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 January to 31 March 2009.

Page last updated: 18 September 2009

There were 8,456 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 January to 31 March 2009 (Tables 4 and 5).

Table 4: Virology and serology laboratory reports, 1 January to 31 March 2009, by state or territory,* and total reports for the year^†

	State or territory								This period 2009	This period 2008	Year to date 2009	Year to date 2008
	ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas	Vic	WA	This period 2009	This period 2008	Year to date 2009	Year to date 2008
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus	–	4	–	10	2	–	23	–	39	13	39	13
Mumps virus	–	–	1	1	3	–	6	1	12	19	12	19
Rubella virus	–	–	–	2	2	–	–	–	4	6	4	6
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus	–	1	–	5	2	–	–	–	8	23	8	23
Hepatitis D virus	–	–	–	–	6	–	1	–	7	9	7	9
Hepatitis E virus	–	–	–	2	–	–	1	–	3	2	3	2
Arboviruses
Ross River virus	–	5	1	280	109	2	1	2	400	796	400	796
Barmah Forest virus	–	7	–	79	19	–	1	–	106	250	106	250
Flavivirus (unspecified)	–	9	–	140	–	–	–	–	149	30	149	30
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus not typed/pending	1	54	–	163	182	–	5	–	405	349	405	349
Herpesviruses
Cytomegalovirus	5	58	–	161	116	6	13	–	359	366	359	366
Varicella-zoster virus	1	63	2	468	185	3	10	–	752	760	752	760
Epstein-Barr virus	–	13	–	303	287	5	4	–	612	655	612	655
Other DNA viruses
Parvovirus	–	4	–	39	9	–	14	–	66	80	66	80
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus A9	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	1	5	1
Coxsackievirus A16	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	3		3
Echovirus type 4	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	1
Echovirus type 9	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	1	4
Echovirus type 30	–	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	–	7	–
Rhinovirus (all types)	–	24	–	–	–	–	–	–	24	38	24	38
Enterovirus not typed/pending	–	27	–	5	3	2	1	–	38	111	38	111
Picornavirus not typed	–	–	–	–	–	3	1	–	4	1	4	1
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus	–	25	–	43	16	–	2	–	86	49	86	49
Influenza B virus	1	17	–	10	7	–	–	–	35	22	35	22
Parainfluenza virus type 1	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	–	3	63	3	63
Parainfluenza virus type 2	–	4	–	8	2	–	–	–	14	10	14	10
Parainfluenza virus type 3	–	19	–	2	20	–	3	–	44	7	44	7
Respiratory syncytial virus	–	108	–	82	54	–	6	1	251	205	251	205
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1	–	–	–	–	83	–	–	–	83	4	83	4
Rotavirus	–	7	–	–	53	3	–	–	63	109	63	109
Norwalk agent	–	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	16	17	16	17
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed	3	338	1	1,448	555	11	22	1	2,379	2,357	2,379	2,357
Chlamydia pneumoniae	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	2	–	2	–
Chlamydia psittaci	–	1	–	2	–	–	20	–	23	22	23	22
Chlamydia spp typing pending	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	2	–
Chlamydia species	–	2	–	–	–	–	3	–	5	2	5	2
Mycoplasma pneumoniae	–	6	–	128	50	3	66	–	253	207	253	207
Mycoplasma hominis	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	2	2
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)	–	2	–	12	17	–	–	–	61	80	61	80
Rickettsia prowazeki	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	1	–
Rickettsia - spotted fever group	–	1	–	20	1	–	2	–	38	28	38	28
Streptococcus group A	–	4	–	172	–	–	1	1	178	272	178	272
Brucella abortus	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	1	–
Brucella species	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	4	8	4	8
Bordetella pertussis	1	532	–	338	488	2	1	–	1,362	198	1,362	198
Legionella pneumophila	–	2	–	3	–	–	1	–	6	7	6	7
Legionella longbeachae	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	–	3	4	3	4
Legionella species	–	–	–	3	–	–	2	–	5	1	5	1
Cryptococcus species	–	4	–	2	4	–	–	–	10	7	10	7
Leptospira species	–	–	–	16	2	–	–	–	18	30	18	30
Treponema pallidum	1	66	1	227	172	–	21	–	488	565	488	565
Toxoplasma gondii	–	1	–	4	1	1	–	–	7	1	7	1
Echinococcus granulosus	–	–	–	–	8	–	–	–	8	7	8	7
Total	13	1,447	6	4,183	2,462	41	234	6	8,456	7,798	8,456	7,798

* 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, 1 January to 31 March 2009,* by laboratory

State or territory	Laboratory	January 2009	February 2009	March 2009	Total this period
Australian Capital Territory	The Canberra Hospital	–	–	–	–
New South Wales	Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead	263	292	357	912
	New Children’s Hospital, Westmead	46	48	68	162
	Repatriation General Hospital, Concord	–	–	–	–
	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown	8	28	20	56
	South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool	32	42	55	129
Queensland	Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End	1,631	1,253	1,522	4,406
	Townsville General Hospital	–	–	–	–
South Australia	Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide	724	830	907	2,461
Tasmania	Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston	12	16	6	34
	Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart	–	–	–	–
Victoria	Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory	21	19	24	64
	Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne	3	5	12	20
	Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne	–	–	–	–
	Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield	83	44	85	212
Western Australia	PathWest Virology, Perth	–	–	–	–
	Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth	–	–	–	–
	Western Diagnostic Pathology	–	–	–	–
Total		2,823	2,577	3,056	8,456

* The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2009, 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.