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There were 5,935 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 July to 30 September 2006 (Tables 4 and 5).

Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by state or territory^* for the reporting period 1 July to 30 September 2006, and total reports for the year^†

	State or territory								This period 2006	This period 2005	Year to date 2006	Year to date 2005
	ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas	Vic	WA
Measles, mumps, rubella
Mealses virus	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	2	1	54	4
Mumps virus	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	7	25	25
Rubella virus	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	1	5	4	13	11
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus	-	1	1	4	-	-	-	2	8	21	24	38
Hepatitis D virus	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	6	5	12
Hepatitis E virus	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	5	11
Arboviruses
Ross River virus	-	2	8	18	8	-	-	8	44	51	1,021	333
Barmah Forest virus	-	-	-	11	26	-	-	-	37	28	266	158
Flavivirus (unspecified)	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	-	4	9	43	29
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	5	3	6
Adenovirus not typed/pending	2	116	-	14	56	-	42	-	230	213	490	498
Herpes viruses
Cytomegalovirus	-	65	1	17	102	2	30	3	220	318	738	729
Varicella-zoster virus	1	40	-	134	98	5	9	-	287	381	897	1,111
Epstein-Barr virus	-	2	26	89	123	1	1	123	365	562	1,183	1,543
Other DNA viruses
Molluscum contagiosum	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-
Poxvirus group not typed	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	1	2	2
Parvovirus	-	2	-	34	19	-	6	-	61	44	149	123
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus A9	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	11	2
Echovirus type 3	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-
Echovirus type 8	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
Echovirus type 18	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	13
Rhinovirus (all types)	-	95	-	-	2	1	1	1	100	75	142	246
Enterovirus not typed/pending	-	8	-	1	-	2	7	-	18	76	94	141
Picornavirus not typed	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	2	1
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus	2	58	-	61	24	4	79	-	228	527	300	647
Influenza A virus H3N2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	2
Influenza B virus	-	33	-	14	68	-	7	-	122	148	166	230
Parainfluenza virus type 1	-	1	-	-	14	-	1	-	16	17	74	46
Parainfluenza virus type 2	-	3	-	-	2	-	-	-	5	13	12	46
Parainfluenza virus type 3	1	44	-	11	18	-	15	-	89	175	114	274
Respiratory syncytial virus	-	536	-	65	298	20	267	-	1,186	718	1,747	1,550
Other RNA viruses
Rotavirus	3	366	-	-	184	47	137	1	738	760	869	999
Norwalk agent	-	18	-	-	-	-	411	-	429	68	1,110	163
Other pathogens
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed	3	279	-	307	341	5	6	-	941	1,239	3,412	3,778
Chlamydia pneumoniae	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	1	6
Chlamydia psittaci	-	2	-	-	-	-	15	-	17	8	43	38
Chlamydia species	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-
Mycoplasma pneumoniae	-	7	2	99	109	4	39	34	294	425	901	927
Mycoplasma hominis	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	2	20	4
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)	-	3	-	6	8	1	5	-	23	34	93	121
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	27	23	46
Rickettsia - spotted fever group	-	-	-	-	18	1	-	-	19	81	85	178
Streptococcus group A	-	-	-	65	-	-	-	-	65	189	329	431
Yersinia enterocolitica	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	5	6
Brucella species	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	5	9
Bordetella pertussis	1	15	-	38	498	-	-	-	552	416	1,224	1,167
Legionella pneumophila	-	1	-	-	5	-	-	-	6	3	25	17
Legionella longbeachae	-	-	-	-	4	-	1	-	5	18	15	37
Cryptococcus species	-	1	-	1	2	-	-	-	4	4	19	29
Leptospira species	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	5	7	16	23
Treponema pallidum	-	56	1	61	74	-	1	-	193	254	688	835
Entamoeba histolytica	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	4	1	12
Toxoplasma gondii	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	11	36	31
Total	13	1,780	39	1,061	2,107	94	1,093	173	6,360	6,965	16,509	16,688

* 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.

Top of pageTable 5. Virology and serology reports by laboratories for the reporting period 1 July to 30 September 2006^*

State or territory	Laboratory	July 2006	August 2006	September 2006	Total this period
Australian Captial Territory	The Canberra Hospital	–	–	–	–
New South Wales	Institute of Clinical Pathology & Medical Research, Westmead	129	172	152	453
	New Children's Hospital, Westmead	262	202	148	612
	Repatriation General Hospital, Concord	–	–	–	–
	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown	45	36	44	125
	South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool	209	194	176	579
Queensland	Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End	277	420	404	1,101
	Townsville General Hospital	–	–	–	–
South Australia	Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide	2,105	–	–	2,105
Tasmania	Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston	32	39	23	94
	Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart	–	–	–	–
Victoria	Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne	67	70	23	160
	Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne	139	170	127	436
	Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield	243	88	158	489
Western Australia	PathCentre Virology, Perth	–	–	–	–
	Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth	–	–	–	–
	Western Diagnostic Pathology	35	101	70	206
Total		3,543	1,492	1,325	6,360

* The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2006, 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 Volume 30, No 4, December 2006.