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Table 6. Virology and serology laboratory reports by state or territory^* for the reporting period 1 April to 30 June 2005, and total reports for the year^†

	ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas	Vic	WA	This period 2005	This period 2004	Year to date 2005	Year to date 2004
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	3	13
Mumps virus	-	-	-	6	1	-	4	-	11	1	17	3
Rubella virus	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	3	2	7	8
Hepatitis virueses
Hepatitis A virus	-	-	1	4	5	-	-	-	10	9	16	19
Hepatitis D virus	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	4		6	3
Hepatitis E virus	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	3	6	9	11
Arboviruses
Ross River virus	-	2	3	55	9	2	3	-	74	250	282	681
Barmah Forest virus	-	3	-	66	5	-	-	-	74	41	128	126
Flavivirus (unspecified)	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	7	29	20	78
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus not typed/pending	-	22	-	17	67	-	48	-	154	278	262	449
Herpesviruses
Cytomegalovirus	5	86	4	27	69	3	24	1	219	191	377	399
Varicella-zoster virus	1	34	7	187	107	4	10	-	350	403	711	853
Epstein-Barr virus	-	4	7	160	166	-	13	34	384	539	936	1,168
Other DNA viruses
Poxvirus group not typed	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2
Parvovirus	1	3	-	10	5	-	5	-	24	57	78	118
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus A9	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1
Coxsackievirus A16	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	5
Echovirus type 6	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1		2
Echovirus type 7	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	5	1
Echovirus type 9	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	2
Echovirus type 11	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	3	6
Echovirus type 13	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1		1
Echovirus type 18	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2		9	3
Echovirus type 22	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2
Echovirus type 30	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	2	17	4
Poliovirus type 1 (uncharacterised)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	4	6
Poliovirus type 2 (uncharacterised)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	5	8
Poliovirus type 3 (uncharacterised)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1
Rhinovirus (all types)	-	65	-	-	14	1	-	-	80	106	155	187
Enterovirus type 71 (BCR)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1		2	2
Enterovirus not typed/pending	4	24	-	4	2	-	5	-	39	45	63	87
Picornavirus not typed	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	2	1	4
Ortho/paramyoviruses
Influenza A virus	-	5	1	9	42	-	6	-	63	31	86	71
Influenza B virus	-	2	-	4	23	-	9	-	38	25	70	37
Parainfluenza virus type 1	-	4	-	-	2	-	9	-	15	57	24	97
Parainfluenza virus type 2	-	13	-	4	6	-	4	-	27	4	33	6
Parainfluenza virus type 3	-	9	-	1	19	-	9	-	38	109	80	197
Respiratory syncytial virus	-	205	-	82	52	20	121	2	482	1,193	583	1,393
Paramyxovirus (unspecified)	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	9		9
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	4	3	6
Rotavirus	-	16	-	-	77	3	51	-	147	92	202	169
Norwalk agent	-	-	-	-	-	-	78	-	78	114	93	197
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed	-	219	3	581	471	20	6	1	1,301	1,247	2,460	2,432
Chlamydia psittaci	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	16	47	30	109
Mycoplasma pneumoniae	-	4	3	88	65	3	49	5	217	305	453	660
Mycoplasma hominis	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1		2	1
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)	-	4	-	13	28	-	6	-	51	32	85	80
Rickettsia prowazeki	-	-	-	-	29	-	-	-	29		51
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	7	1	18	1
Rickettsia - spotted fever group	-	-	-	-	44	1	-	-	45		94
Streptococcus group A	-	-	-	93	-	1	44	-	138	98	242	223
Yersinia enterocolitica	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	6	2
Brucella species	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	3	3	3
Bordetella pertussis	-	23	-	35	251	-	44	-	353	112	734	268
Legionella pneumophila	-	3	-	-	4	-	-	-	7	33	14	53
Legionella longbeachae	-	1	-	-	4	-	1	-	6	22	18	38
Cryptococcus species	-	-	-	2	13	-	-	-	15	10	25	23
Leptospira species	-	-	-	9	4	-	-	-	13	3	16	16
Treponema pallidum	-	13	1	132	134	-	-	-	280	287	503	615
Entamoeba histolytica	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	-	4	1	8	5
Toxoplasma gondii	-	2	-	-	5	-	1	-	8	3	16	17
Total	0	272	7	957	1,059	25	168	6	2,494	2,205	4,778	4,546

* 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 7. Virology and serology reports by laboratories for the reporting period
1 April to 30 June 2005*

State or territory	Laboratory	April	May	June	Total
Australian Capital Territory	The Canberra Hospital	-	-	-	-
New South Wales	Institute of Clinical Pathology & Medical Research, Westmead	145	171	156	472
	New Children's Hospital, Westmead	69	96	127	292
	Repatriation General Hospital, Concord	-	-	-	-
	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown	-	-	-	-
	South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool	-	-	-	-
Queensland	Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End	296	593	794	1,683
	Townsville General Hospital	-	-	-	-
South Australia	Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide	613	567	550	1,730
Tasmania	Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston	13	17	24	54
	Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart	-	-	-	-
Victoria	Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne	17	51	43	111
	Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne	78	118	94	290
	Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield	58	43	74	175
Western Australia	PathCentre Virology, Perth	-	-	-	-
	Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth	-	-	-	-
	Western Diagnostic Pathology	-	-	51	51
Total		1,289	1,656	1,913	4,858

* The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2005, 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.

This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Vol 29 No 3 September 2005.