Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables: LabVISE and ASPREN

This page contains data from the Laboratory Serology and Virology Reporting Scheme and the Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (ASPREN) for the period 26 February to 25 March 1998.

Page last updated: 16 April 1998

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There were 1,047 reports received in the CDI Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) this four week period, 26 February to 25 March (Tables 4 and 5). Twenty-one laboratories contribute data on the laboratory identification of viruses and other organisms. Data are collated and published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence every four weeks. These data should be interpreted with caution as the number and type of reports received is subject to a number of biases. For further information, see Commun Dis Intell 1998;22:8.

The Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (ASPREN) data for weeks 9 to 12 ending 29 March 1998 are included in this issue of CDI (Table 6). ASPREN currently comprises about 100 general practitioners from throughout the country. Up to 9,000 consultations are reported each week, with special attention to 12 conditions chosen for sentinel surveillance. CDI reports the consultation rates for all of these. For further information, including case definitions, see Commun Dis Intell 1998;22:5-6.

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Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory1 for the reporting period 26 February to 25 March 1998, and total reports for the year

  State or Territory1  
  ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Total this period Total reported in CDI in 1998
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus
9
1
10
30
Mumps virus
1
1
9
Rubella virus
1
6
4
11
35
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus
4
4
38
1
9
56
115
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
1
12
85
2
22
122
348
Barmah Forest virus
2
2
10
Dengue not typed
1
1
6
Kunjin virus
1
1
1
Flavivirus (unspecified)
5
5
23
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus not typed/pending
12
1
5
1
19
163
Herpes viruses
Herpes virus type 6
1
1
2
Cytomegalovirus
7
26
1
19
4
57
267
Varicella-zoster virus
13
24
16
12
65
360
Epstein-Barr virus
6
9
33
8
53
109
494
Other DNA viruses
Parvovirus
2
5
7
42
Picornavirus family
Echovirus type 9
1
1
1
Echovirus type 11
5
5
8
Poliovirus type 2 (uncharacterised)
1
1
1
Rhinovirus (all types)
9
2
5
16
136
Enterovirus not typed/pending
3
5
1
7
16
95
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
1
2
3
121
Influenza B virus
3
3
45
Parainfluenza virus type 1
7
1
13
21
53
Parainfluenza virus type 3
1
2
13
16
154
Respiratory syncytial virus
5
4
3
2
14
218
Other RNA viruses
Rotavirus
5
5
90
Astrovirus
5
5
8
Norwalk agent
4
4
17
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
22
89
59
1
108
279
1,030
Chlamydia species
7
7
9
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
8
3
45
33
5
94
470
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
7
1
2
10
25
Bordetella pertussis
1
1
32
32
13
79
509
Total
119
120
373
1
164
270
1,047
4,896

1. State or Territory of postcode, if reported, otherwise State or Territory of reporting laboratory.


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Table 5. Virology and serology laboratory reports by contributing laboratories for the reporting period 26 February to 25 March 1998

State or Territory Laboratory Reports
New South Wales Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead New Children's Hospital, Westmead Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
54
26
20
Queensland Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End
397
Victoria Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield
65
38
64
Western Australia PathCentre Virology, Perth Western Diagnostic Pathology
137
246
Total  
1,047

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Table 6. Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network reports, weeks 9 to 12, 1998

Week number
 9 10 11 12
Week ending on
 8 March 1998 15 March 1998 22 March 1998 29 March 1998
Doctors reporting
 51 55 53 49
Total consultations
 6,831 7,018 7,298 6,609
Condition
 Reports Rate per 1,000 consultations Reports Rate per 1,000 consultations Reports Rate per 1,000 consultations Reports Rate per 1,000 consultations
Influenza
13
1.9
14
2.0
11
1.5
10
1.5
Rubella
1
0.1
3
0.4
2
0.3
0
0.0
Measles
1
0.1
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
Chickenpox
5
0.7
3
0.4
7
1.0
5
0.8
Pertussis
3
0.4
1
0.1
1
0.1
3
0.5
HIV testing (patient initiated)
14
2.0
8
1.1
15
2.1
9
1.4
HIV testing (doctor initiated)
6
0.9
7
1.0
4
0.5
4
0.6
Td (ADT) vaccine
48
7.0
58
8.3
55
7.5
46
7.0
Pertussis vaccination
44
6.4
36
5.1
39
5.3
41
6.2
Reaction to pertussis vaccine
3
0.4
0
0.0
2
0.3
0
0.0
Ross River virus infection
0
0.0
1
0.1
0
0.0
0
0.0
Gastroenteritis
99
14.5
90
12.8
94
12.9
87
13.2


These tables were published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Vol 22 No 4, 16 April 1998.

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