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Laboratory Serology and Virology Reporting Scheme
There were 6,952 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 October to 31 December 2008 (Tables 4 and 5).
Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by state or territory* for the reporting period 1 October to 31 December 2008, and total reports for the year†
| State or territory | This period 2008 | This period 2007 | Year to date 2008 | Year to date 2007 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACT | NSW | NT | Qld | SA | Tas | Vic | WA | |||||
Measles, mumps, rubella |
||||||||||||
| Measles virus | 0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
32 |
19 |
| Mumps virus | 0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
12 |
41 |
53 |
| Rubella virus | 0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
14 |
15 |
|
Hepatitis viruses |
||||||||||||
| Hepatitis A virus | 0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
10 |
50 |
41 |
| Hepatitis D virus | 0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
24 |
22 |
| Hepatitis E virus | 0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
1 |
|
Arboviruses |
||||||||||||
| Ross River virus | 0 |
4 |
4 |
141 |
31 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
182 |
203 |
1,448 |
1,090 |
| Barmah Forest virus | 0 |
5 |
0 |
85 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
95 |
97 |
578 |
506 |
| Flavivirus (unspecified) | 0 |
10 |
0 |
39 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
49 |
16 |
104 |
97 |
Adenoviruses |
||||||||||||
| Adenovirus type 2 | 0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
||
| Adenovirus type 3 | 0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
||
| Adenovirus type 8 | 0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
||
| Adenovirus not typed/pending | 1 |
97 |
0 |
248 |
67 |
2 |
10 |
0 |
425 |
309 |
1,724 |
1,202 |
Herpesviruses |
||||||||||||
| Herpes virus type 6 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
|
| Cytomegalovirus | 1 |
48 |
0 |
147 |
27 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
226 |
253 |
1,196 |
1,198 |
| Varicella-zoster virus | 4 |
82 |
0 |
561 |
76 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
733 |
684 |
2,928 |
2,809 |
| Epstein-Barr virus | 0 |
18 |
19 |
378 |
96 |
0 |
2 |
66 |
579 |
499 |
2,416 |
2,464 |
Other DNA viruses |
||||||||||||
| Contagious pustular dermatitis (orf virus) | 0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
||
| Parvovirus | 0 |
3 |
0 |
73 |
8 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
90 |
124 |
297 |
413 |
Picornavirus family |
||||||||||||
| Coxsackievirus A9 | 1 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
2 |
14 |
2 |
| Coxsackievirus A16 | 0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
||
| Echovirus type 6 | 0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
16 |
| Echovirus type 30 | 0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
| Poliovirus type 1 (uncharacterised) | 0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
||
| Poliovirus type 2 (uncharacterised) | 0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
||
| Rhinovirus (all types) | 0 |
62 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
63 |
80 |
201 |
326 |
| Enterovirus type 71 (BCR) | 0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
||
| Enterovirus not typed/pending | 0 |
10 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
24 |
52 |
146 |
180 |
| Picornavirus not typed | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
12 |
9 |
Ortho/paramyxoviruses |
||||||||||||
| Influenza A virus | 10 |
55 |
1 |
74 |
15 |
0 |
12 |
1 |
168 |
66 |
813 |
2,293 |
| Influenza B virus | 4 |
13 |
0 |
32 |
10 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
67 |
34 |
935 |
165 |
| Parainfluenza virus type 1 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
11 |
182 |
50 |
| Parainfluenza virus type 2 | 0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
27 |
61 |
| Parainfluenza virus type 3 | 2 |
96 |
0 |
66 |
14 |
1 |
13 |
2 |
194 |
134 |
392 |
507 |
| Respiratory syncytial virus | 0 |
48 |
0 |
48 |
19 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
125 |
175 |
1,916 |
2,238 |
Other RNA viruses |
||||||||||||
| HTLV-1 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
2 |
67 |
14 |
| Rotavirus | 0 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
35 |
253 |
310 |
619 |
| Norwalk agent | 1 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
371 |
90 |
1,138 |
Other |
||||||||||||
| Chlamydia trachomatis not typed | 6 |
309 |
1 |
1,440 |
153 |
20 |
11 |
1 |
1,941 |
1,515 |
8,533 |
7,841 |
| Chlamydia psittaci | 0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
13 |
27 |
92 |
66 |
| Mycoplasma pneumoniae | 0 |
15 |
0 |
152 |
19 |
6 |
41 |
10 |
243 |
167 |
972 |
1,156 |
| Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) | 0 |
1 |
0 |
21 |
5 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
35 |
96 |
240 |
279 |
| Orientia tsutsuganushi | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
10 |
| Rickettsia - spotted fever group | 0 |
3 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
16 |
111 |
114 |
| Streptococcus group A | 0 |
10 |
0 |
237 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
247 |
281 |
1,015 |
1,106 |
| Brucella species | 0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
32 |
10 |
| Bordetella pertussis | 0 |
372 |
1 |
323 |
186 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
886 |
163 |
1,924 |
829 |
| Legionella pneumophila | 0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
8 |
2 |
20 |
30 |
| Legionella longbeachae | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
8 |
| Legionella species | 0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
|
| Cryptococcus species | 0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
30 |
45 |
| Leptospira species | 0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
9 |
83 |
61 |
| Treponema pallidum | 0 |
54 |
0 |
275 |
51 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
383 |
411 |
2,012 |
2,196 |
| Entamoeba histolytica | 0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
8 |
| Toxoplasma gondii | 0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
8 |
18 |
29 |
| Echinococcus granulosus | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
8 |
34 |
24 |
| Total | 30 |
1,373 |
26 |
4,393 |
837 |
53 |
153 |
87 |
6,952 |
6,115 |
31,136 |
31,369 |
* 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 October to 31 December 2008*
State or territory |
Laboratory |
October 2008 | November 2008 | December 2008 | Total this period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Capital Territory | The Canberra Hospital | – |
– |
– |
– |
| New South Wales | Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead | 190 |
228 |
241 |
659 |
| New Children’s Hospital, Westmead | 98 |
85 |
57 |
240 |
|
| Repatriation General Hospital, Concord | – |
– |
– |
– |
|
| Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown | 44 |
50 |
31 |
125 |
|
| South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool | 34 |
20 |
15 |
69 |
|
| Queensland | Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End | 1,775 |
1,476 |
1,496 |
4,747 |
| Townsville General Hospital | – |
– |
– |
– |
|
| South Australia | Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide | – |
67 |
763 |
830 |
| Tasmania | Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston | 15 |
20 |
17 |
52 |
| Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart | – |
– |
– |
– |
|
| Victoria | Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory | – |
– |
– |
– |
| Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne | 25 |
7 |
6 |
38 |
|
| Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne | – |
– |
– |
– |
|
| Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield | 73 |
17 |
– |
90 |
|
| Western Australia | PathWest Virology, Perth | – |
– |
– |
– |
| Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth | – |
– |
– |
– |
|
| Western Diagnostic Pathology | 33 |
44 |
25 |
102 |
|
| Total | 2,287 |
2,014 |
2,651 |
6,952 |
* The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2008, 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.
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