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 2007.

Page last updated: 20 July 2007

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There were 6,204 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 January to 31 March 2007 (Tables 4 and 5).

Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by state or territory* for the reporting period 1 January to 31 March 2007, and total reports for the year†.

	State or territory								This period 2007	This period 2006	Year to date 2007	Year to date 2006
	ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas	Vic	WA	This period 2007	This period 2006	Year to date 2007	Year to date 2006
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus	–	1	–	2	2	–	1	–	6	11	6	11
Mumps virus	–	2	–	3	1	–	2	–	8	12	8	12
Rubella virus	–	–	1	5	1	–	–	–	7	2	7	2
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus	–	–	–	6	2	1	1	–	10	11	10	11
Hepatitis D virus	–	–	–	1	3	–	2	–	6	2	6	2
Arboviruses
Ross River virus	–	1	26	226	43	–	–	3	299	788	299	788
Barmah Forest virus	–	8	3	113	15	–	1	–	140	144	140	144
Flavivirus (unspecified)	–	–	–	24	–	–	1	–	25	30	25	30
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus not typed/pending	–	62	–	17	60	–	19	–	158	155	158	155
Cytomegalovirus	–	26	–	64	166	1	19	–	276	325	276	325
Herpesviruses
Varicella-zoster virus	4	96	–	429	148	1	12	–	690	352	690	352
Epstein-Barr virus	–	9	21	371	169	3	12	82	667	544	667	544
Other DNA viruses
Poxvirus group not typed	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	1	–
Parvovirus	–	1	1	52	35	–	3	–	92	51	92	51
Picornavirus family
Echovirus type 30	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	11	1	11
Rhinovirus (all types)	–	56	–	–	1	–	1	–	58	17	58	17
Enterovirus not typed/pending	1	13	–	9	2	–	2	–	27	54	27	54
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus	–	5	2	35	3	–	2	–	47	30	47	30
Influenza B virus	–	–	–	1	4	–	–	–	5	6	5	6
Parainfluenza virus type 1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	22	2	22
Parainfluenza virus type 2	–	2	–	3	–	–	–	–	5	1	5	1
Parainfluenza virus type 3	–	15	–	6	1	–	7	–	29	12	30	12
Respiratory syncytial virus	–	45	2	103	3	–	3	–	156	104	157	104
HTLV-1	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	2	4	2	4
Other RNA viruses
Rotavirus	–	13	–	–	19	2	3	–	37	64	38	64
Norwalk agent	1	6	–	–	–	–	35	–	42	190	42	190
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed	1	138	–	1,373	595	7	4	–	2,118	1,475	2,127	1,475
Chlamydia psittaci	–	–	–	1	1	–	14	–	16	10	16	10
Mycoplasma pneumoniae	1	13	3	194	57	3	17	14	302	345	302	345
Mycoplasma hominis	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	10	3	10
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)	–	1	–	18	5	–	–	–	24	47	24	47
Orentia tsutsugamushi	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	2	17
Rickettsia - spotted fever group	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	57	1	57
Streptococcus group A	–	10	3	198	–	1	20	–	232	137	232	137
Yersinia enterocolitica	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	1	3
Brucella species	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	2	1	2
Bordetella pertussis	1	6	–	93	62	–	13	–	175	429	175	429
Legionella pneumophila	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	8	2	8
Cryptococcus species	–	–	–	5	4	–	–	–	9	10	9	10
Leptospira species	–	–	–	23	–	–	–	–	23	7	23	7
Treponema pallidum	–	29	–	279	181	–	–	1	490	275	504	275
Entamoeba histolytica	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	2	–	2	–
Toxoplasma gondii	–	–	–	5	2	–	1	–	8	16	8	16
Echinococcus granulosus	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	2	3	2	3
Total	9	565	63	3,661	1,590	19	197	100	6,204	5,793	6,233	5,793

* 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 January to 31 March 2007*

State or territory	Laboratory	January 2007	February 2007	March 2007	Total this period
Australian Capital Territory	The Canberra Hospital	–	–	–	–
New South Wales	Institute of Clinical Pathology & Medical Research, Westmead	3	56	58	117
	New Children's Hospital, Westmead	63	45	59	167
	Repatriation General Hospital, Concord	–	–	–	–
	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown	18	19	16	53
	South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool	24	7	–	31
Queensland	Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End	1,230	1,324	1,340	3,894
	Townsville General Hospital	–	–	–	–
South Australia	Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide	524	555	508	1,587
Tasmania	Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston	9	6	1	16
	Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart	–	–	–	–
Victoria	Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne	–	–	–	–
	Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne	46	46	15	107
	Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield	45	40	1	86
Western Australia	PathWest Virology, Perth	–	–	–	–
	Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth	–	–	–	–
	Western Diagnostic Pathology	41	2	103	146
Total		2,003	2,100	2,101	6,204

* The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2007, 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 report was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Vol 31 No 2, June 2007.