Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables: Laboratory Virology and Serology 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 July to 30 September 2005.

Page last updated: 31 December 2005

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Reports by laboratory

Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by state or territory^* for the reporting period 1 July to 30 September 2005, and total reports for the year^†

	State or territory								This period 2005	This period 2004	Year to date 2005	Year to date 2004
	ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas	Vic	WA	This period 2005	This period 2004	Year to date 2005	Year to date 2004
Measles, mumps rubella
Measles virus	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	8	4	21
Mumps virus	–	–	–	2	2	–	2	1	7	2	25	5
Rubella virus	–	–	–	2	–	–	1	–	3	3	10	11
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus	–	3	–	5	12	–	–	1	21	17	38	36
Hepatitis D virus	–	–	–	1	4	–	1	–	6	4	12	7
Hepatitis E virus	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	2	2	11	13
Arboviruses
Ross River virus	–	–	9	21	13	–	3	5	51	26	333	707
Barmah Forest virus	–	1	–	21	6	–	–	–	28	42	158	168
Flavivirus (unspecified)	–	–	–	7	–	–	2	–	9	16	29	94
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 1	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	5	–	6	–
Adenovirus not typed/pending	–	74	–	26	100	–	11	1	212	344	497	793
Herpesviruses
Cytomegalovirus	1	85	4	13	192	2	20	–	317	215	728	614
Varicella-zoster virus	3	43	1	211	110	3	9	–	380	664	1,110	1,517
Epstein-Barr virus	–	27	27	209	187	–	8	101	559	687	1,540	1,855
Other DNA viruses
Poxvirus group not typed	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	2	2
Parvovirus	–	3	–	20	14	–	7	–	44	166	123	284
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus A16	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	5	5
Echovirus type 7	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	7	1
Echovirus type 11	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	8	4	14
Echovirus type 18	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	2	13	5
Echovirus type 30	1	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	2	31	6
Poliovirus type 1 (uncharacterised)	–	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	9	19	15
Poliovirus type 2 (uncharacterised)	–	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	5	18	13
Poliovirus type 3 (uncharacterised)	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	5	6	6
Rhinovirus (all types)	–	63	–	–	11	–	1	–	75	242	246	429
Enterovirus type 71 (BCR)	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	3	3
Enterovirus not typed/pending	1	57	–	8	7	1	2	–	76	46	141	133
Ortho/paramyoxviruses
Influenza A virus	–	136	2	75	244	–	57	–	514	284	634	355
Influenza A virus H3N2	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	–	2	–
Influenza B virus	–	30	–	18	80	–	16	–	144	93	226	130
Parainfluenza virus type 1	–	8	–	1	5	–	3	–	17	34	45	131
Parainfluenza virus type 2	–	6	–	–	6	–	1	–	13	5	46	11
Parainfluenza virus type 3	–	58	–	5	100	1	10	–	174	230	272	427
Respiratory syncytial virus	1	279	–	87	230	34	82	1	714	1,092	1,545	2,485
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	3	7	6	13
Rotavirus	–	327	1	–	352	5	69	–	754	451	992	621
Norwalk agent	–	–	–	–	–	–	68	–	68	294	163	491
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed	–	170	4	611	433	12	6	–	1,236	1,583	3,775	4,015
Chlamydia pneumoniae	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	6	7
Chlamydia psittaci	–	1	–	–	1	–	6	–	8	29	38	138
Mycoplasma pneumoniae	–	40	7	170	100	22	54	30	423	382	925	1,043
Mycoplasma hominis	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	4	4
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)	1	2	–	7	11	–	13	–	34	42	120	122
Rickettsia prowazeki	–	–	–	–	62	–	–	–	62	33	116	33
Orientia tsutsugamushi	–	–	–	–	27	–	–	–	27	21	46	22
Rickettsia - spotted fever group	–	–	–	–	80	1	–	–	81	50	178	50
Streptococcus group A	–	3	–	144	–	–	33	–	180	137	422	360
Brucella abortus	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	2	1	3	5
Brucella species	–	4	–	2	–	–	–	–	6	2	9	5
Bordetella pertussis	1	30	1	48	257	–	65	–	402	491	1,153	759
Bordetella parapertussis	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	2		2	1
Legionella pneumophila	–	1	–	–	1	–	1	–	3	12	17	65
Legionella longbeachae	–	–	–	–	16	–	2	–	18	21	37	59
Cryptococcus species	–	–	–	2	2	–	–	–	4	9	29	32
Leptospira species	–	1	–	5	1	–	–	–	7	3	23	19
Treponema pallidum	–	59	2	110	83	–	–	–	254	295	835	910
Entamoeba histolytica	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	–	4	4	12	9
Toxoplasma gondii	–	7	–	2	2	–	–	–	11	10	31	27
Echinococcus granulosus	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	3	5	8	12
Total	9	1,574	58	1,838	2,758	81	564	140	7,022	8,142	16,839	19,118

* State or territory of postcode, if reported, otherwise state or territory of reporting laboratory.
† Data presented are for reports with reports dates in the current 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 2005*

State or territory	Laboratory	July 2005	August 2005	September 2005	Total this period
Australian Capital Territory	The Canberra Hospital	–	–	–	–
New South Wales	Institute of Clinical Pathology & Medical Research, Westmead	153	148	133	434
	New Children's Hospital, Westmead	167	162	131	460
	Repatriation General Hospital, Concord	–	–	–	–
	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown	–	–	–	–
	South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool	190	207	229	626
Queensland	Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End	566	738	630	1934
Queensland	Townsville General Hospital	–	–	–	–
South Australia	Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide	786	1,066	904	2,756
Tasmania	Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston	37	22	20	79
Tasmania	Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart	–	–	–	–
Victoria	Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne	89	32	36	157
	Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne	52	82	81	215
	Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield	68	38	78	184
Western Australia	PathCentre Virology, Perth	–	–	–	–
	Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth	–	–	–	–
	Western Diagnostic Pathology	26	103	48	177
Total		2,134	2,598	2,290	7,022

* The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2005, will appear in every report regardless of whether reports were received in this reporting period. Reports are not always received from all laboratories.
- No data received this period.

This report was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Vol 29 No 4, December 2005.