Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables: 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 period
1 April to 30 June 2005.

Page last updated: 15 September 2005

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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.

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