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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: 14 April 2005

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Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by state or territory1 for the reporting period 1 October to 31 December 2004, and total reports for the year2

  ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA This Period 2004 This Period 2003 Year to date 2004 Year to date 2003
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus
0
2
1
0
1
0
4
6
14
21
35
71
Mumps virus
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
3
6
10
Rubella virus
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
4
8
7
19
26
Hepatitis virus
Hepatitis A virus
0
2
0
6
2
0
2
2
14
23
50
87
Hepatitis D virus
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
8
19
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
0
0
2
5
14
0
3
10
34
55
741
1,238
Barmah Forest virus
0
4
0
15
3
0
0
5
27
33
195
408
Alphavirus (unspecified)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Dengue type 3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
Dengue not typed
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
10
31
Flavivirus (unspecified)
0
0
0
6
0
0
1
0
7
14
101
122
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 40
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
14
15
4
31
32
Adenovirus not typed/pending
3
47
0
12
105
3
51
29
250
171
1,042
926
Herpesviruses
Herpes virus type 6
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
6
5
Cytomegalovirus
3
96
3
22
50
4
23
1
202
153
816
858
Varicella-zoster virus
0
28
8
206
122
4
11
146
525
449
2,042
1,713
Epstein-Barr virus
0
11
12
191
186
2
12
80
494
411
2,349
1,719
Other DNA viruses
Molluscum contagiosum
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
4
6
15
Parvovirus
0
3
0
35
8
0
12
67
125
90
409
258
Picornavirus family
Echovirus type 7
0
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
12
1
Echovirus type 9
0
2
0
0
3
0
0
0
5
9
11
Echovirus type 11
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
20
4
Echovirus type 18
0
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
1
15
1
Echovirus type 25
0
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
10
1
Echovirus type 30
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
7
1
Poliovirus type 1 (uncharacterised)
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
17
36
Poliovirus type 2 (uncharacterised)
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
3
21
12
Poliovirus type 3 (uncharacterised)
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
9
7
Rhinovirus (all types)
0
80
0
0
36
0
2
60
178
137
607
526
Enterovirus not typed/pending
4
22
2
8
2
0
25
8
71
37
204
163
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
1
9
0
8
43
0
13
60
134
206
489
1,952
Influenza B virus
0
3
0
0
28
0
11
45
87
22
217
119
Influenza C virus
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
Parainfluenza virus type 1
0
0
0
0
9
0
0
2
11
9
142
44
Parainfluenza virus type 2
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
4
1
15
67
Parainfluenza virus type 3
0
32
2
7
63
0
27
87
218
222
645
627
Respiratory syncytial virus
0
19
1
36
24
3
10
14
107
180
2,591
1,759
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
1
15
11
Rotavirus
0
108
2
0
328
30
28
107
603
722
1,223
1,298
Calicivirus
0
1
4
0
1
1
2
359
368
71
637
174
Norwalk agent
0
0
0
0
0
0
166
0
166
183
655
313
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
8
145
1
408
380
11
20
245
1,218
896
5,233
4,296
Chlamydia pneumoniae
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
4
8
15
Chlamydia psittaci
0
0
0
0
0
0
33
0
33
31
171
118
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
1
5
3
73
112
3
106
19
322
242
1,364
1,146
Mycoplasma hominis
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
5
9
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
0
0
0
6
40
0
2
1
49
37
171
178
Rickettsia prowazeki
0
0
0
0
69
0
0
0
69
1
102
3
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi
0
0
0
0
44
0
0
0
44
2
66
4
Rickettsia - spotted fever group
0
0
0
0
83
2
0
0
85
2
135
2
Streptococcus group A
0
3
0
72
0
0
32
0
107
128
467
490
Yersinia enterocolitica
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
8
12
Brucella abortus
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
3
6
5
Brucella species
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
4
2
9
7
Bordetella pertussis
0
15
0
84
295
0
108
89
591
155
1,350
519
Legionella pneumophila
0
3
0
0
1
0
6
0
10
17
75
130
Legionella longbeachae
0
1
0
0
6
0
2
8
17
30
76
84
Legionella species
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
8
15
18
Cryptococcus species
0
0
0
1
5
0
0
0
6
6
38
26
Leptospira species
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
4
3
23
24
Treponema pallidum
0
27
0
98
95
0
1
5
226
207
1,136
1,165
Entamoeba histolytica
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
4
12
14
Toxoplasma gondii
0
3
0
0
4
0
2
2
11
9
38
41
Echinococcus granulosus
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
7
14
21
Total
20
728
45
1,306
2,175
63
722
1,482
6,541
5,045
25,951
22,994

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 2004*

  Laboratory October November December Total this
period
Australian Capital Territory The Canberra Hospital        
New South Wales Institute of Clinical Pathology & Medical Research, Westmead
147
126
116
389
  New Children's Hospital, Westmead
72
43
34
149
  Repatriation General Hospital, Concord
-
-
-
-
  Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
12
25
6
43
  South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool
103
34
 
137
Queensland Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End
463
526
355
1,344
  Townsville General Hospital
-
-
-
-
South Australia Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide
795
798
575
2,168
Tasmania Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston
33
13
12
58
  Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart
-
-
-
-
Victoria Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
15
27
18
60
  Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
90
118
106
314
  Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield
139
137
72
348
Western Australia PathCentre Virology, Perth
720
706
 
1,426
  Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth
-
-
-
-
  Western Diagnostic Pathology
24
62
19
105
Total
2,613
2,615
1,313
6,541

* 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 Vol 29 No 1 March 2005.

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