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Other communicable disease surveillance
Laboratory Virology and Serology Reporting Scheme
The Laboratory Virology and Serology Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) is a passive surveillance scheme based on voluntary reports of infectious agents from sentinel virology and serology laboratories around Australia. LabVISE provides data on diagnoses of a number of infectious viruses, parasites and fungi. Interpretation of data from LabVISE is limited by uncertainties regarding its representativeness, lack of denominator data to calculate positivity rates, variable reporting coverage over time and lack of consistent case definitions. However, LabVISE has an important role in supplementing information of diseases under surveillance in NNDSS and in monitoring infectious agents that are not reported by other surveillance systems.
In 2005, a total of 12 laboratories reported 22,316 infectious agents to LabVISE. This represents a 15% decrease in the number of reports received in 2004 (Table 19). Most of the reports were from South Australia (30%), Queensland (27%) and Western Australia (16%) (Table 19).
Fifty three per cent (11,747) of all reports received by LabVISE were viral infectious agents, and the remaining 47% (10,569) were bacterial or other infectious agents. Among viruses, herpes viruses (40%; 4,691) were the most commonly reported followed by ortho/paramyxoviruses (27%; 3,158), which includes influenza, parainfluenza and respiratory syncytial viruses (Figure 67). Among non-viral infectious agents, Chlamydia trachomatis (48%; 5,049), Bordetella pertussis (15%; 1,573) and Mycoplasma pneumoniae (12%; 1,309) were the most commonly reported pathogens.
Table 19. Infectious agents reported to the Laboratory Virology and Serology Reporting Scheme, 2005, by state or territory
Organism |
State or territory | Total 2005 | Total 2004 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ACT | NSW | NT | Qld | SA | Tas | Vic | WA | |||
Measles virus | – |
1 |
– |
4 |
2 |
– |
1 |
– |
8 |
35 |
Mumps virus | – |
1 |
– |
10 |
11 |
– |
15 |
1 |
38 |
6 |
Rubella virus | – |
– |
– |
6 |
– |
– |
4 |
2 |
12 |
20 |
Hepatitis A virus | – |
3 |
2 |
17 |
29 |
– |
– |
2 |
53 |
51 |
Hepatitis D virus | – |
– |
– |
1 |
9 |
– |
4 |
– |
14 |
8 |
Hepatitis E virus | – |
– |
– |
2 |
1 |
– |
9 |
– |
12 |
14 |
Ross River virus | – |
7 |
45 |
269 |
93 |
2 |
15 |
21 |
452 |
743 |
Barmah Forest virus | – |
8 |
1 |
144 |
32 |
– |
– |
– |
185 |
195 |
Flavivirus (unspecified) | – |
1 |
3 |
30 |
– |
– |
3 |
– |
37 |
102 |
Adenovirus type 1 | – |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
6 |
– |
7 |
– |
Adenovirus not typed/pending | – |
167 |
1 |
84 |
308 |
1 |
118 |
1 |
680 |
1,052 |
Herpes virus type 6 | – |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
2 |
– |
2 |
6 |
Cytomegalovirus | 13 |
295 |
11 |
90 |
524 |
10 |
96 |
3 |
1,042 |
834 |
Varicella-zoster virus | 7 |
152 |
11 |
882 |
386 |
11 |
48 |
2 |
1,499 |
2,061 |
Epstein-Barr virus | – |
93 |
87 |
812 |
729 |
4 |
66 |
357 |
2,148 |
2,367 |
Poxvirus group not typed | – |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
2 |
2 |
Parvovirus | 1 |
16 |
– |
93 |
61 |
1 |
30 |
– |
202 |
413 |
Coxsackievirus A9 | – |
3 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
3 |
1 |
Coxsackievirus A16 | 1 |
5 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
6 |
5 |
Echovirus type 5 | – |
2 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
2 |
– |
Echovirus type 6 | – |
2 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
2 |
– |
Echovirus type 7 | – |
8 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
8 |
12 |
Echovirus type 9 | – |
2 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
2 |
10 |
Echovirus type 11 | – |
4 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
4 |
20 |
Echovirus type 13 | – |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
Echovirus type 18 | 1 |
13 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
14 |
19 |
Echovirus type 22 | – |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
2 |
Echovirus type 30 | 1 |
34 |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
36 |
7 |
Poliovirus type 1 (uncharacterised) | – |
21 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
21 |
18 |
Poliovirus type 2 (uncharacterised) | – |
19 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
19 |
21 |
Poliovirus type 3 (uncharacterised) | – |
6 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
6 |
9 |
Rhinovirus (all types) | 3 |
265 |
– |
– |
58 |
1 |
2 |
– |
329 |
617 |
Enterovirus type 71 (BCR) | 1 |
2 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
3 |
3 |
Enterovirus not typed/pending | 5 |
126 |
– |
25 |
13 |
1 |
18 |
– |
188 |
205 |
Picornavirus not typed | – |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
– |
1 |
4 |
Influenza A virus | – |
159 |
3 |
97 |
356 |
– |
93 |
– |
708 |
492 |
Influenza A virus H3N2 | – |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
2 |
– |
Influenza B virus | – |
46 |
– |
25 |
146 |
1 |
39 |
– |
257 |
219 |
Parainfluenza virus type 1 | – |
25 |
– |
2 |
17 |
– |
20 |
– |
64 |
143 |
Parainfluenza virus type 2 | – |
22 |
– |
4 |
18 |
– |
5 |
– |
49 |
15 |
Parainfluenza virus type 3 | – |
129 |
– |
13 |
201 |
2 |
45 |
– |
390 |
655 |
Respiratory syncytial virus | 2 |
750 |
– |
262 |
338 |
57 |
267 |
3 |
1,679 |
2,599 |
Paramyxovirus (unspecified) | – |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
9 |
– |
9 |
– |
HTLV-1 | – |
– |
– |
– |
8 |
– |
1 |
– |
9 |
15 |
Rotavirus | 2 |
484 |
1 |
1 |
588 |
12 |
182 |
– |
1,270 |
1,247 |
Astrovirus | – |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
4 |
– |
4 |
– |
Norwalk agent | – |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
267 |
– |
267 |
659 |
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed | 10 |
773 |
10 |
2,324 |
1,809 |
59 |
61 |
3 |
5,049 |
5,257 |
Chlamydia pneumoniae | – |
4 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
4 |
– |
8 |
9 |
Chlamydia psittaci | – |
2 |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
50 |
– |
53 |
173 |
Chlamydia species | – |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
1 |
3 |
Mycoplasma pneumoniae | – |
111 |
20 |
458 |
342 |
45 |
244 |
89 |
1,309 |
1,374 |
Mycoplasma hominis | – |
7 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
7 |
5 |
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) | 1 |
10 |
– |
39 |
87 |
– |
25 |
– |
162 |
173 |
Rickettsia prowazeki | – |
– |
– |
– |
161 |
– |
– |
– |
161 |
105 |
Rickettsia australis | – |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
1 |
– |
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi | – |
– |
– |
– |
71 |
– |
– |
– |
71 |
67 |
Rickettsia - Spotted fever group | – |
– |
– |
– |
232 |
4 |
– |
– |
236 |
139 |
Streptococcus group A | – |
11 |
– |
441 |
– |
1 |
156 |
– |
609 |
467 |
Yersinia enterocolitica | – |
6 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
6 |
8 |
Brucella abortus | – |
1 |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
1 |
– |
3 |
6 |
Brucella species | – |
5 |
– |
9 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
14 |
9 |
Bordetella pertussis | 1 |
87 |
5 |
224 |
992 |
1 |
263 |
– |
1,573 |
1,358 |
Bordetella parapertussis | – |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
2 |
– |
2 |
1 |
Legionella pneumophila | – |
5 |
– |
– |
10 |
– |
8 |
– |
23 |
77 |
Legionella longbeachae | – |
2 |
– |
– |
41 |
– |
8 |
– |
51 |
76 |
Legionella species | – |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
15 |
Cryptococcus species | – |
2 |
– |
8 |
31 |
– |
– |
– |
41 |
38 |
Leptospira species | – |
1 |
– |
19 |
13 |
– |
– |
– |
33 |
23 |
Treponema pallidum | 2 |
180 |
4 |
489 |
410 |
– |
1 |
– |
1,086 |
1,154 |
Entamoeba histolytica | – |
– |
– |
7 |
– |
– |
7 |
– |
14 |
14 |
Toxoplasma gondii | – |
16 |
– |
10 |
13 |
1 |
5 |
– |
45 |
41 |
Echinococcus granulosus | – |
1 |
– |
– |
9 |
– |
– |
– |
10 |
15 |
Total | 51 |
4,100 |
204 |
6,902 |
8,152 |
215 |
2,208 |
484 |
22,316 |
25,513 |
Figure 67. Reports of viral infections to the Laboratory Virology and Serology Reporting Scheme, 2005, by viral group
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