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There were 4,520 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 January to 31 March 2003 (Tables 4 and 5).

Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by laboratories for the reporting period 1 January to 31 March 2003*

State or territory	Laboratory	January 2003	February 2003	March 2003	Total this period
Australian Capital Territory	The Canberra Hospital	-	-	-	-
New South Wales	Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead	94	93	66	253
	New Children's Hospital, Westmead	18	19	25	62
	Repatriation General Hospital, Concord	-	-	-	-
	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown	22	-	-	22
	South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool	59	60	34	153
Queensland	Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End	611	384	599	1594
	Townsville General Hospital	-	-	-	-
South Australia	Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide	384	451	401	1236
Tasmania	Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston	10	9	1	20
	Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart	-	-	-	-
Victoria	Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne	10	4		14
	Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne	13	30	42	85
	Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield	63	82	27	172
Western Australia	PathCentre Virology, Perth	260	275	354	889
	Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth	-	-	-	-
	Western Diagnostic Pathology	-	20	-	20
Total		1,544	1,427	1,549	4,520

* The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2003, 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.

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Table 5. Virology and serology laboratory reports by state or territory¹ for the reporting period 1 January to 31 March 2003, and total reports for the year²

	State or territory								This period 2003	This period 2002	Year to date 2003	Year to date 2002
	ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas.	Vic.	WA
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus	-	-	-	2	2	-	8	-	12	5	12	5
Mumps virus	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	2	5	5	5	5
Rubella virus	-	1	-	7	-	-	-	-	8	20	8	20
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus	-	1	2	4	2	-	-	7	16	21	16	21
Hepatitis D virus	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	4	1	4	1
Arboviruses
Ross River virus	-	3	42	135	7	-	-	21	208	202	208	202
Barmah Forest virus	-	3	7	63	-	-	-	4	77	66	77	66
Dengue type 1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	2	-
Dengue type 2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1
Dengue type 3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	2	-
Dengue not typed	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	11	14	110	14	110
Murray Valley encephalitis virus	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	3
Flavivirus (unspecified)	-	-	-	32	-	-	4	-	36	10	36	10
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
Adenovirus type 40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	9	11	9
Adenovirus not typed/pending	-	27	3	13	104	1	5	31	184	165	184	165
Herpes viruses
Herpes virus type 6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-
Cytomegalovirus	5	48	-	21	166	-	7	1	248	292	248	292
Varicella-zoster virus	2	36	14	169	46	-	9	128	404	492	404	492
Epstein-Barr virus	2	20	7	153	166	-	17	68	433	499	433	499
Other DNA viruses
Molluscum contagiosum	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	5	8	5
Contagious pustular dermatitis (Orf virus)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-
Poxvirus group not typed	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	1
Parvovirus	-	2	-	10	4	-	18	14	48	98	48	98
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus A16	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-
Echovirus type 3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
Echovirus type 6	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	27	4	27
Echovirus type 9	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	4	8
Echovirus type 11	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
Poliovirus type 1 (uncharacterised)	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	5	4
Rhinovirus (all types)	-	54	1	-	-	-	-	51	106	94	106	94
Enterovirus not typed/pending	-	1	5	1	2	-	-	30	39	125	39	125
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus	-	5	1	6	81	-	-	4	97	101	97	101
Influenza A virus H3N2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-
Influenza B virus	-	-	-	-	17	-	1	3	21	26	21	26
Parainfluenza virus type 1	-	2	-	-	13	-	-	-	15	42	15	42
Parainfluenza virus type 2	-	3	-	-	15	-	-	1	19	9	19	9
Parainfluenza virus type 3	-	13	2	4	58	-	-	31	108	61	108	61
Respiratory syncytial virus	-	31	8	7	46	-	2	24	118	125	118	125
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	2	4	-	4	-
Rotavirus	-	5	-	-	24	1	2	22	54	91	54	91
Reovirus (unspecified)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1
Calicivirus	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	31	34	8	34	8
Norwalk agent	-	-	-	-	-	-	26	-	26	51	26	51
Coronavirus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed	8	161	40	407	259	12	1	312	1,200	923	1,200	923
Chlamydia pneumoniae	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	2
Chlamydia psittaci	-	-	-	-	1	-	14	1	16	12	16	12
Mycoplasma pneumoniae	1	27	-	38	50	7	45	8	176	282	176	282
Mycoplasma hominis	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)	-	3	2	17	23	-	3	5	53	59	53	59
Rickettsia prowazeki	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	2	-
Streptococcus group A	-	5	6	71	-	-	41	-	123	94	123	94
Yersinia enterocolitica	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	2
Brucella abortus	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
Brucella species	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	2
Bordetella pertussis	-	14	1	35	41	-	30	8	129	371	129	371
Legionella pneumophila	-	1	-	-	4	-	29	1	35	16	35	16
Legionella longbeachae	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	7	10	7	10	7
Legionella species	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	2	3	2
Cryptococcus species	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	3	6	3	6
Leptospira species	-	-	-	2	4	-	-	-	6	11	6	11
Treponema pallidum	-	40	93	122	90	-	1	2	348	279	348	279
Entamoeba histolytica	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	3	5	3	5
Toxoplasma gondii	-	2	-	-	4	-	4	3	13	10	13	10
Echinococcus granulosus	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	4	10	4	10
Total	18	538	241	1,324	1,238	21	275	865	4,520	4,871	4,520	4,871

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.

This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 27, No 2, June 2003.