Communicable Diseases Surveillance: Tables - LabVISE

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 27, No 4, December 2003 contains laboratory reports from LabVISE for the periond 1 July to 30 September 2003.

Page last updated: 03 December 2003

There were 6,830 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 July to 30 September 2003 (Tables 4 and 5).

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Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory1 for the reporting period 1 July to 30 September 2003, and total reports for the year2


  State or territory This period 2003 This period 2002 Year to date 20033 Year to date 2002
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus
-
4
1
1
1
-
1
-
8
6
48
15
Rubella virus
-
1
-
2
1
-
2
1
7
31
19
80
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus
-
-
-
4
3
-
2
19
28
15
64
54
Hepatitis D virus
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
1
7
3
15
6
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
-
4
-
51
4
-
1
11
71
29
1,183
377
Barmah Forest virus
-
5
-
27
-
-
1
1
34
42
375
171
Dengue type 1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
4
1
Dengue type 2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
2
1
Dengue not typed
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
5
11
27
155
Flavivirus (unspecified)
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
4
9
108
37
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 1
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
4
-
Adenovirus type 7
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
1
-
1
5
Adenovirus type 40
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
8
9
28
30
Adenovirus not typed/pending
-
60
-
31
121
-
10
30
252
322
704
691
Herpes viruses
Herpes virus type 6
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
2
-
5
-
Cytomegalovirus
8
51
1
23
66
1
9
1
160
311
670
849
Varicella-zoster virus
3
41
4
222
74
-
23
89
456
438
1,249
1,334
Epstein-Barr virus
-
12
21
172
190
1
8
59
463
433
1,302
1,316
Other DNA viruses
Molluscum contagiosum
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
6
11
18
Contagious pustular dermatitis (Orf virus)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
2
3
2
Poxvirus group not typed
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
1
2
5
Parvovirus
-
1
-
16
1
-
22
21
61
77
166
251
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus A9
-
9
-
-
1
-
-
-
10
1
21
2
Coxsackievirus A16
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
5
3
Echovirus type 4
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
2
-
Echovirus type 6
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
4
8
60
Echovirus type 9
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
2
11
16
Poliovirus type 1 (uncharacterised)
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
8
29
22
Poliovirus type 2 (uncharacterised)
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
4
7
12
Poliovirus type 3 (uncharacterised)
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
2
4
4
Poliovirus not typed/pending
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
1
3
1
Rhinovirus (all types)
1
69
-
-
7
-
-
46
123
156
374
350
Enterovirus not typed/pending
-
4
1
4
1
1
1
18
30
140
117
406
Picornavirus not typed
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
-
6
12
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
-
484
20
159
407
-
95
224
1,389
1,274
1,593
1,664
Influenza B virus
-
3
-
1
21
-
1
7
33
266
92
496
Parainfluenza virus type 1
-
2
-
1
4
-
-
-
7
76
32
259
Parainfluenza virus type 2
-
4
-
1
10
-
-
2
17
24
66
69
Parainfluenza virus type 3
-
51
-
9
77
-
3
51
191
205
388
355
Respiratory syncytial virus
-
297
-
96
275
37
54
86
845
1,665
1,521
2,771
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
1
2
2
10
3
Rotavirus
2
196
-
-
47
2
31
54
332
982
472
1,368
Calicivirus
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
20
23
-
103
8
Norwalk agent
-
-
-
-
-
-
29
-
29
119
70
256
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
5
146
4
370
269
11
13
230
1,048
1,041
3,366
2,920
Chlamydia pneumoniae
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
8
11
15
Chlamydia psittaci
-
1
-
-
-
-
44
-
45
18
87
46
Chlamydia species
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
1
1
3
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
1
68
3
172
108
10
79
17
458
414
890
997
Mycoplasma hominis
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
-
9
2
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
3
5
-
11
23
-
3
2
47
80
140
192
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
2
-
Streptococcus group A
-
1
-
84
-
-
6
-
91
207
362
424
Yersinia enterocolitica
-
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
4
9
8
Brucella species
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
3
1
5
4
Bordetella pertussis
1
18
-
12
39
8
26
1
105
224
358
788
Legionella pneumophila
-
1
-
-
3
-
56
-
60
32
113
78
Legionella longbeachae
1
2
-
-
6
-
8
9
26
26
54
48
Legionella species
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
6
8
10
13
Cryptococcus species
-
-
-
2
6
-
-
-
8
11
20
25
Leptospira hardjo
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
1
-
Leptospira species
-
1
-
5
4
-
-
-
10
2
21
18
Treponema pallidum
-
22
-
127
121
-
-
-
270
409
944
1,099
Entamoeba histolytica
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
3
4
7
10
22
Toxoplasma gondii
-
7
-
2
-
-
2
-
11
8
32
23
Echinococcus granulosus
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
3
5
14
25
Total
25
1,596
59
1,612
1,895
71
549
1,023
6,830
9,183
17,383
20,285

1. State or Territory of postcode, if reported, otherwise State or Territory of reporting laboratory.
2. From January 2000 data presented are for reports with report dates in the current period. Previously reports included all data received in that period.
3. Totals comprise data from all laboratories. Cumulative figures are subject to retrospective revision, so there may be discrepancies between the number of new notifications and the increment in the cumulative figure from the previous period.
– No data received this period.

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Table 5. Virology and serology reports by laboratories for the reporting period 1 July to 30 September 2003*

State or territory
Laboratory
July 2003 August 2003 September 2003 Total this period
Australian Capital Territory The Canberra Hospital
1
-
-
1
New South Wales Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead
155
128
75
358
New Children's Hospital, Westmead
179
305
186
670
Repatriation General Hospital, Concord
-
-
-
0
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
12
-
-
12
South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool
163
252
96
511
Queensland Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End
486
596
607
1,689
Townsville General Hospital
-
-
-
0
South Australia Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide
509
630
755
1,894
Tasmania Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston
20
30
20
70
Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart
-
-
-
0
Victoria Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
44
62
28
134
Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
71
-
25
96
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield
80
131
105
316
Western Australia PathCentre Virology, Perth
360
24
600
984
Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth
-
-
-
0
Western Diagnostic Pathology
33
17
45
95
Total  
2,113
2,175
2,542
6,830

* The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2003, will appear in every report regardless of whether reports were received in this reporting period. Reports are not always received from all laboratories.
- Nil reports


This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 27 No 4, December 2003.

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