Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables (LabVISE)

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 25, No 2, April 2001 contains an analysis and tables of monthly notifiable diseases and laboratory data, and quarterly surveillance reports.

Page last updated: 28 May 2001

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There were 2,499 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 January to 31 March 2001 (Tables 5 and 6).

Table 5. Virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory1 for the reporting period 1 January to 31 March 2001, and total reports for the year2

  State or Territory1 This period 2001 This period 2000 Year to date 20013 Year to date 2000
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus
-
-
-
-
-
-
69
1
70
12
70
12
Mumps virus
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
-
4
23
4
23
Rubella virus
-
2
-
7
-
-
1
-
10
13
10
13
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
5
53
5
53
Hepatitis D virus
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
1
1
1
1
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
-
7
61
107
34
-
17
2
228
573
228
573
Barmah Forest virus
-
3
2
54
-
-
-
-
59
63
59
63
Flavivirus (unspecified)
-
-
-
1
-
-
2
-
3
31
3
31
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 3
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
2
9
2
9
Adenovirus type 7
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
2
2
2
2
Adenovirus type 8
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
-
1
-
Adenovirus type 37
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
2
1
2
Adenovirus not typed/pending
-
17
-
7
42
-
27
5
98
283
98
283
Herpes viruses
Cytomegalovirus
-
15
3
26
67
6
55
4
176
318
176
318
Varicella-zoster virus
2
33
4
90
11
1
102
5
248
424
248
424
Epstein-Barr virus
1
8
4
72
65
3
33
21
207
543
207
543
Other DNA viruses
Parvovirus
-
1
-
19
5
-
5
-
30
94
30
94
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus A9
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
1
2
Coxsackievirus B3
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
-
1
-
Coxsackievirus B4
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
-
4
-
4
-
Echovirus type 9
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
3
2
3
Echovirus type 33
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
1
1
Poliovirus type 1 (uncharacterised)
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
3
3
3
Poliovirus type 2 (uncharacterised)
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
2
3
2
Rhinovirus (all types)
2
22
-
2
1
-
1
-
28
96
28
96
Enterovirus type 71 (BCR)
-
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
7
-
Enterovirus not typed/pending
-
13
-
4
-
6
6
-
29
300
29
300
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
2
5
-
1
48
-
1
1
58
196
58
196
Influenza B virus
1
1
-
1
9
-
2
2
16
27
16
27
Parainfluenza virus type 1
-
1
-
-
3
-
-
-
4
50
4
50
Parainfluenza virus type 2
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
1
3
6
3
6
Parainfluenza virus type 3
1
10
-
2
16
-
2
16
47
71
47
71
Respiratory syncytial virus
-
16
-
8
7
4
4
4
43
253
43
253
Other RNA viruses
Rotavirus
1
23
-
-
28
1
19
10
82
131
82
131
Norwalk agent
-
-
-
-
-
-
46
-
46
1
46
1
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
11
121
30
171
69
5
30
5
442
878
442
878
Chlamydia psittaci
-
-
-
-
-
-
12
-
12
25
12
25
Chlamydia species
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
3
1
3
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
-
8
1
60
12
-
19
3
103
149
103
149
Mycoplasma hominis
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
-
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
-
-
-
15
1
-
2
-
18
24
18
24
Streptococcus group A
-
3
13
41
-
-
22
-
79
109
79
109
Yersinia enterocolitica
-
1
-
-
-
-
1
-
2
5
2
5
Bordetella pertussis
-
18
-
33
24
2
63
-
140
165
140
165
Legionella pneumophila
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
3
3
3
3
Cryptococcus species
-
-
-
2
1
-
-
-
3
1
3
1
Leptospira species
-
-
1
2
1
-
-
-
4
9
4
9
Treponema pallidum
-
3
53
70
37
-
-
-
163
130
163
130
Entamoeba histolytica
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
8
1
8
Toxoplasma gondii
-
-
-
-
1
-
3
-
4
4
4
4
Total
21
350
172
801
484
28
563
80
2,499
5,099
2,499
5,099

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.



Table 6. Virology and serology laboratory reports by contributing laboratories for the reporting period 1 January to 31 March 20011

State or Territory
Laboratory
January 2001 February 2001 March 2001 Total this period2
Australian Capital Territory The Canberra Hospital
-
-
-
-
New South Wales Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead
121
99
22
242
New Children's Hospital, Westmead
26
-
-
26
Repatriation General Hospital, Concord
-
-
-
-
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
24
28
5
57
South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool
-
-
-
-
Queensland Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End
525
280
199
1,004
Townsville General Hospital
5
-
-
5
South Australia Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide
484
 
 
484
Tasmania Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston
11
9
1
21
Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart
-
-
-
-
Victoria Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
-
-
-
-
Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
105
84
28
217
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield
156
158
35
349
Western Australia PathCentre Virology, Perth
-
-
-
-
Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth
32
14
8
54
Western Diagnostic Pathology
-
40
-
40
Total  
1,489
712
298
2,499

1. The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2001, will appear in every report regardless of whether reports were received in this reporting period. Reports are not always received from all laboratories.
2. Total reports include both reports for the current period and outstanding reports to date.
- Nil reports


LabVISE is a sentinel reporting scheme. Currently 17 laboratories contribute data on the laboratory identification of viruses and other organisms. This number may change throughout the year. Data are collated and published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence quarterly. 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 2000;24:10.


This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 25, No 2, April 2001.

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