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Table 5. Virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory¹ for the reporting period 1 July to 30 September 2002, and total reports for the year²

	ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas	Vic	WA	Total 3rd quarter 2002	Total 3rd quarter 2001	Year to date 20023	Year to date 2001
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	8	15	104
Mumps virus	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	4	13	31
Rubella virus	-	-	-	17	1	-	2	1	21	21	69	51
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	4	9	21	48	64
Hepatitis D virus	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	2	6	5	10
Hepatitis E virus	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	5	4
Arboviruses
Ross River virus	-	-	-	9	-	1	2	3	15	30	362	808
Barmah Forest virus	-	1	-	21	2	-	1	1	26	20	155	240
Dengue not typed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	34	152	185
Murray Valley encephalitis virus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	6	7
Flavivirus (unspecified)	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	3	6	31	21
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	29	43
Adenovirus not typed/pending	-	47	-	12	67	-	5	59	190	314	557	766
Herpesviruses
Cytomegalovirus	-	40	-	18	115	-	16	8	197	281	728	903
Varicella-zoster virus	-	26	-	125	28	4	10	109	302	371	1,198	1,280
Epstein-Barr virus	-	11	-	93	101	-	9	78	292	384	1,159	1,311
Other DNA viruses
Contagious pustular dermatitis (Orf virus)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	4
Molluscum contagiosum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	1	15	10
Parvovirus	-	1	-	6	22	-	15	5	49	99	218	251
Poxvirus group not typed	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	5	2
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus A9	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	2
Coxsackievirus B2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	-
Echovirus type 6	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	58	2
Echovirus type 9	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	17	16	75
Echovirus type 13	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	12	15	28
Enterovirus- not typed	-	2	-	2	4	-	2	88	98	194	365	601
Poliovirus type 1 (uncharacterised)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	18	17
Poliovirus type 2 (uncharacterised)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	11	15
Poliovirus type 3 (uncharacterised)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	3	7
Poliovirus not typed	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
Rhinovirus (all types)	-	46	-	-	5	-	-	36	87	119	280	319
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus	-	289	-	150	187	-	37	310	973	543	1,359	702
Influenza B virus	-	30	-	16	68	-	3	85	202	75	425	136
Parainfluenza virus type 1	-	6	-	-	32	-	-	27	65	16	248	33
Parainfluenza virus type 2	-	2	-	1	5	-	-	6	14	20	59	45
Parainfluenza virus type 3	-	8	-	1	56	-	2	37	104	319	254	528
Respiratory syncytial virus	-	293	-	43	213	11	57	685	1,302	1,286	2,408	2,473
Other RNA viruses
Astrovirus	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	1
HTLV-1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	2	4	3	17
Rotavirus	-	202	-	-	95	11	60	113	481	679	867	1,302
Norwalk agent	-	-	-	-	-	-	49	-	49	19	186	130
Other
Borrelia burgdorferi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-
Brucella abortus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	1
Brucella species	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	4	3
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed	-	86	-	270	176	6	1	167	706	646	2,585	2,496
Chlamydia psittaci	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	2	12	12	40	58
Chlamydia pneumoniae	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	4	7
Chlamydia species	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	4
Chlamydia - typing pending	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	-
Mycoplasma pneumoniae	-	46	-	52	73	3	99	32	305	231	880	620
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)	-	-	-	13	15	-	16	8	52	41	164	125
Streptococcus group A	-	-	-	71	-	-	21	-	92	75	302	262
Yersinia enterocolitica	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	2	7	4
Bordetella pertussis	-	7	-	43	46	-	46	16	158	470	723	925
Legionella pneumophila	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	20	18	66	48
Legionella longbeachae	-	2	-	-	1	-	7	5	15	8	37	19
Legionella species	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	5	9	12
Cryptococcus species	-	2	-	-	6	-	-	-	8	3	23	18
Leptospira species	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	6	18	33
Treponema pallidum	-	28	-	163	75	-	-	14	280	254	968	886
Entamoeba histolytica	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	3	4	-	19	9
Toxoplasma gondii	-	2	-	-	-	-	3	1	6	11	20	27
Echinococcus granulosus	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	4	23	17
Total	0	1,201	0	1,136	1,397	36	511	1,931	6,212	6,724	17,256	18,102

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 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 4, December 2002