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There were 4,908 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 April to 30 June 2001 (Tables 4 and 5).

The Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (ASPREN) data for weeks 13-17 to 22-26, ending 1 July 2001, are included in this issue of Communicable Diseases Intelligence (Table 6).

Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by laboratories for the reporting period 1 April to 30 June 2001¹

State or Territory	Laboratory	April 2001	May 2001	June 2001	Total this period
Australian Capital Territory	The Canberra Hospital	-	-	-	-
New South Wales	Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead	127	42	108	277
	New Children's Hospital, Westmead	73	108	136	317
	Repatriation General Hospital, Concord	-	-	-	0
	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown	25	44	53	122
	South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool	105	130	209	444
Queensland	Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End	556	665	436	1,657
	Townsville General Hospital	1	17	-	18
South Australia	Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide	427	513	-	940
Tasmania	Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston	2	19	10	31
	Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart	-	-	-	0
Victoria	Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne	19	49	22	90
	Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne	64	91	98	253
	Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield	117	122	99	338
Western Australia	PathCentre Virology, Perth	-	-	-	-2
	Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth	52	103	182	337
	Western Diagnostic Pathology	30	38	16	84
Total		1,598	1,941	1,369	4,908

1. The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2001, will appear in every report from January 2000 regardless of whether reports were received in this reporting period. Reports are not always received from all laboratories.
2. Data received from PathCentre Virology, Perth from October 2000 to August 2001 is awaiting processing by the Department of Health and Aged Care. A special report on these data will appear in a later edition of Communicable Diseases Intelligence (CDI). The CDI Editorial staff apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
- Nil reports

Top of pageTable 5. Virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory¹ for the reporting period 1 April to 30 June 2001, and total reports for the year²

	State or Territory1								This period 2001	This period 2000	Year to date 20013	Year to date 2000
	ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas	Vic	WA
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus	-	2	-	2	-	1	1	-	6	14	91	26
Mumps virus	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	3	8	11	31
Rubella virus	-	1	-	10	-	1	-	-	12	10	25	23
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus	-	1	4	15	3	-	3	1	27	41	39	94
Hepatitis D virus	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	2	2	3	3
Hepatitis E virus	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	3	2
Arboviruses
Ross River virus	-	11	11	260	17	-	8	3	310	492	659	1,065
Barmah Forest virus	-	2	1	95	1	-	-	-	99	41	200	104
Dengue not typed	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	30	1	164
Flavivirus (unspecified)	-	-	1	3	-	-	8	-	12	6	15	37
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	2	1	4
Adenovirus type 2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	3	2	6
Adenovirus type 3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	3	3	12
Adenovirus type 4	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	2	4
Adenovirus type 7	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	2	9	4
Adenovirus type 8	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	8	-
Adenovirus not typed/pending	2	37	-	-	87	-	45	7	178	263	368	546
Herpes viruses
Cytomegalovirus	-	60	-	38	92	2	48	6	246	303	596	621
Varicella-zoster virus	3	32	9	100	28	-	55	6	233	325	602	749
Epstein-Barr virus	-	22	15	161	140	-	13	60	411	664	802	1,207
Other DNA viruses
Parvovirus	-	1	-	26	17	-	17	-	61	73	103	167
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus A16	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	2	3
Echovirus type 9	-	14	-	-	-	1	-	-	15	-	49	3
Echovirus type 11	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	4	6
Echovirus type 13	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	8	-
Echovirus type 18	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	4	-
Echovirus type 30	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	3	32	23	107
Echovirus not typed/pending	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	4	4
Poliovirus type 1 (unchar)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	9	4
Poliovirus type 2 (unchar)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	7	3
Poliovirus type 3 (unchar)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	3
Poliovirus - mixed strain (unchar)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-
Rhinovirus (all types)	1	62	-	1	-	-	1	-	65	116	141	212
Enterovirus type 71 (BCR)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	20	-
Enterovirus not typed/pending	-	10	-	2	-	1	15	-	28	282	93	583
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus	1	19	-	1	21	-	1	6	49	161	144	357
Influenza B virus	-	2	-	-	7	-	6	1	16	70	49	97
Parainfluenza virus type 1	-	1	-	-	5	-	2	1	9	130	15	180
Parainfluenza virus type 2	-	3	-	2	5	-	3	5	18	15	24	21
Parainfluenza virus type 3	-	17	-	4	25	-	8	28	82	39	165	110
Respiratory syncytial virus	2	599	-	67	50	10	128	98	954	1,032	1,112	1,285
Other RNA viruses
Rotavirus	-	77	1	-	50	5	74	173	380	234	527	365
Astrovirus	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-
Reovirus (unspecified)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	1
Norwalk agent	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	-	34	3	115	4
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed	13	119	26	293	155	12	2	5	625	869	1,347	1,748
Chlamydia psittaci	-	2	-	-	-	-	18	-	20	25	41	50
Chlamydia species	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	4	6
Mycoplasma pneumoniae	-	30	4	83	26	2	31	1	177	150	356	299
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)	2	2	-	20	-	-	24	-	48	8	72	32
Rickettsia - Spotted fever group	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	-	2	1
Streptococcus group A	-	13	6	58	-	-	17	-	94	72	192	181
Brucella species	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	4
Bordetella pertussis	-	35	3	58	93	-	48	-	237	110	451	275
Legionella pneumophila	-	1	-	-	-	-	22	-	23	12	28	15
Legionella longbeachae	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	19	1	35
Legionella species	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	7	1	7	1
Cryptococcus species	-	4	-	3	7	-	-	-	14	7	25	8
Leptospira species	-	-	-	8	3	-	-	-	11	24	26	33
Treponema pallidum	-	35	73	130	102	-	-	-	340	237	654	367
Entamoeba histolytica	-	-	-	1	-	-	4	-	5	1	7	9
Toxoplasma gondii	-	1	-	-	-	-	7	-	8	4	16	8
Echinococcus granulosus	-	-	-	-	6	-	1	-	7	11	10	14
Total	25	1,229	154	1,444	943	36	676	401	4,908	5,961	9,304	11,303

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.

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Table 6. Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network reports, weeks 13-17 to 22-26, 2001

Week number	13-17		18-21		22-26
Ending on	29 April 2001		27 May 2001		1 July 2001
Doctors reporting	288		259		317
Total encounters	31,597		29,688		36,934
Condition	Reports	Rate per 1,000 encounters	Reports	Rate per 1,000 encounters	Reports	Rate per 1,000 encounters
Influenza	137	4.3	181	6.1	333	9.1
Influenza with culture	5	0.2	9	0.3	5	0.1
Chickenpox	60	1.9	43	1.4	104	2.8
Shingles	50	1.6	38	1.3	61	1.7

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 monthly. 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 2000;24:10.

ASPREN currently comprises about 120 general practitioners from throughout the country, not all of whom report each week. Between 7,000 and 8,000 consultations are reported each week, with special attention to 12 conditions chosen for sentinel surveillance in 2001. Communicable Diseases Intelligence reports the consultation rates for four of these. For further information, including case definitions, see Commun Dis Intell 2001;25:106.


This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 25, No 3, August 2001.