Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables: Laboratory Serology and Virology Reporting Scheme (LabVISE)

The Laboratory Serology and Virology Reporting Scheme collects laboratory reports on a set of communicable disease organisms in Australia. The reports are on a voluntary basis and these data should be interpreted with caution. This page contains data for the period 1 October to 31 December 2004.

Page last updated: 04 March 2004

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LabVISE (laboratories)

There were 4,692 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 October to 31 December 2003 (Tables 4 and 5).

Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by state or territory1 for the reporting period 1 October to 31 December 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
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus
-
-
-
2
18
-
1
-
21
1
71
16
Mumps virus
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
2
3
3
10
16
Rubella virus
-
-
-
3
1
-
2
1
7
12
26
92
Hepatitis virus
Hepatitis A virus
-
1
3
-
2
-
2
15
23
17
87
71
Hepatitis D virus
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
3
4
1
19
7
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
-
2
2
21
3
-
2
21
51
46
1,234
423
Barmah Forest virus
-
5
-
27
-
-
-
1
33
32
408
203
Dengue not typed
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
1
4
8
31
163
Flavivirus (unspecified)
-
-
1
9
-
-
4
-
14
6
122
43
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 40
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
4
18
32
48
Adenovirus not typed/pending
-
43
3
19
52
-
3
22
142
322
894
1,013
Herpesviruses
Cytomegalovirus
3
51
3
17
33
-
8
2
117
275
819
1,124
Varicella-zoster virus
1
32
4
226
70
-
8
88
429
392
1,691
1,726
Epstein-Barr virus
-
18
23
171
136
-
12
48
408
482
1,716
1,798
Other DNA viruses
Molluscum contagiosum
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
4
8
15
26
Contagious pustular dermatitis (Orf virus)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
1
4
3
Parvovirus
1
2
-
37
1
-
15
34
90
73
258
324
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus A9
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
23
2
Coxsackievirus A16
-
1
-
-
-
-
1
-
2
1
11
4
Echovirus type 6
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
3
9
63
Poliovirus type 1 (uncharacterised)
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
15
34
37
Poliovirus type 2 (uncharacterised)
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
6
11
18
Poliovirus type 3 (uncharacterised)
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
2
6
6
Rhinovirus (all types)
-
64
-
1
1
-
-
58
124
193
513
543
Enterovirus not typed/pending
-
1
1
3
1
-
2
22
30
165
156
571
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
-
2
6
10
113
-
6
66
203
144
1,949
1,809
Influenza B virus
-
1
-
-
17
-
-
3
21
51
118
547
Parainfluenza virus type 1
-
6
-
-
1
-
-
1
8
32
41
291
Parainfluenza virus type 2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
10
67
79
Parainfluenza virus type 3
-
49
-
3
91
-
3
49
195
250
600
606
Respiratory syncytial virus
-
39
-
27
50
3
3
37
159
184
1,734
2,955
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
4
11
7
Rotavirus
1
163
-
1
418
-
27
57
667
615
1,236
1,985
Calicivirus
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
66
71
14
174
22
Norwalk agent
-
1
-
-
-
-
97
-
98
281
189
537
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
1
96
-
353
184
-
10
234
878
954
4,278
3,874
Chlamydia pneumoniae
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
4
17
15
32
Chlamydia psittaci
-
-
-
-
1
-
29
1
31
16
118
62
Chlamydia spp typing pending
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
-
1
5
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
-
25
3
74
76
-
54
8
240
237
1,143
1,234
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
-
2
-
16
12
-
4
2
36
59
177
251
Rickettsia prowazeki
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
3
-
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
2
-
4
-
Rickettsia - Spotted fever group
-
-
1
-
-
-
1
-
2
1
2
1
Streptococcus group A
-
2
-
77
-
-
49
-
128
102
490
526
Yersinia enterocolitica
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
1
12
9
Brucella abortus
-
-
-
-
2
-
1
-
3
-
5
2
Brucella species
-
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
2
1
7
5
Bordetella pertussis
7
22
1
18
13
3
74
4
142
156
506
944
Legionella pneumophila
1
-
-
-
-
-
15
1
17
42
130
120
Legionella longbeachae
-
-
-
-
3
-
8
18
29
30
83
78
Legionella species
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
7
2
17
15
Cryptococcus species
-
-
-
2
3
-
-
-
5
5
25
30
Leptospira hardjo
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
2
-
Leptospira species
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
3
-
24
18
Treponema pallidum
-
28
-
107
56
-
5
3
199
301
1,157
1,400
Entamoeba histolytica
-
-
-
1
-
-
1
2
4
6
14
28
Toxoplasma gondii
-
2
-
3
-
-
1
-
6
5
38
28
Echinococcus granulosus
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
5
5
19
30
Total
15
670
59
1,232
1,365
6
457
888
4,692
5,607
22,589
25,870

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 October to 31 December 2003*

State or territory
Laboratory
October 2003 November 2003 December 2003 Total this period
Australian Capital Territory The Canberra Hospital
-
-
-
-
New South Wales Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead
63
96
31
190
New Children's Hospital, Westmead
143
72
29
244
Repatriation General Hospital, Concord
-
-
-
-
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
-
-
-
-
South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool
100
72
27
199
Queensland Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End
490
426
387
1,303
Townsville General Hospital
-
-
-
-
South Australia Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide
691
672
-
1,363
Tasmania Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston
3
-
-
3
Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart
-
-
-
-
Victoria Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
55
8
-
63
Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
66
63
24
153
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield
64
86
87
237
Western Australia PathCentre Virology, Perth
461
396
-
857
Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth
-
-
-
-
Western Diagnostic Pathology
38
18
24
80
Total  
2,174
1,909
609
4,692

* 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 28 No 1, March 2004.

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