The Laboratory Virology and Serology Reporting Scheme, 1991 to 2000

The Laboratory Virology and Serology (LabVISE) Reporting Scheme is a passive surveillance scheme based on voluntary reports of infectious agents contributed by virology and serology laboratories around Australia. This article reports on the LabVISE data collected between 1991 and 2000 and was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Vol 26 No 3, September 2002. This article can be viewed in 15 HTML documents and is also available in PDF format.

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Paul Roche,1 Linda Halliday,2 Eddie O'Brien,1 Jenean Spencer1

Abstract | Author Affliations


Abstract

Between 1991 and 2000, the Laboratory Virology and Serology Surveillance Scheme (LabVISE) received 340,730 laboratory reports of viral and non-viral pathogen identifications. In this report, data on 136 viruses and 31 non-viral pathogens are analysed. The age and sex distribution and seasonal fluctuations in infections are described. The major clinical diseases associated with LabVISE pathogens are reviewed together with a survey of recent activity reported in Australia. The contribution of LabVISE over the 10-year period to surveillance of poliomyelitis in Australia, up to and beyond the eradication goal, is described. The contribution of LabVISE to influenza surveillance and control in Australia is also described. Prospects for the continued role of LabVISE in the surveillance and control of viral meningitis, viral gastroenteritis and viral respiratory diseases are reviewed. Commun Dis Intell 2002;26:323-374.

Author affiliations

1. Surveillance and Epidemiology Section, Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, ACT

2. National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT

Corresponding author: Dr Paul Roche, Epidemiologist, Surveillance and Epidemiology Section, Department of Health and Ageing, PO Box 9848, Canberra, ACT, 2601. Telephone: +61 2 6289 8152. Facsimile: +61 2 6289 7791. E-mail: paul.roche@health.gov.au.


This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 26, No 3, September 2002

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