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There were 5,331reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 April to 30 June 2003 (Tables 5 and 6).

Table 5. Virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory¹ for the reporting period 1 April to 30 June 2003, and total reports for the year²

	State or Territory1								This period 2003	This period 2002	Year to date 20033	Year to date 2002
	ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas	Vic	WA
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus	-	-	-	-	2	-	21	1	24	4	38	9
Mumps virus	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	6	6	11
Rubella virus	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	1	4	29	12	49
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus	1	-	1	8	5	-	-	4	19	18	36	39
Hepatitis D virus	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	8	3
Arboviruses
Ross River virus	1	46	4	809	3	-	-	36	899	146	1,111	348
Barmah Forest virus	-	39	1	219	1	-	-	3	263	63	340	129
Dengue type 1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	3	1
Dengue not typed	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	4	7	34	22	144
Flavivirus (unspecified)	-	-	-	62	-	-	3	-	65	18	104	28
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	12	20	21
Adenovirus not typed/pending	-	23	6	8	118	-	3	42	200	204	400	369
Herpes viruses
Herpes virus type 6	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	2	-
Cytomegalovirus	7	35	-	30	122	4	8	-	206	246	467	538
Varicella-zoster virus	1	24	5	174	52	1	11	92	360	404	776	896
Epstein-Barr virus	1	4	11	158	152	-	16	36	378	384	836	883
Other DNA viruses
Molluscum contagiosum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	7	9	12
Contagious pustular dermatitis (Orf virus)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	2	-
Parvovirus	-	-	-	14	3	-	22	12	51	76	100	174
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus A16	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	2
Coxsackievirus B3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
Echovirus type 9	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	5	14
Echovirus type 11	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1
Poliovirus type 1 (uncharacterised)	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	10	16	14
Poliovirus type 2 (uncharacterised)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	2	8
Rhinovirus (all types)	1	46	1	1	2	-	-	54	105	100	229	194
Enterovirus not typed/pending	-	1	1	7	-	-	-	19	28	141	67	266
Picornavirus not typed	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	4	12
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus	-	6	-	12	75	-	1	2	96	289	198	390
Influenza B virus	-	-	-	-	26	-	-	4	30	204	57	230
Parainfluenza virus type 1	-	4	-	-	3	-	1	1	9	141	25	183
Parainfluenza virus type 2	1	9	-	1	15	-	-	1	27	36	46	45
Parainfluenza virus type 3	-	15	-	6	53	-	-	7	81	89	192	150
Parainfluenza virus type 4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1
Respiratory syncytial virus	-	261	1	54	38	3	4	25	386	981	521	1,106
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	3	1	7	1
Rotavirus	-	14	-	-	13	2	1	42	72	295	131	386
Calicivirus	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	43	46	-	80	8
Norwalk agent	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	8	86	35	137
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed	6	116	7	397	298	18	2	197	1,041	956	2,272	1,879
Chlamydia pneumoniae	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	9	7
Chlamydia psittaci	-	1	-	1	1	-	21	-	24	16	41	28
Mycoplasma pneumoniae	3	30	3	91	40	5	53	4	229	301	429	583
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)	1	-	-	9	21	-	4	1	36	53	92	112
Rickettsia australis	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	1
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-
Streptococcus group A	1	3	-	83	-	-	39	-	126	123	271	217
Streptococcus group B	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	75	1
Yersinia enterocolitica	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	4
Brucella abortus	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	2	1
Bordetella pertussis	4	6	-	10	52	-	42	-	114	193	250	564
Legionella pneumophila	-	-	-	-	1	-	6	1	8	30	50	46
Legionella longbeachae	-	-	-	-	6	-	5	6	17	15	27	22
Legionella species	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	3	4	5
Cryptococcus species	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	9	8	12	14
Leptospira species	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	5	5	11	16
Treponema pallidum	-	17	-	122	154	-	-	3	296	411	668	690
Entamoeba histolytica	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	10	6	15
Toxoplasma gondii	-	1	-	1	5	-	-	-	7	5	21	15
Echinococcus granulosus	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	6	10	11	20
Total	31	720	46	2,288	1,276	33	281	656	5,331	6,192	10,170	11,042

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.

Table 6. Virology and serology laboratory reports by laboratories for the reporting period 1 April to 30 June 2003¹

State or Territory	Laboratory	April 2003	May 2003	June 2003	Total this period
Australian Capital Territory	The Canberra Hospital	7	6	5	18
New South Wales	Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead	69	96	18	183
	New Children's Hospital, Westmead	36	96	119	251
	Repatriation General Hospital, Concord	-	-	-	-
	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown	5	20	20	45
	South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool	36	3	92	131
Queensland	Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End	941	983	492	2,416
	Townsville General Hospital	-	-	-	-
South Australia	Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide	406	474	394	1,274
Tasmania	Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston	10	10	14	34
	Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart	-	-	-	-
Victoria	Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne	12	8	-	20
	Rickettsia Reference Laboratory, Geelong*	-	-	-	-
	Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne	25	40	31	96
	Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield	67	57	38	162
Western Australia	PathCentre Virology, Perth	8	329	317	654
	Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth	-	-	-	-
	Western Diagnostic Pathology	-	47	-	47
Total		1,622	2,169	1,540	5,331

1. 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

This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 27, No 3, September 2003.