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 October to 31 December 2006.

Page last updated: 13 April 2007

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There were 2,699 reports received by the Laboratory Virology and Serology Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 October to 31 December 2006 (Tables 4 and 5).

Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by state or territory* for the reporting period 1 October to 31 December, and total reports for the year†

  State or territory        
  ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA This period 2006 This period 2005 Year to date 2006 Year to date 2005
Measles, mumps, rubella
Mealses virus
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
4
57
8
Mumps virus
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
13
26
38
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
5
7
15
31
53
Hepatitis D virus
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
2
7
14
Hepatitis E virus
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
6
12
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
0
1
10
8
11
0
3
7
40
119
1,061
452
Barmah Forest virus
0
1
0
12
8
0
0
0
21
27
287
185
Flavivirus (unspecified)
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
4
8
47
37
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus not typed/pending
2
69
0
0
26
0
28
0
125
182
615
680
Herpes viruses
Herpes virus type 6
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
1
4
2
Cytomegalovirus
4
40
0
6
50
1
20
0
121
313
859
1,042
Varicella-zoster virus
0
24
0
48
54
1
10
0
137
388
1,034
1,499
Epstein-Barr virus
0
2
22
36
76
0
6
115
257
605
1,440
2,148
Other DNA viruses
Poxvirus group not typed
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
3
2
Parvovirus
0
0
0
16
14
1
2
0
33
79
182
202
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus A9
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
1
16
3
Echovirus type 34
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
Echovirus type 3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
Rhinovirus (all types)
0
48
0
0
2
0
0
0
50
83
192
329
Enterovirus not typed/pending
0
6
0
0
0
1
0
0
7
46
101
187
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
0
17
0
3
9
0
7
0
36
61
336
708
Influenza B virus
0
4
0
0
2
0
0
0
6
27
172
257
Parainfluenza virus type 2
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
3
14
49
Parainfluenza virus type 3
0
50
0
4
25
0
24
0
103
116
217
390
Respiratory syncytial virus
0
32
0
6
5
2
11
0
56
129
1,803
1,679
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
3
6
9
Rotavirus
0
157
0
0
95
13
132
1
398
271
1,267
1,270
Norwalk agent
0
5
0
0
0
0
423
0
428
104
1,538
267
Other pathogens
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
3
112
0
119
197
13
11
0
455
1,271
3,867
5,049
Chlamydia psittaci
0
0
0
0
0
0
17
0
17
15
60
53
Chlamydia spp typing pending
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
0
4
3
20
24
5
40
29
125
382
1,026
1,309
Mycoplasma hominis
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
23
7
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
0
0
1
0
5
0
4
0
10
41
103
162
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
25
25
71
Rickettsia - spotted fever group
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
58
86
236
Streptococcus group A
0
0
0
24
0
0
16
0
40
178
369
609
Bordetella pertussis
0
5
0
14
56
0
10
0
85
406
1,309
1,573
Legionella pneumophila
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
6
28
23
Legionella longbeachae
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
6
14
21
51
Legionella species
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
Cryptococcus species
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
12
21
41
Leptospira species
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
10
18
33
Treponema pallidum
0
40
0
28
25
0
0
0
93
251
781
1,086
Toxoplasma gondii
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
3
14
39
45
Total
9
631
36
350
695
37
784
157
2,699
5,288
19,103
21,871

* 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 October to 31 December 2006*

State or territory
Laboratory
 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 Total this period
Australian Capital Territory The Canberra Hospital
–
–
–
–
New South Wales Institute of Clinical Pathology & Medical Research, Westmead
116
55
171
  New Children's Hospital, Westmead
116
79
36
231
  Repatriation General Hospital, Concord
–
–
–
–
  Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
27
18
5
50
  South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool
103
46
24
173
Queensland Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End
1
368
1
370
  Townsville General Hospital
–
–
–
–
South Australia Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide
38
655
2
695
Tasmania Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston
14
15
6
35
  Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart
–
–
–
–
Victoria Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
5
10
11
26
  Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
153
52
15
220
  Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield
151
314
73
538
Western Australia PathCentre Virology, Perth
–
–
–
–
  Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth
–
–
–
–
  Western Diagnostic Pathology
67
80
43
190
Total  
791
1,692
216
2,699

* The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2006, will appear in every report regardless of whether reports are 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 31 No 1, March 2007.

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