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There were 4,194 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 April to 30 June 2002 (Tables 4 and 5).

Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory¹ for the reporting period 1 April to 30 June 2002, and total reports for the year²

Organism	ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas	Vic	WA	This period 2002	This period 2001	Year to date 20022	Year to date 2001
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	3	7	8	96
Mumps virus	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	3	5	14	10	27
Rubella virus	-	3	1	19	-	-	2	2	27	15	46	30
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus	-	-	2	8	-	-	-	3	13	29	34	43
Hepatitis D virus	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	2	4
Hepatitis E virus	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	1	4	1	4	4
Arboviruses
Barmah Forest virus	-	3	1	55	-	1	1	2	63	103	129	220
Dengue not typed	-	-	23	-	1	-	-	10	34	81	144	151
Dengue type 1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	0	1	0
Flavivirus (unspecified)	-	-	2	12	-	-	3	-	17	12	27	15
Kunjin virus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	5	3	9
Murray Valley encephalitis virus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	5	6
Ross River virus	-	3	4	101	-	1	2	27	138	349	339	778
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus not typed	-	25	8	10	-	-	4	28	75	162	198	369
Adenovirus type 40	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	10	11	23	20	35
Adenovirus typing pending	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	14	46	52	83
Herpesviruses
Cytomegalovirus	3	47	-	27	-	-	15	4	96	266	387	621
Epstein-Barr virus	-	24	3	128	-	-	10	90	255	450	743	927
Varicella-zoster virus	2	50	10	128	-	2	13	152	357	383	849	909
Other DNA viruses
Molluscum contagiosum	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	6	7	5	12	9
Parvovirus	-	1	10	5	-	-	10	13	39	84	135	152
Poxvirus group not typed	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	3	0	4	0
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus A16	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2
Echovirus type 13	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	10	13	16
Echovirus type 6	-	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	27	0	54	1
Echovirus type 9	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	24	12	58
Enterovirus - not typed	-	1	7	1	-	1	3	117	130	217	255	395
Enterovirus typing pending	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	3	1	12
Poliovirus type 1 (uncharacterised)	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	12	9
Poliovirus type 2 (uncharacterised)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	4	9
Rhinovirus (all types)	-	43	1	-	-	-	1	34	79	95	175	200
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus	-	24	-	10	-	-	7	31	72	56	170	158
Influenza B virus	-	77	-	20	-	-	4	15	116	19	142	61
Parainfluenza virus type 1	-	25	-	7	1	-	9	45	87	9	129	17
Parainfluenza virus type 2	-	4	1	-	-	-	2	13	20	19	29	25
Parainfluenza virus type 3	-	8	-	-	-	-	6	19	33	99	95	209
Parainfluenza virus type 4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	0	1	0
Respiratory syncytial virus	-	442	5	54	-	2	31	166	700	990	823	1186
Other RNA viruses
Norwalk agent	-	-	-	-	-	-	48	-	48	30	99	111
Rotavirus	-	14	1	-	-	56	13	103	187	463	278	623
Other
Cryptococcus species	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	5	8	12	15
Bordetella pertussis	1	19	1	32	-	-	1	12	66	238	436	455
Brucella abortus	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	0	1	1
Legionella longbeachae	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	14	6	21	11
Legionella pneumophila	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	2	30	24	46	30
Legionella species	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	7	5	7
Yersinia enterocolitica	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	0	4	2
Streptococcus group A	-	4	16	57	-	-	1	-	78	89	172	187
Echinococcus granulosus	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	6	12	13
Chlamydia pneumoniae	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	0	1	5
Chlamydia psittaci (ornithosis)	-	-	-	1	-	2	8	4	15	21	27	46
Chlamydia species	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	2	4
Chlamydia trachomatis (unspecified)	-	151	49	267	-	12	9	256	744	894	1671	1851
Coxiella burnetii	-	4	-	17	-	-	13	5	39	51	97	84
Mycoplasma hominis	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	0	2	1
Mycoplasma pneumoniae	-	29	2	46	-	8	95	30	210	190	486	389
Other rickettsiae	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	1	7	3
Rickettsia australis	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	0	1	0
Entamoeba histolytica	-	-	-	2	-	-	5	3	10	5	15	9
Toxoplasma gondii	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	8	12	16
Leptospira species	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	12	14	27
Treponema pallidum	-	34	118	103	-	-	4	15	274	325	552	632
Total	6	1,086	270	1,120	2	86	384	1,240	4,194	5,967	9,041	11,368

1. State or Territory of postcode, if reported, otherwise State or Territory of reporting laboratory.
2. 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.

Top of pageTable 5. Virology and serology laboratory reports for the reporting period 1 April to 30 June 2002, by laboratories¹

State/Territory	Laboratory	April 2002	May 2002	June 2002	Total this period
Australian Capital Territory	The Canberra Hospital	-	-	-	-
New South Wales	Institute of Clinical Pathology & Medical Research, Westmead	91	125	113	329
	New Children's Hospital, Westmead	85	19	206	310
	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown	18	-	-	18
	South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool	79	122	162	363
Queensland	Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End	510	490	398	1,398
	Townsville General Hospital	-	-	-	-
South Australia	Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide	-	-	-	-
Tasmania	Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston	26	31	25	82
Victoria	Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne	17	34	5	56
	Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne	32	35	-	67
	Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield	143	26	92	261
Western Australia	PathCentre Virology, Perth	352	319	366	1,037
	Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth	59	129	39	227
	Western Diagnostic Pathology	19	27	-	46
Total		1,431	1,357	1,406	4,194

1. The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2002, will appear in every report regardless of whether reports were received in this reporting period. Reports are not always received from all laboratories.
- Nil reports

LabVISE is a sentinel reporting scheme. Currently 15 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 2002;26:61.


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