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 period1 April to 30 June 2010.

Page last updated: 30 September 2010

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Laboratory Serology and Virology Reporting Scheme

There were 10,640 reports received by the Laboratory Virology and Serology Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 April to 30 June 2010 (Tables 4 and 5).

Table 4: Laboratory Virology and Serology reports, 1 April to 30 June 2010 and total reports for the year,* by state or territory †

  State or territory This period 2010 This period 2009 Year to date 2010 Year to date 2009
  ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA        
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
4
1
12
44
Mumps virus
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
3
4
9
30
Rubella virus
1
2
0
0
0
0
6
0
9
2
18
9
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus
0
0
0
11
3
0
0
4
18
6
34
28
Hepatitis D virus
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
4
6
14
Hepatitis E virus
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
0
22
10
470
90
0
5
3
600
108
955
694
Barmah Forest virus
0
7
0
60
12
0
0
0
79
23
148
149
Flavivirus (unspecified)
0
15
0
38
0
0
8
0
61
13
120
171
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus not typed/pending
0
87
0
74
125
0
2
0
288
222
510
863
Herpesviruses
Herpes virus type 6
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
2
1
Cytomegalovirus
1
22
0
120
154
2
7
0
306
90
700
636
Varicella-zoster virus
0
42
0
502
285
6
8
1
844
303
1,655
1,383
Epstein-Barr virus
0
6
26
309
247
2
16
82
688
191
1,554
1,160
Other DNA viruses
Parvovirus
0
2
0
21
45
0
16
0
84
29
157
122
Picornavirus family
Rhinovirus (all types)
0
50
1
0
0
0
0
0
51
19
101
65
Enterovirus not typed/pending
0
1
0
3
13
1
0
0
18
5
37
52
Picornavirus not typed
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
6
8
5
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
3
27
0
81
65
0
26
0
202
2,630
350
3,220
Influenza B virus
0
4
0
13
14
0
2
0
33
60
56
142
Newcastle Disease virus
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Parainfluenza virus type 1
2
16
0
8
4
0
0
0
30
3
100
11
Parainfluenza virus type 2
0
7
0
9
5
0
0
0
21
24
39
69
Parainfluenza virus type 3
0
12
0
4
24
0
0
0
40
74
73
163
Respiratory syncytial virus
1
520
0
171
485
1
2
0
1,180
931
1,425
1,944
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1
0
0
0
1
24
0
0
0
25
13
42
142
Rotavirus
0
6
0
0
165
0
1
0
172
37
188
151
Norwalk agent
0
26
0
0
241
6
0
0
273
7
578
32
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
2
85
1
2,067
782
19
10
0
2,966
918
6,033
4,559
Chlamydia pneumoniae
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
6
Chlamydia psittaci
0
0
0
2
0
1
2
0
5
5
13
39
Chlamydia spp typing pending
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
13
6
Chlamydia species
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
7
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
0
4
0
56
96
4
111
0
271
127
547
574
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
3
0
0
18
16
0
4
0
41
18
72
116
Rickettsia prowazeki
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
3
8
Rickettsia - spotted fever group
0
0
0
7
2
0
1
0
10
7
20
75
Streptococcus group A
0
9
0
176
0
0
41
0
226
84
402
315
Brucella species
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
4
9
Bordetella pertussis
0
15
0
451
910
1
185
1
1,563
529
3,136
2,934
Legionella pneumophila
0
0
0
1
4
1
2
0
8
8
12
20
Legionella longbeachae
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
3
3
8
10
Legionella species
0
3
0
8
0
0
0
0
11
4
21
13
Cryptococcus species
0
0
0
6
2
0
0
0
8
5
23
21
Leptospira species
0
0
0
8
1
0
0
0
9
2
24
25
Treponema pallidum
0
57
0
265
109
0
11
0
442
177
970
962
Entamoeba histolytica
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
3
1
6
1
Toxoplasma gondii
0
0
0
6
7
0
3
0
16
1
21
11
Echinococcus granulosus
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
4
3
5
14
Total
13
1,057
38
4,974
3,940
50
477
91
10,640
6,695
20,218
21,028

 

* Data presented are for reports with report dates in the current period.

† State or territory of postcode, if reported, otherwise state or territory of reporting laboratory.

– No data received this period.

Table 5: Laboratory Virology and Serology reports, 1 April to 30 June 2010,* by laboratory

State or territory
Laboratory
April 2010 May 2010 June 2010 Total
Australian Capital Territory The Canberra Hospital
New South Wales Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead
  New Children’s Hospital, Westmead
122
112
189
423
  Repatriation General Hospital, Concord
  Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
  South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool
83
114
159
356
Queensland Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End
1,677
1,832
1,800
5,309
  Townsville General Hospital
South Australia Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide
1,009
1,303
1,623
3,935
Tasmania Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston
15
13
20
48
  Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart
Victoria Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory
  Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
  Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne
76
96
84
256
  Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory
58
60
69
187
Western Australia PathWest Virology, Perth
  Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth
  Western Diagnostic Pathology
25
47
54
126
Total  
3,065
3,577
3,998
10,640

* The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2010, 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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