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 July to 30 September 2008.

Page last updated: 28 January 2009

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There were 9,524 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 July to 30 September 2008 (Tables 4 and 5).

Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by state or territory* for the reporting period 1 July to 30 September 2008, and total reports for the year

  State or territory This period 2008 This period 2007 Year to date 2008 Year to date 2007
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus
3
3
6
1
30
18
Mumps virus
2
1
2
5
12
39
41
Rubella virus
3
3
12
15
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus
5
4
9
4
44
31
Hepatitis D virus
1
1
2
20
20
Hepatitis E virus
1
1
2
8
1
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
3
1
178
24
1
2
209
59
1,266
887
Barmah Forest virus
4
2
82
17
1
106
34
483
409
Flavivirus (unspecified)
1
12
13
7
55
81
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus not typed/pending
2
80
269
216
16
1
584
177
1,299
893
Herpesviruses
Cytomegalovirus
1
62
172
111
1
3
1
351
121
971
945
Varicella-zoster virus
6
134
528
186
5
13
1
873
267
2,195
2,125
Epstein-Barr virus
19
13
316
233
7
1
29
618
230
1,837
1,965
Other DNA viruses
Parvovirus
3
67
6
8
84
49
207
289
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus A9
3
3
4
Coxsackievirus A16
4
4
4
Echovirus type 11
5
5
10
Rhinovirus (all types)
45
2
47
38
138
245
Enterovirus not typed/pending
7
10
4
1
22
10
122
128
Picornavirus not typed
1
1
2
3
9
7
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
4
106
2
292
79
2
20
505
264
643
2,227
Influenza B virus
6
152
1
333
240
6
38
776
39
867
131
Parainfluenza virus type 1
2
5
20
5
32
11
181
39
Parainfluenza virus type 2
1
3
1
5
2
25
59
Parainfluenza virus type 3
60
70
35
9
174
131
198
373
Respiratory syncytial virus
1
232
163
355
23
71
2
847
284
1,791
2,063
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1
24
24
1
42
12
Rotavirus
37
34
2
5
78
111
275
366
Norwalk agent
42
4
46
219
74
767
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
32
291
1,301
545
19
8
2
2,198
692
6,594
6,326
Chlamydia pneumoniae
1
1
2
1
Chlamydia psittaci
1
2
1
1
19
24
1
79
39
Chlamydia species
1
1
3
2
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
13
6
129
75
5
74
3
305
120
729
989
Mycoplasma hominis
3
3
2
7
7
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
3
5
18
18
9
53
25
205
183
Rickettsia - spotted fever group
2
1
1
4
2
10
9
100
98
Streptococcus group A
10
48
260
318
106
768
825
Yersinia enterocolitica
5
5
1
10
7
Brucella species
11
11
3
28
7
Bordetella pertussis
99
2
140
350
1
1
593
67
1,039
666
Legionella pneumophila
1
1
4
12
28
Legionella longbeachae
2
2
4
9
6
Cryptococcus species
1
5
3
9
15
24
42
Leptospira species
1
14
1
16
9
70
52
Treponema pallidum
63
13
268
168
9
521
176
1,629
1,785
Entamoeba histolytica
2
1
1
4
8
6
Toxoplasma gondii
3
3
6
1
12
21
Echinococcus granulosus
4
2
6
1
28
16
Total
56
1,498
93
4,666
2,770
78
322
41
9,524
3,306
24,205
25,243

* 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 July to 30 September 2008*

State or territory
Laboratory
July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 Total this period
Australian Capital Territory The Canberra Hospital
New South Wales Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead
118
125
180
423
  New Children's Hospital, Westmead
140
127
128
395
  Repatriation General Hospital, Concord
0
  Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
38
43
53
134
  South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool
63
75
72
210
Queensland Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End
1,376
1,804
1,992
5,172
  Townsville General Hospital
0
South Australia Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide
829
893
1,040
2,762
Tasmania Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston
27
19
24
70
  Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart
0
Victoria Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory
23
23
  Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
58
52
23
133
  Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
0
  Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield
48
65
41
154
Western Australia PathWest Virology, Perth
0
  Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth
0
  Western Diagnostic Pathology
48
48
Total  
2,768
3,203
3,553
9,524

* The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2008, 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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