Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables: 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 January to 31 March 2004.

Page last updated: 04 July 2004

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There were 5,006 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 January to 31 March 2004 (Tables 4 and 5).

Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by laboratories for the reporting period 1 January to 31 March 20041

  State or territory This period 2004 This period 2003 Year to date 20043 Year to date 2003
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus
0
0
0
3
2
0
2
0
7
14
7
14
Mumps virus
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
5
2
5
Rubella virus
0
0
0
4
0
0
2
0
6
8
6
8
Hepatitis virus
Hepatitis A virus
0
3
1
2
3
0
1
0
10
17
10
17
Hepatitis D virus
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
3
6
3
6
Hepatitis E virus
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
5
-
5
-
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
0
11
10
383
14
3
8
2
431
212
431
212
Barmah Forest virus
0
7
1
73
1
0
2
0
84
77
84
77
Flavivirus (unspecified)
0
1
5
36
0
0
6
1
49
39
49
39
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus not typed/pending
0
35
1
21
76
0
30
0
163
213
163
213
Herpesviruses
Cytomegalovirus
1
72
1
39
58
3
27
0
201
271
201
271
Varicella-zoster virus
0
46
3
267
106
1
15
1
439
419
439
419
Epstein-Barr virus
0
25
26
265
233
1
8
69
627
458
627
458
Other DNA viruses
Poxvirus group not typed
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
Parvovirus
0
3
0
30
5
2
21
0
61
50
61
50
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus A16
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
Echovirus type 11
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Echovirus type 18
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
-
1
-
Poliovirus type 1 (uncharacterised)
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
9
2
9
Poliovirus type 2 (uncharacterised)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Rhinovirus (all types)
0
57
0
0
9
0
1
0
67
124
67
124
Enterovirus type 71 (BCR)
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
-
2
-
Enterovirus not typed/pending
0
5
0
7
3
0
16
0
31
44
31
44
Picornavirus not typed
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
2
2
2
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
0
3
0
6
24
0
5
0
38
103
38
103
Influenza B virus
0
0
0
0
12
0
0
0
12
27
12
27
Parainfluenza virus type 1
0
24
0
2
4
0
5
0
35
16
35
16
Parainfluenza virus type 2
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
19
2
19
Parainfluenza virus type 3
0
24
0
1
56
0
7
0
88
111
88
111
Respiratory syncytial virus
0
103
1
54
10
2
12
0
182
142
182
142
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
4
2
4
Rotavirus
0
6
0
0
45
2
22
0
75
59
75
59
Norwalk agent
0
0
0
0
0
0
66
0
66
28
66
28
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis - A-K
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
-
1
-
Chlamydia trachomatis - L1-L3
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
-
1
-
Chlamydia trachomatis - not typed
7
143
5
589
381
9
9
1
1,144
1,231
1,144
1,231
Chlamydia pneumoniae
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
4
2
4
Chlamydia psittaci
1
0
0
2
2
0
54
0
59
17
59
17
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
0
49
8
139
89
1
63
6
355
201
355
201
Mycoplasma hominis
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
1
4
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
0
3
1
13
29
0
2
0
48
56
48
56
Streptococcus group A
0
1
0
82
0
0
42
0
125
145
125
145
Yersinia enterocolitica
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
Brucella abortus
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
3
1
3
1
Bordetella pertussis
4
12
0
18
33
0
88
0
155
139
155
139
Legionella pneumophila
0
0
0
0
4
0
16
0
20
43
20
43
Legionella longbeachae
0
1
0
0
6
1
8
0
16
10
16
10
Legionella species
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
4
3
4
3
Cryptococcus species
0
0
0
3
10
0
0
0
13
3
13
3
Leptospira species
0
0
0
12
1
0
0
0
13
6
13
6
Treponema pallidum
0
44
0
173
106
0
2
0
325
372
325
372
Entamoeba histolytica
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
4
3
4
3
Toxoplasma gondii
0
4
0
4
2
2
2
0
14
14
14
14
Echinococcus granulosus
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
4
5
4
5
Total
13
694
63
2,231
1,334
31
560
80
5,006
4,741
5,006
4,741

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 laboratory reports by state or territory1 for the reporting period 1 January to 31 March 2004, and total reports for the year2

State or territory
 Laboratory January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 Total this period
Australian Capital Territory The Canberra Hospital - - - -
New South Wales Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead
40
36
121
197
  New Children's Hospital, Westmead
45
56
52
153
  Repatriation General Hospital, Concord
-
-
-
-
  Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
14
21
30
65
  South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool
61
72
92
225
Queensland Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End
482
996
857
2,335
  Townsville General Hospital
-
-
-
-
South Australia Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide
431
427
473
1,331
Tasmania Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston
7
5
7
19
  Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart
-
-
-
-
Victoria Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
11
18
4
33
  Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
90
95
78
263
  Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield
79
104
94
277
Western Australia PathCentre Virology, Perth
-
-
-
-
  Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth
-
-
-
-
  Western Diagnostic Pathology
15
50
43
108
Total  
1,275
1,880
1,851
5,006

* The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2004, will appear in every report regardless of whether reports were received in this reporting period. Reports are not always received from all laboratories.


This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence, Volume 28 No 2, June 2004.

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