Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables: Laboratory Serology and Virology Reporting Scheme (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 3 June 2007.

Page last updated: 05 October 2007

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There were 5,015 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 April to 30 June 2007 (Tables 4 and 5).

Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by state or territory* for the reporting period 1 April to 30 June 2007, and total reports for the year† .

State or territory This period 2007 This period 2006 Year to date 2007 Year to date 2006
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
1
41
7
52
Mumps virus
–
–
–
2
1
–
2
–
5
11
14
23
Rubella virus
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
1
6
9
8
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus
–
–
–
4
3
–
–
–
7
5
17
16
Hepatitis D virus
–
–
–
1
3
–
2
–
6
2
13
4
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
–
8
18
307
31
1
1
8
374
189
675
977
Barmah Forest virus
–
7
–
111
6
–
1
–
125
85
265
229
Flavivirus (unspecified)
–
1
–
27
–
–
–
–
28
9
53
39
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus not typed/pending
–
27
–
26
42
–
8
–
103
105
270
260
Cytomegalovirus
1
38
–
51
102
–
5
–
197
193
479
518
Herpes viruses
Varicella-zoster virus
2
58
1
304
87
2
6
1
461
258
1,155
610
Epstein-Barr virus
–
8
22
268
106
1
5
106
516
275
1,193
819
Other DNA viruses
Parvovirus
–
–
1
36
6
–
5
–
48
37
140
88
Picornavirus family
Echovirus type 6
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
2
–
Echovirus type 9
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
1
–
Rhinovirus (all types)
–
37
–
–
3
–
–
–
40
25
107
42
Enterovirus not typed/pending
–
10
–
14
1
–
1
–
26
22
54
76
Picornavirus not typed
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
–
1
1
1
1
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
–
2
3
12
1
–
3
–
21
42
71
72
Influenza B virus
1
1
–
2
2
–
–
–
6
38
11
44
Parainfluenza virus type 1
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
1
36
4
58
Parainfluenza virus type 2
–
9
–
7
2
–
–
–
18
6
23
7
Parainfluenza virus type 3
–
10
–
6
5
–
1
–
22
13
54
25
Respiratory syncytial virus
–
160
1
88
4
1
10
–
264
457
447
561
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1
–
–
–
–
2
–
–
–
2
5
4
Rotavirus
1
7
–
–
22
–
–
–
30
68
73
132
Norwalk agent
–
5
–
–
–
–
45
–
50
491
93
681
Other pathogens
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
–
127
–
924
465
9
5
–
1,530
997
3,682
2,472
Chlamydia psittaci
–
–
–
–
1
–
9
–
10
16
31
26
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
–
5
5
138
21
5
30
11
215
262
528
607
Mycoplasma hominis
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
4
10
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
–
1
1
14
10
–
1
–
27
23
52
70
Rickettsia prowazeki
–
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
1
–
1
24
Rickettsia australis
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
1
–
1
–
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi
–
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
1
4
4
21
Rickettsia - spotted fever group
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
1
9
2
66
Streptococcus group A
–
5
28
157
–
–
1
1
192
127
424
264
Yersinia enterocolitica
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
1
1
2
4
Brucella species
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
1
1
2
3
Bordetella pertussis
–
2
2
77
55
–
4
–
140
242
320
671
Legionella pneumophila
–
3
–
–
–
–
5
–
8
11
12
19
Legionella longbeachae
–
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
1
2
4
10
Cryptococcus species
–
1
–
1
6
1
–
–
9
4
18
14
Leptospira species
–
1
–
11
–
–
–
–
12
4
35
11
Treponema pallidum
–
19
5
197
226
–
3
–
450
219
997
495
Entamoeba histolytica
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
1
–
5
–
Toxoplasma gondii
–
1
–
3
1
–
1
–
6
17
14
33
Echinococcus granulosus
–
–
–
–
10
–
–
–
10
–
13
3
Total
5
556
87
2,793
1,227
21
157
127
4,973
4,354
11,387
10,169

* 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 5. Virology and serology reports by laboratories for the reporting period 1 April to 30 June 2007*

State or territory
Laboratory
April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 Total this period
Australian Capital Territory The Canberra Hospital
–
–
–
–
New South Wales Institute of Clinical Pathology & Medical Research, Westmead
97
49
–
146
New Children's Hospital, Westmead
85
106
–
191
Repatriation General Hospital, Concord
–
–
–
–
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
13
46
–
59
South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool
21
0
–
21
Queensland Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End
1,274
1,523
200
2,997
Townsville General Hospital
–
–
–
–
South Australia Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide
523
701
1
1,225
Tasmania Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston
4
15
1
20
Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart
–
–
–
–
Victoria Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
–
–
–
–
Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
32
–
–
32
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield
51
67
–
118
Western Australia PathWest Virology, Perth
–
–
–
–
Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth
–
–
–
–
Western Diagnostic Pathology
86
78
–
164
Total  
2,186
2,585
202
4,973

* The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2007, 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.

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