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There were 5,647 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 October and 31 December 2001(Tables 4 and 5).

Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by laboratories for the reporting period 1 October to 31 December 2001¹

	Laboratory	October 2001	November 2001	December 2001	Total this period
Australian Capital Territory	The Canberra Hospital	-	54	-	54
New South Wales	Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead	115	143	91	349
	New Children's Hospital, Westmead	102	72	32	206
	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown	55	25	8	88
	South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool	131	112	21	264
Queensland	Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End	521	244	366	1,131
	Townsville General Hospital	-	-	-	-
South Australia	Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide	883	744	501	2128
Tasmania	Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston	14	10	3	27
Victoria	Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne	14	-	-	14
	Rickettsia Reference Laboratory, Geelong	-	-	-	-
	Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne	54	-	-	54
	Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield	107	61	112	280
Western Australia	PathCentre Virology, Perth	428	205	231	864
	Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth	65	37	11	113
	Western Diagnostic Pathology	-	39	36	75
Total		2,489	1,746	1,412	5,647

1. The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2001, will appear in every report regardless of whether reports were received in this reporting period. Reports are not always received from all laboratories.
- Nil reports

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Table 5. Virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory¹ for the reporting period 1 October to 31 December 2001, and total reports for the year²

	ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas	Vic	WA	This period 2001	This period 2000	Year to date 20013	Year to date 2000
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus	2	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	6	25	44	172
Mumps virus	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	7	9	12	49	58
Rubella virus	-	4	-	6	3	-	3	2	18	32	51	145
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus	-	3	2	10	2	-	1	7	25	80	146	375
Hepatitis D virus	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	3	9	8
Hepatitis E virus	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	4	1
Arboviruses
Ross River virus	-	3	12	54	81	-	2	17	169	250	1,268	1,423
Barmah Forest virus	-	2	1	31	5	-	-	9	48	46	169	180
Dengue not typed	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	6	8	41	175	85
Murray Valley encephalitis virus	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	20	2
Flavivirus (unspecified)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	6	40	27
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	62	6	8	14
Adenovirus type 3	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	2	13	18	35
Adenovirus type 4	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	5	15
Adenovirus type 5	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	2	8	6
Adenovirus type 6	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	-	3	-
Adenovirus type 7	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	3	3	8	7
Adenovirus type 8	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	3	1
Adenovirus type 37	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	11	11
Adenovirus type 40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	14	86	74
Adenovirus not typed/pending	4	56	3	9	106	1	42	62	283	354	1,039	1,132
Herpes viruses
Herpes virus type 6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	5	6	16
Cytomegalovirus	2	69	5	88	141	9	87	38	439	380	1,312	1,220
Varicella-zoster virus	5	25	8	170	48	3	76	189	524	489	1,494	1,658
Epstein-Barr virus	-	19	5	113	209	-	39	75	460	669	1,926	2,196
Other DNA viruses
Papovavirus group	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	7	12
Molluscum contagiosum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	11	15
Parvovirus	-	2	5	78	18	-	6	32	141	90	389	437
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus A9	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	11	10
Coxsackievirus A16	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	8	15
Coxsackievirus B1	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	3	-	4	1
Coxsackievirus B4	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	3	16	3
Coxsackievirus B5	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	2	2	5	7
Coxsackievirus B untyped/pending	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-
Echovirus type 3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	5
Echovirus type 11	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	33	7	166
Echovirus type 18	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
Echovirus type 30	-	2	-	-	-	-	5	-	7	9	121	17
Poliovirus type 1 (uncharacterised)	1	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	9	22	26
Poliovirus type 2 (uncharacterised)	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	4	7	8	16
Poliovirus type 3 (uncharacterised)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	8	8
Poliovirus not typed/pending	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	1
Rhinovirus (all types)	2	80	2	1	7	-	6	39	137	181	420	501
Enterovirus type 71 (BCR)	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	7	6	15
Enterovirus not typed/pending	-	4	4	6	1	6	38	89	148	153	815	753
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus	10	26	6	12	218	1	28	163	464	199	1,499	1,898
Influenza B virus	4	30	-	8	63	1	15	26	147	34	580	279
Parainfluenza virus type 1	-	1	-	-	9	-	-	-	10	8	230	44
Parainfluenza virus type 2	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	2	5	18	36	114
Parainfluenza virus type 3	-	62	-	19	50	-	29	117	277	306	516	803
Respiratory syncytial virus	-	52	1	11	45	1	19	38	167	394	2,735	3,059
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	4	3	9	12
Rotavirus	1	191	-	-	192	6	89	52	531	624	1,771	2,246
Norwalk agent	-	-	-	-	7	-	58	-	65	8	82	59
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed	10	133	35	222	204	4	28	292	928	933	3,154	3,295
Chlamydia psittaci	1	-	-	-	-	2	30	2	35	16	102	78
Mycoplasma pneumoniae	-	17	5	65	56	3	53	37	236	342	686	1,125
Mycoplasma hominis	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	8	5
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)	-	3	-	21	2	-	10	11	47	54	101	221
Rickettsia prowazeki	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	2	-
Rickettsia australis	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	2	2
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	11	2
Rickettsia - Spotted fever group	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	23	-	44	1
Rickettsia spp - other	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	2	12	13
Streptococcus group A	-	5	10	64	-	-	21	-	100	156	348	368
Yersinia enterocolitica	-	3	-	2	-	-	-	1	6	1	15	10
Bordetella pertussis	-	40	2	21	87	-	80	10	240	290	689	845
Bordetella parapertussis	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-
Legionella pneumophila	-	-	-	-	1	-	8	2	11	1	44	17
Legionella longbeachae	-	-	-	-	9	-	1	6	16	30	59	51
Legionella species	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	5	-
Cryptococcus species	-	1	-	-	6	-	-	-	7	3	18	9
Leptospira species	-	-	1	7	10	-	-	3	21	20	63	55
Treponema pallidum	-	50	75	80	130	-	-	12	347	332	909	774
Entamoeba histolytica	-	-	-	2	-	-	4	-	6	4	17	7
Toxoplasma gondii	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	4	4	16	9
Echinococcus granulosus	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	18	4
Total	43	915	187	1,101	1,725	45	814	1,363	6,212	6,722	23,547	26,274

1. State or Territory of postcode, if reported, otherwise State or Territory of reporting laboratory.
2. From January 2000 data presented are for reports with report dates in the current period. Previously reports included all data received in that period.
3. Totals comprise data from all laboratories. Cumulative figures are subject to retrospective revision, so there may be discrepancies between the number of new notifications and the increment in the cumulative figure from the previous period.
- No data received this period.

LabVISE is a sentinel reporting scheme. Currently 17 laboratories contribute data on the laboratory identification of viruses and other organisms. This number may change throughout the year. Data are collated and published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence quarterly. These data should be interpreted with caution as the number and type of reports received is subject to a number of biases. For further information, see Commun Dis Intell 2002;26:61.


This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 26, No 1, March 2002