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There were 4,744 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 January and 31 March 2002 (Tables 4 and 5).

Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory¹ for the reporting period 1 January to 31 March 2002, and total reports for the year²

	State or Territory								This period 2002	This period 2001	Year to date 2002	Year to date 2001
	ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas	Vic	WA
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	5	70	5	70
Mumps virus	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	3	4	3	4
Rubella virus	-	-	-	10	2	-	6	-	18	10	18	10
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus	-	1	4	9	4	-	2	1	21	5	21	5
Hepatitis D virus	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1
Arboviruses
Ross River virus	-	1	18	116	16	8	3	40	202	228	202	228
Barmah Forest virus	-	5	3	49	2	-	1	8	68	59	68	59
Dengue type 2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-
Dengue not typed	1	1	90	1	1	-	1	13	108	-	108	-
Murray Valley encephalitis virus	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	-	3	-
Kunjin virus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	2	-
Flavivirus (unspecified)	-	-	1	4	-	-	4	-	9	3	9	3
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	1	2
Adenovirus type 4	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	2	-
Adenovirus type 7	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	2	5	2
Adenovirus type 8	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	1	2	1
Adenovirus type 19	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	2	-
Adenovirus type 37	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	1
Adenovirus type 40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	9	-
Adenovirus not typed/pending	-	30	-	9	41	-	35	33	148	98	148	98
Herpes viruses
Cytomegalovirus	2	47	1	31	148	3	39	5	276	176	276	176
Varicella-zoster virus	4	48	17	144	32	2	80	149	476	248	476	248
Epstein-Barr virus	-	21	15	170	126	1	36	118	487	207	487	207
Other DNA viruses
Molluscum contagiosum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	5	-
Parvovirus	-	3	1	8	47	-	12	23	94	30	94	30
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus B1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-
Echovirus type 6	-	9	-	1	-	-	1	-	11	-	11	-
Echovirus type 9	-	5	-	1	1	-	-	-	7	2	7	2
Echovirus type 13	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-
Echovirus type 30	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	-	3	-
Poliovirus type 1 (uncharacterised)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	2	3
Poliovirus type 2 (uncharacterised)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	3
Poliovirus type 3 (uncharacterised)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-
Rhinovirus (all types)	-	46	3	-	2	-	-	29	80	28	80	28
Enterovirus not typed/pending	1	-	13	2	-	1	17	76	110	29	110	29
Picornavirus not typed	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	12	-	12	-
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus	-	1	-	4	35	-	39	16	95	58	95	58
Influenza B virus	-	2	-	8	5	-	1	8	24	16	24	16
Parainfluenza virus type 1	1	32	-	5	1	-	2	2	43	4	43	4
Parainfluenza virus type 2	-	1	-	2	4	-	-	2	9	3	9	3
Parainfluenza virus type 3	-	8	-	-	35	-	1	19	63	47	63	47
Respiratory syncytial virus	-	27	2	19	21	-	10	36	115	43	115	43
Other RNA viruses
Rotavirus	-	16	-	2	29	3	22	14	86	82	86	82
Calicivirus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	8	-
Norwalk agent	-	3	-	-	-	-	27	-	30	46	30	46
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed	10	116	33	303	173	4	4	271	914	442	914	442
Chlamydia psittaci	-	-	1	-	-	-	6	5	12	12	12	12
Chlamydia spp typing pending	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	1
Mycoplasma pneumoniae	-	19	4	46	81	1	87	40	278	103	278	103
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)	1	3	1	22	9	-	7	15	58	18	58	18
Rickettsia spp - other	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	4	-
Streptococcus group A	-	9	8	63	-	-	16	-	96	79	96	79
Yersinia enterocolitica	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	2
Brucella species	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-
Bordetella pertussis	-	32	11	98	121	-	78	25	365	140	365	140
Legionella pneumophila	-	2	-	-	-	-	14	-	16	3	16	3
Legionella longbeachae	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	2	7	-	7	-
Legionella species	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	2	-
Cryptococcus species	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	7	3	7	3
Leptospira species	-	2	1	7	-	-	-	1	11	3	11	3
Treponema pallidum	-	34	75	91	61	-	-	27	288	163	288	163
Entamoeba histolytica	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	4	6	1	6	1
Toxoplasma gondii	-	3	-	-	4	-	2	1	10	4	10	4
Echinococcus granulosus	-	-	-	-	4	-	2	4	10	-	10	-
Total	21	541	302	1,233	1,011	24	593	1,019	4,744	2,483	4,744	2,483

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.

Top of pageTable 5. Virology and serology laboratory reports by laboratories for the reporting period 1 January to 31 March 20021

State or Territory	Laboratory	January 2002	February 2002	March 2002	Total this period
Australian Capital Territory	The Canberra Hospital	-	-	-	-
New South Wales	Institute of Clinical Pathology & Medical Research, Westmead	96	59	36	191
	New Children's Hospital, Westmead	24	12	55	91
	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown	30	15	9	54
	South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool	21	59	68	148
Queensland	Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End	512	533	425	1,470
	Townsville General Hospital	-	-	-	-
South Australia	Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide	562	445	-	1,007
Tasmania	Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston	-	-	14	14
Victoria	Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne	20	7	11	38
	Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne	105	58	22	185
	Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield	126	112	138	376
Western Australia	PathCentre Virology, Perth	391	300	320	1,011
	Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth	21	6	35	62
	Western Diagnostic Pathology	35	47	15	97
Total		1,943	1,653	1,148	4,744

1. The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2002, 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

LabVISE is a sentinel reporting scheme. Currently 18 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.