Communicable Diseases Surveillance: Tables - LabVISE

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 27, No 4, December 2003 contains laboratory reports from LabVISE for the periond 1 July to 30 September 2003.

Page last updated: 03 December 2003

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There were 6,830 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 July to 30 September 2003 (Tables 4 and 5).

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Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory¹ for the reporting period 1 July to 30 September 2003, and total reports for the year²

	State or territory								This period 2003	This period 2002	Year to date 2003³	Year to date 2002
	ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas	Vic	WA	This period 2003	This period 2002	Year to date 2003³	Year to date 2002
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus	-	4	1	1	1	-	1	-	8	6	48	15
Rubella virus	-	1	-	2	1	-	2	1	7	31	19	80
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus	-	-	-	4	3	-	2	19	28	15	64	54
Hepatitis D virus	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	7	3	15	6
Arboviruses
Ross River virus	-	4	-	51	4	-	1	11	71	29	1,183	377
Barmah Forest virus	-	5	-	27	-	-	1	1	34	42	375	171
Dengue type 1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	4	1
Dengue type 2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	1
Dengue not typed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	11	27	155
Flavivirus (unspecified)	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	9	108	37
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	-
Adenovirus type 7	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	5
Adenovirus type 40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	9	28	30
Adenovirus not typed/pending	-	60	-	31	121	-	10	30	252	322	704	691
Herpes viruses
Herpes virus type 6	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	5	-
Cytomegalovirus	8	51	1	23	66	1	9	1	160	311	670	849
Varicella-zoster virus	3	41	4	222	74	-	23	89	456	438	1,249	1,334
Epstein-Barr virus	-	12	21	172	190	1	8	59	463	433	1,302	1,316
Other DNA viruses
Molluscum contagiosum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	6	11	18
Contagious pustular dermatitis (Orf virus)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	3	2
Poxvirus group not typed	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	2	5
Parvovirus	-	1	-	16	1	-	22	21	61	77	166	251
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus A9	-	9	-	-	1	-	-	-	10	1	21	2
Coxsackievirus A16	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	5	3
Echovirus type 4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-
Echovirus type 6	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	8	60
Echovirus type 9	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	11	16
Poliovirus type 1 (uncharacterised)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	29	22
Poliovirus type 2 (uncharacterised)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	7	12
Poliovirus type 3 (uncharacterised)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	4	4
Poliovirus not typed/pending	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	3	1
Rhinovirus (all types)	1	69	-	-	7	-	-	46	123	156	374	350
Enterovirus not typed/pending	-	4	1	4	1	1	1	18	30	140	117	406
Picornavirus not typed	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	6	12
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus	-	484	20	159	407	-	95	224	1,389	1,274	1,593	1,664
Influenza B virus	-	3	-	1	21	-	1	7	33	266	92	496
Parainfluenza virus type 1	-	2	-	1	4	-	-	-	7	76	32	259
Parainfluenza virus type 2	-	4	-	1	10	-	-	2	17	24	66	69
Parainfluenza virus type 3	-	51	-	9	77	-	3	51	191	205	388	355
Respiratory syncytial virus	-	297	-	96	275	37	54	86	845	1,665	1,521	2,771
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	2	2	10	3
Rotavirus	2	196	-	-	47	2	31	54	332	982	472	1,368
Calicivirus	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	20	23	-	103	8
Norwalk agent	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	-	29	119	70	256
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed	5	146	4	370	269	11	13	230	1,048	1,041	3,366	2,920
Chlamydia pneumoniae	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	8	11	15
Chlamydia psittaci	-	1	-	-	-	-	44	-	45	18	87	46
Chlamydia species	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	3
Mycoplasma pneumoniae	1	68	3	172	108	10	79	17	458	414	890	997
Mycoplasma hominis	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	9	2
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)	3	5	-	11	23	-	3	2	47	80	140	192
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	-
Streptococcus group A	-	1	-	84	-	-	6	-	91	207	362	424
Yersinia enterocolitica	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	9	8
Brucella species	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	1	5	4
Bordetella pertussis	1	18	-	12	39	8	26	1	105	224	358	788
Legionella pneumophila	-	1	-	-	3	-	56	-	60	32	113	78
Legionella longbeachae	1	2	-	-	6	-	8	9	26	26	54	48
Legionella species	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	8	10	13
Cryptococcus species	-	-	-	2	6	-	-	-	8	11	20	25
Leptospira hardjo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-
Leptospira species	-	1	-	5	4	-	-	-	10	2	21	18
Treponema pallidum	-	22	-	127	121	-	-	-	270	409	944	1,099
Entamoeba histolytica	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	4	7	10	22
Toxoplasma gondii	-	7	-	2	-	-	2	-	11	8	32	23
Echinococcus granulosus	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	5	14	25
Total	25	1,596	59	1,612	1,895	71	549	1,023	6,830	9,183	17,383	20,285

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.

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Table 5. Virology and serology reports by laboratories for the reporting period 1 July to 30 September 2003*

State or territory	Laboratory	July 2003	August 2003	September 2003	Total this period
Australian Capital Territory	The Canberra Hospital	1	-	-	1
New South Wales	Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead	155	128	75	358
	New Children's Hospital, Westmead	179	305	186	670
	Repatriation General Hospital, Concord	-	-	-	0
	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown	12	-	-	12
	South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool	163	252	96	511
Queensland	Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End	486	596	607	1,689
Queensland	Townsville General Hospital	-	-	-	0
South Australia	Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide	509	630	755	1,894
Tasmania	Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston	20	30	20	70
Tasmania	Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart	-	-	-	0
Victoria	Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne	44	62	28	134
	Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne	71	-	25	96
	Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield	80	131	105	316
Western Australia	PathCentre Virology, Perth	360	24	600	984
	Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth	-	-	-	0
	Western Diagnostic Pathology	33	17	45	95
Total		2,113	2,175	2,542	6,830

* 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 4, December 2003.