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 2011.

Page last updated: 22 August 2011

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Laboratory Serology and Virology Reporting Scheme

There were 11,057 reports received by the Laboratory Virology and Serology Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 January and 31 March 2011 (Tables 4 and 5).

Table 4: Laboratory Virology and Serology reports, 1 January to 31 March 2011 and total reports for the year,* by state or territory

  State or territory        
  ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA This period 2011 This period 2010 Year to date 2011 Year to date 2010
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus
11
5
1
17
8
17
8
Mumps virus
2
1
1
1
5
6
5
6
Rubella virus
4
4
9
4
9
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus
1
3
1
1
2
8
16
8
16
Hepatitis D virus
1
1
2
4
2
4
Hepatitis E virus
1
1
1
1
1
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
3
12
113
404
4
42
578
354
578
354
Barmah Forest virus
10
67
44
6
127
69
127
69
Alphavirus (unspecified)
1
1
2
2
Dengue type 1
5
37
42
42
Dengue type 2
16
16
16
Dengue type 3
2
28
30
30
Dengue type 4
1
10
11
11
Dengue not typed
10
111
121
121
Flavivirus (unspecified)
6
28
5
39
59
39
59
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 40
2
2
2
Adenovirus type 41
17
17
17
Adenovirus not typed/pending
2
94
10
109
258
1
2
62
538
226
538
226
Herpesviruses
Herpes virus type 6
2
1
3
1
3
1
Cytomegalovirus
73
108
98
3
6
288
394
288
394
Varicella-zoster virus
2
62
483
161
1
21
96
826
815
826
815
Epstein-Barr virus
16
32
302
152
1
6
119
628
866
628
866
Other DNA viruses
Molluscum contagiosum
14
14
14
Parvovirus
1
28
16
1
16
6
68
73
68
73
Picornavirus family
Rhinovirus (all types)
2
114
409
21
546
61
546
61
Enterovirus type 71 (BCR)
1
1
1
Enterovirus not typed/pending
35
1
1
6
43
25
43
25
Picornavirus not typed
7
1
39
47
2
47
2
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
6
40
8
132
99
11
38
334
149
334
149
Influenza A virus H3N2
56
1
28
85
85
Influenza B virus
8
4
21
28
3
12
76
25
76
25
Parainfluenza virus type 1
5
1
1
1
8
70
8
70
Parainfluenza virus type 2
3
2
7
12
18
12
18
Parainfluenza virus type 3
30
2
16
61
46
155
34
155
34
Respiratory syncytial virus
103
4
113
31
33
284
265
284
265
Paramyxovirus (unspecified)
10
10
10
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1
1
10
11
17
11
17
Rotavirus
14
7
11
32
18
32
18
Calicivirus
105
105
105
Norwalk agent
2
30
111
143
305
143
305
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
5
357
4
1,644
532
17
4
451
3,014
3,145
3,014
3,145
Chlamydia pneumoniae
2
2
29
2
29
Chlamydia psittaci
1
13
14
8
14
8
Chlamydia spp typing pending
15
15
6
15
6
Chlamydia species
1
1
1
1
1
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
13
7
80
138
2
44
64
348
276
348
276
Mycoplasma hominis
4
4
4
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
1
7
9
5
6
1
29
51
29
51
Rickettsia prowazeki
1
1
1
1
1
Orientia tsutsuganushi
1
1
2
2
Rickettsia - spotted fever group
8
15
4
2
4
33
16
33
16
Rickettsia spp - other
1
1
3
1
6
6
Streptococcus group A
11
131
25
167
176
167
176
Brucella species
20
20
3
20
3
Bordetella pertussis
4
96
676
663
1
111
100
1,651
1,573
1,651
1,573
Legionella pneumophila
1
2
1
5
1
1
2
4
17
4
17
4
Legionella longbeachae
1
4
5
5
5
5
Legionella species
1
4
9
1
3
18
10
18
10
Cryptococcus species
2
5
7
15
7
15
Leptospira species
1
30
3
1
35
15
35
15
Treponema pallidum
1
48
2
194
83
30
15
373
528
373
528
Entamoeba histolytica
1
1
3
1
3
Toxoplasma gondii
3
1
4
2
1
1
12
5
12
5
Echinococcus granulosus
3
3
1
3
1
Total
27
1,243
169
4,349
3,345
36
327
1,561
11,057
9,761
11,057
9,761

* Data presented are for reports with report dates in the current period.

† State or territory of postcode, if reported, otherwise state or territory of reporting laboratory.

– No data received this period.

Table 5: Laboratory Virology and Serology reports, 1 January to 31 March 2011,* by laboratory

State or territory
Laboratory
January 2011 February 2011 March 2011 Total
Australian Capital Territory
The Canberra Hospital
New South Wales
Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead
141
258
276
675
  New Children’s Hospital, Westmead
48
53
76
177
  Repatriation General Hospital, Concord
  Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
  South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool
37
24
62
123
Queensland
Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End
1,785
1,834
1,039
4,658
Townsville General Hospital
South Australia
Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide
1,734
1,603
3,337
Tasmania
Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston
14
10
4
28
Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart
Victoria
Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory
43
1
44
Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne
107
38
3
148
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory
68
64
132
Western Australia
PathWest Virology, Perth
742
793
27
1,562
Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth
Western Diagnostic Pathology
43
57
73
173
Total
 
4,762
4,671
1,624
11,057

* The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2011, 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.