September 2001, and total reports for the year. If you are not able to access these data please e-mail cdi.editor@health.gov.au.

Table 5. Virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory¹ for the reporting period 1 July to 30 September 2001, and total reports for the year

	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	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	2	7	12	101	38
Mumps virus	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	2	4	9	31	40
Rubella virus	1	2	-	15	2	-	-	-	20	10	50	33
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus	-	3	2	11	2	-	1	2	21	27	65	121
Hepatitis D virus	-	-	-	1	2	-	2	1	6	3	9	6
Arboviruses
Ross River virus	-	1	4	16	2	-	-	11	34	34	821	1,099
Barmah Forest virus	-	4	1	16	-	-	-	1	22	17	249	121
Dengue type 4	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	-
Dengue not typed	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	13	32	3	186	167
Murray Valley encephalitis virus	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	7	19
Flavivirus (unspecified)	-	-	1	1	-	-	4	-	6	2	21	39
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	3	6
Adenovirus type 2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	3	7
Adenovirus type 7	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	10	5
Adenovirus type 8	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	4	1	18	1
Adenovirus type 40	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	6	8	13	43	82
Adenovirus not typed/pending	2	94	1	9	104	10	29	32	281	210	734	756
Herpes viruses
Cytomegalovirus	-	58	2	16	134	2	44	6	262	252	900	873
Varicella-zoster virus	3	34	7	97	43	1	66	95	346	221	1,258	970
Epstein-Barr virus	-	17	8	134	148	-	14	63	384	259	1,316	1,466
Molluscum contagiosum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	11	9
Other DNA viruses
Contagious pustular dermatitis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	4	7
Poxvirus group not typed	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	2	-
Parvovirus	-	2	2	14	46	-	11	21	96	81	248	248
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus A16	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	3	6
Echovirus type 5	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
Echovirus type 9	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	2	71	5
Echovirus type 13	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	17	-
Echovirus type 18	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	6	-
Echovirus type 30	-	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	4	7	28	114
Poliovirus type 1 (unchar)	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	16	11
Poliovirus type 2 (unchar)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	13	4
Poliovirus type 3 (unchar)	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	7	5
Rhinovirus (all types)	-	69	-	-	3	-	2	18	92	71	293	283
Enterovirus type 71 (BCR)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	24	-
Enterovirus not typed/pending	-	8	6	2	2	6	34	117	175	84	577	667
Picornavirus not typed	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	2	6	2
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus	7	127	1	49	174	-	19	83	460	677	621	1,035
Influenza A virus H1N1	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	15	-	15	-
Influenza A virus H3N2	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	6	5	7
Influenza B virus	1	10	1	-	32	-	6	10	60	336	121	433
Parainfluenza virus type 1	-	1	-	-	13	-	-	2	16	40	34	220
Parainfluenza virus type 2	-	1	-	-	15	-	-	1	17	10	42	31
Parainfluenza virus type 3	-	44	-	9	144	-	6	79	282	129	492	239
Parainfluenza virus typing pending	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	3	1
Respiratory syncytial virus	3	387	-	28	219	37	126	346	1,146	1,283	2,368	2,568
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	4	2	17	5
Rotavirus	1	268	2	1	135	3	32	159	601	874	1,225	1,240
Norwalk agent	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	13	13	124	17
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis - A-K	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	478	1	2,226
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed	12	103	22	147	181	5	1	168	639	-	2,605	-
Chlamydia pneumoniae	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	2	34	7	36
Chlamydia psittaci	-	-	2	-	-	-	8	2	12	17	58	67
Mycoplasma pneumoniae	-	21	5	34	64	10	60	38	232	151	632	450
Coxiella Burnetti (Q fever)	1	5	-	11	4	-	14	6	41	22	129	54
Rickettsia - Spotted fever group	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	7	3	114	21
Rickettsia spp - other	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	4	9
Streptococcus group A	-	2	7	55	-	-	15	-	79	67	271	248
Yersinia enterocolitica	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	9
Brucella species	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	5
Bordetella pertussis	8	46	4	40	305	2	31	3	439	174	899	449
Legionella pneumophila	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	18	18	48	33
Legionella longbeachae	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	6	8	8	19	43
Legionella species	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	1	12	2
Cryptococcus species	-	-	-	1	8	-	-	-	9	3	34	11
Leptospira species	-	1	-	2	3	-	-	-	6	9	33	42
Treponema pallidum	-	25	69	71	86	-	-	10	261	195	938	562
Toxoplasma gondii	-	2	-	-	2	2	2	-	8	4	24	12
Echinococcus granulosus	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	2	5	2	21	16
Total	40	1,377	172	784	1,881	82	599	1,315	6,256	5,900	18,077	17,301

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.

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 4, November 2001.