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 April to 30 June 2006.

Page last updated: 30 September 2006

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There were 3,519 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 April to 30 June 2006 (Tables 4 and 5).

Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by state or territory* for the reporting period 1 April to 30 June 2006, and total reports for the year†

  State or Territory This Period 2006 This Period 2005 Year to date 2006 Year to date 2005
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus
0
23
0
0
9
6
3
0
41
1
52
3
Mumps virus
1
0
0
4
0
0
6
0
11
12
23
18
Rubella virus
0
2
0
1
0
0
3
0
6
3
8
7
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus
0
0
1
1
2
0
1
0
5
11
16
17
Hepatitis D virus
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
4
4
6
Hepatitis E virus
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
3
4
9
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
0
9
4
149
15
0
2
9
188
74
976
282
Barmah Forest virus
0
5
0
61
7
0
4
0
77
76
221
130
Flavivirus (unspecified)
0
0
0
9
0
0
0
0
9
7
39
20
Adenovirus not typed/pending
0
47
0
8
9
0
1
0
65
172
218
285
Herpesviruses
Herpes virus type 6
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
1
Cytomegalovirus
0
60
0
31
51
6
12
0
160
240
485
411
Varicella-zoster virus
1
32
1
165
41
0
6
0
246
366
598
730
Epstein-Barr virus
0
4
22
133
33
5
6
68
271
412
814
981
Other DNA viruses
Parvovirus
0
0
0
16
6
0
9
0
31
24
82
79
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus A9
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
5
2
Coxsackievirus A16
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
3
Echovirus type 11
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
3
Echovirus type 18
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
1
10
Echovirus type 22
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
4
1
Echovirus type 30
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
10
15
19
Rhinovirus (all types)
0
10
0
0
1
0
0
0
11
89
28
171
Enterovirus not typed/pending
2
16
0
4
0
0
0
0
22
41
76
65
Ortho/paramyoviruses
Influenza A virus
0
0
0
3
6
0
2
0
11
96
40
120
Influenza B virus
0
2
0
1
5
0
6
0
14
49
20
82
Parainfluenza virus type 1
0
14
0
0
6
0
2
0
22
19
43
29
Parainfluenza virus type 2
0
4
0
1
0
0
0
0
5
27
6
33
Parainfluenza virus type 3
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
53
16
99
Respiratory syncytial virus
0
157
0
62
3
2
8
0
232
720
333
832
Other RNA viruses
Rotavirus
0
31
0
0
7
5
1
0
44
170
107
239
Norwalk agent
0
0
0
0
0
0
273
0
273
80
463
95
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
5
219
1
483
209
13
8
0
938
1,348
2,415
2,539
Chlamydia psittaci
0
3
0
0
0
0
13
0
16
16
26
30
Chlamydia species
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
0
10
3
128
22
4
66
18
251
244
596
502
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
0
0
2
9
5
0
4
0
20
52
68
87
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
3
8
20
19
Rickettsia - spotted fever group
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
5
48
62
97
Streptococcus group A
0
1
0
104
0
0
22
0
127
138
264
242
Yersinia enterocolitica
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
4
6
Brucella species
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
3
Bordetella pertussis
0
15
0
55
65
0
27
0
162
365
591
751
Legionella pneumophila
0
3
0
0
1
0
3
0
7
7
15
14
Legionella longbeachae
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
7
10
19
Cryptococcus species
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
3
15
13
25
Leptospira species
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
4
13
11
16
Treponema pallidum
0
43
0
129
25
0
1
0
198
329
473
581
Toxoplasma gondii
0
4
0
3
2
1
5
0
15
10
31
20
Total
10
732
34
1,569
540
42
497
95
3,519
5,372
9,305
9,733

* 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.

Table 5. Virology and serology reports by laboratories for the reporting period 1 April to 30 June 2006*

State or territory
Laboratory
 Apr-06 May-06 Jun-06 Total this period
Australian Capital Territory The Canberra Hospital
–
–
–
–
New South Wales Institute of Clinical Pathology & Medical Research, Westmead
126
126
108
360
New Children's Hospital, Westmead
64
60
124
Repatriation General Hospital, Concord
–
–
–
–
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
25
8
–
33
South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool
49
66
50
165
Queensland Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End
359
739
540
1,638
Townsville General Hospital
–
–
–
–
South Australia Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide
540
–
–
540
Tasmania Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston
11
15
6
32
Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart
–
–
–
–
Victoria Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
7
13
20
Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
13
25
21
59
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield
161
180
83
424
Western Australia PathCentre Virology, Perth
–
–
–
–
Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth
–
–
–
–
Western Diagnostic Pathology
33
91
–
124
Total  
1,388
1,323
808
3,519

* 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 30 No 3, September 2006.

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