Laboratory Serology and Virology Reporting Scheme

There were 7,637 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 January to 31 March 2008 (Tables 4 and 5).

Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by state or territory* for the reporting period 1 January to 31 March 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	–	7	1	–	2	–	3	–	13	6	13	6
Mumps virus	–	–	2	3	6	–	5	2	18	9	18	9
Rubella virus	–	–	–	4	–	–	1	–	5	8	5	8
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus	–	3	1	10	6	–	–	1	21	10	21	10
Hepatitis D virus	–	–	–	1	5	–	1	–	7	7	7	7
Hepatitis E virus	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	1
Arboviruses
Barmah Forest virus	–	14	–	223	11	1	1	–	250	139	250	139
Flavivirus (unspecified)	–	–	–	29	–	–	1	–	30	25	30	25
Ross River virus	–	31	20	675	42	4	2	18	792	301	792	301
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus not typed/pending	–	73	–	70	182	2	17	1	345	180	345	180
Herpes viruses
Cytomegalovirus	–	44	1	175	142	–	3	–	365	287	365	287
Epstein-Barr virus	–	4	40	305	138	2	13	149	651	677	651	677
Varicella-zoster virus	2	132	–	442	153	–	27	–	756	697	756	697
Other DNA viruses
Parvovirus	–	4	1	63	2	–	7	–	77	92	77	92
Picornavirus family
Enterovirus not typed/pending	2	40	–	14	23	–	2	–	81	27	81	27
Picornavirus not typed	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	1	–
Rhinovirus (all types)	1	28	–	–	–	–	1	–	30	65	30	65
Coxsackievirus A9	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	–
Echovirus type 7	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	–
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus	–	2	2	26	16	–	1	–	47	52	47	52
Influenza B virus	–	1	–	5	13	–	2	–	21	5	21	5
Parainfluenza virus type 1	–	40	–	14	1	–	5	–	60	4	60	4
Parainfluenza virus type 2	–	2	–	6	–	–	2	–	10	5	10	5
Parainfluenza virus type 3	–	1	–	1	2	–	3	–	7	33	7	33
Respiratory syncytial virus	–	94	–	94	10	–	5	–	203	171	203	171
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	3	3	3	3
Norwalk agent	–	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	16	140	16	140
Rotavirus	–	29	–	–	63	3	13	–	108	45	108	45
Other
Chlamydia psittaci	–	–	–	1	–	1	9	–	11	21	11	21
Chlamydia trachomatis - not typed	5	329	2	1,465	524	9	11	2	2,347	2,164	2,347	2,164
Chlamydia species	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	2	–	2	–
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)	3	6	–	42	13	–	11	–	75	28	75	28
Mycoplasma pneumoniae	–	10	10	66	37	5	39	9	176	313	176	313
Mycoplasma hominis	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	2	3
Orientia tsutsuganushi	–	–	1	–	2	–	–	–	3	3	3	3
Rickettsia - spotted fever group	–	4	–	2	1	1	3	–	11	3	11	3
Streptococcus group A	–	7	40	193	–	–	31	–	271	232	271	232
Bordetella pertussis	–	10	1	110	63	–	11	–	195	180	195	180
Brucella species	–	–	–	8	–	–	–	–	8	1	8	1
Legionella longbeachae	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	2	3	2	3
Legionella pneumophila	–	4	–	–	–	–	1	–	5	4	5	4
Yersinia enterocolitica	–	4	–	1	–	–	–	–	5	1	5	1
Cryptococcus species	–	2	–	3	2	–	–	–	7	9	7	9
Leptospira species	–	–	–	29	1	–	–	–	30	23	30	23
Treponema pallidum	–	61	11	264	221	–	2	1	560	535	560	535
Toxoplasma gondii	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	8	1	8
Echinococcus granulosus	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	6	3	6	3
Total	13	1,007	133	4,344	1,691	31	235	183	7,637	6,523	7,637	6,523

* 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.

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Table 5. Virology and serology reports by laboratories for the reporting period 1 January to 31 March 2008*

State or territory	Laboratory	January 2008	February 2008	March 2008	Total this period
Australian Capital Territory	The Canberra Hospital	–	–	–	–
New South Wales	Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead	160	115	105	380
	New Children's Hospital, Westmead	48	55	58	161
	Repatriation General Hospital, Concord	–	–	–	–
	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown	16	19	33	68
	South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool	31	39	59	129
Queensland	Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End	1,409	1,745	1,559	4,713
	Townsville General Hospital	–	–	–	–
South Australia	Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide	609	596	484	1,689
Tasmania	Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston	10	7	12	29
	Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart	–	–	–	–
Victoria	Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory	16	20	9	45
	Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne	19	12	13	44
	Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne	17	20	16	53
	Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield	58	31	–	89
Western Australia	PathWest Virology, Perth	–	–	–	–
	Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth	–	–	–	–
	Western Diagnostic Pathology	79	77	81	237
Total		2,472	2,736	2,429	7,637

* 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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