Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables - LabVISE

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 27, No 2, June 2003 contains an analysis and tables of monthly notifiable diseases and laboratory data, and quarterly surveillance reports.

Page last updated: 30 June 2003

A print friendly PDF version is available from this Communicable Diseases Intelligence issue's table of contents.



There were 4,520 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 January to 31 March 2003 (Tables 4 and 5).

Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by laboratories for the reporting period 1 January to 31 March 2003*

State or territory
Laboratory
January 2003 February 2003 March 2003 Total this period
Australian Capital Territory The Canberra Hospital
-
-
-
-
New South Wales Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead
94
93
66
253
New Children's Hospital, Westmead
18
19
25
62
Repatriation General Hospital, Concord
-
-
-
-
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
22
-
-
22
South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool
59
60
34
153
Queensland Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End
611
384
599
1594
Townsville General Hospital
-
-
-
-
South Australia Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide
384
451
401
1236
Tasmania Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston
10
9
1
20
Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart
-
-
-
-
Victoria Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
10
4
14
Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
13
30
42
85
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield
63
82
27
172
Western Australia PathCentre Virology, Perth
260
275
354
889
Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth
-
-
-
-
Western Diagnostic Pathology
-
20
-
20
Total  
1,544
1,427
1,549
4,520

* The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2003, 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.

Top of page
Table 5. Virology and serology laboratory reports by state or territory1 for the reporting period 1 January to 31 March 2003, and total reports for the year2

  State or territory This period 2003 This period 2002 Year to date 2003 Year to date 2002
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas. Vic. WA
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus
-
-
-
2
2
-
8
-
12
5
12
5
Mumps virus
-
1
-
2
-
-
-
2
5
5
5
5
Rubella virus
-
1
-
7
-
-
-
-
8
20
8
20
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus
-
1
2
4
2
-
-
7
16
21
16
21
Hepatitis D virus
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
2
4
1
4
1
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
-
3
42
135
7
-
-
21
208
202
208
202
Barmah Forest virus
-
3
7
63
-
-
-
4
77
66
77
66
Dengue type 1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
2
-
2
-
Dengue type 2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
1
1
1
Dengue type 3
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
-
2
-
Dengue not typed
-
1
1
-
1
-
-
11
14
110
14
110
Murray Valley encephalitis virus
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
3
1
3
Flavivirus (unspecified)
-
-
-
32
-
-
4
-
36
10
36
10
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
-
Adenovirus type 40
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
11
11
9
11
9
Adenovirus not typed/pending
-
27
3
13
104
1
5
31
184
165
184
165
Herpes viruses
Herpes virus type 6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
1
-
Cytomegalovirus
5
48
-
21
166
-
7
1
248
292
248
292
Varicella-zoster virus
2
36
14
169
46
-
9
128
404
492
404
492
Epstein-Barr virus
2
20
7
153
166
-
17
68
433
499
433
499
Other DNA viruses
Molluscum contagiosum
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
7
8
5
8
5
Contagious pustular dermatitis (Orf virus)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
1
-
Poxvirus group not typed
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
1
1
1
Parvovirus
-
2
-
10
4
-
18
14
48
98
48
98
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus A16
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
2
-
Echovirus type 3
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
-
Echovirus type 6
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
27
4
27
Echovirus type 9
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
8
4
8
Echovirus type 11
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
-
Poliovirus type 1 (uncharacterised)
-
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
4
5
4
Rhinovirus (all types)
-
54
1
-
-
-
-
51
106
94
106
94
Enterovirus not typed/pending
-
1
5
1
2
-
-
30
39
125
39
125
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
-
5
1
6
81
-
-
4
97
101
97
101
Influenza A virus H3N2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
1
-
Influenza B virus
-
-
-
-
17
-
1
3
21
26
21
26
Parainfluenza virus type 1
-
2
-
-
13
-
-
-
15
42
15
42
Parainfluenza virus type 2
-
3
-
-
15
-
-
1
19
9
19
9
Parainfluenza virus type 3
-
13
2
4
58
-
-
31
108
61
108
61
Respiratory syncytial virus
-
31
8
7
46
-
2
24
118
125
118
125
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1
-
-
1
-
1
-
-
2
4
-
4
-
Rotavirus
-
5
-
-
24
1
2
22
54
91
54
91
Reovirus (unspecified)
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
1
1
Calicivirus
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
31
34
8
34
8
Norwalk agent
-
-
-
-
-
-
26
-
26
51
26
51
Coronavirus
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
1
-
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
8
161
40
407
259
12
1
312
1,200
923
1,200
923
Chlamydia pneumoniae
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
2
1
2
Chlamydia psittaci
-
-
-
-
1
-
14
1
16
12
16
12
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
1
27
-
38
50
7
45
8
176
282
176
282
Mycoplasma hominis
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
-
4
-
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
-
3
2
17
23
-
3
5
53
59
53
59
Rickettsia prowazeki
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
2
-
2
-
Streptococcus group A
-
5
6
71
-
-
41
-
123
94
123
94
Yersinia enterocolitica
-
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
2
2
2
2
Brucella abortus
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
-
Brucella species
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
1
2
Bordetella pertussis
-
14
1
35
41
-
30
8
129
371
129
371
Legionella pneumophila
-
1
-
-
4
-
29
1
35
16
35
16
Legionella longbeachae
-
-
1
-
2
-
-
7
10
7
10
7
Legionella species
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
3
2
3
2
Cryptococcus species
-
-
-
1
2
-
-
-
3
6
3
6
Leptospira species
-
-
-
2
4
-
-
-
6
11
6
11
Treponema pallidum
-
40
93
122
90
-
1
2
348
279
348
279
Entamoeba histolytica
-
-
-
1
-
-
1
1
3
5
3
5
Toxoplasma gondii
-
2
-
-
4
-
4
3
13
10
13
10
Echinococcus granulosus
-
-
-
-
3
-
1
-
4
10
4
10
Total
18
538
241
1,324
1,238
21
275
865
4,520
4,871
4,520
4,871

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.


This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 27, No 2, June 2003.

Communicable Diseases Intelligence subscriptions

Sign-up to email updates: Subscribe Now

This issue - Vol 27, No 2, June 2003