VIDRL Fortnightly Surveillance Bulletin

fortnight ending 27.12.00

Total

Isolation

PCR

Antigen Detection by IF

Other Antigen Detection

Serology

Positives last 2/52

Comments

Arboviruses

Barmah Forest Virus

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Flavivirus Gp B

1

-

-

-

-

1

1

-

Ross River

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

Enteric Pathogens

Adenovirus

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

Astrovirus

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

C. jejuni
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Campylobacter spp.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cryptosporidium
1
-
-
-
1*
-
-
*by microscopy
Dientamoeba fragilis
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Norwalk

16

-

13

-

3*

-

1

*by EM

Rotavirus

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Salmonella

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-
Shigella sonnei
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
Shigella flexneri
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Yersinia enterocolitica

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total

Isolation

PCR

Antigen Detection by IF

Other Antigen Detection

Serology

Positives last 2/52

Comments

Enteroviruses

Coxsackie A

2

2*

-

-

-

-

1

*CA16

Coxsackie B
10
10*
-
-
-
-
7
* 2x CB1, 7x CB4, 1x CB5

ECHO

2

2*

-

-

-

-

1

*ECHO 30

Entero

9

4*

5

-

-

18

-

* 3 from CSF

Eye Infections

Adenovirus

7

4

3

-

-

-

4

-

Herpes simplex

4

-

4

-

-

-

3

-

VZV

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total

Isolation

PCR

Antigen Detection by IF

Other Antigen Detection

Serology

Positives last 2/52

Comments

Hepatitis Viruses

A acute

1

-

-

-

-

1

1

-

B new

6

-

-

-

-

6

6

-

C new
45
-
-
-
-
45
83
-
D new
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

E new

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Herpes viruses (non-genital)

CMV

6

2

4

-

-

-

23

-

EBV

3

-

-

-

-

3

7

-

HSV (neurological)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

VZV

9

-

8

-

-

1

13

-
                 

Total

Isolation

PCR

Antigen Detection by IF

Other Antigen Detection

Serology

Positives last 2/52

Comments

Parasites

Cyclospora cayatanensis
-
-
-
-
-
-
1

-
Echinococcus granulosis
1
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
Encephalitozoon intestinalis
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Entamoeba histolytica

2

-

-

-

2*

-

-

* by microscopy

Giardia lamblia

2

-

-

-

2*

-

-

* by microscopy

Hymenolepis nana
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Malaria

8

-

-

-

8*

-

4

* by microscopy P.vivax x6,
P.falciparum x2
Pleisomonas shigelloides
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Schistosoma

-

-

-

-

-

-

6

-

Strongyloides

11

-

-

-

-

11

3

-

Taenia soleum
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

-
Toxoplasma
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

-

Trichuris trichuria

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Trypanosoma cruzi

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total

Isolation

PCR

Antigen Detection by IF

Other Antigen Detection

Serology

Positives last 2/52

Comments

Respiratory Pathogens

Adenovirus

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Influenza A

4

1

-

-

-

3

1

-

Influenza B

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

Legionella

14

3

-

-

7*

4

14

*urinary antigen

M. tuberculosis

11

11

-

-

-

-

6

-

M.abscessus
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
M. bovis BCG
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

M. kansasii

2

2

-

-

-

-

-

-
M. marinum
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
M. xenopi
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Mycoplasma
9
-
-
-
-
9
5
-
Parainfluenza
3
-
-
3*
-
-
1
* type 3
Pertussis
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Psittacosis
13
-
-
-
-
13
8
-
Rhinovirus
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
-

RSV

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total

Isolation

PCR

Antigen Detection by IF

Other Antigen Detection

Serology

Positives last 2/52

Comments

Skin Lesions

Herpes simplex
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

M. ulcerans

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Molluscum contagiosum

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Uro-genital Pathogens

Adenovirus

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Chlamydia

4

-

-

-

4*

-

4

* DNA probe

Herpes simplex

36

-

36

-

-

-

24

-
N. gonorrhoeae
12
8
4
-
-
-
7
4x urethral,
6x rectal
1x throat,
1x urine
N. meningitidis
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Syphilis
16
-
-
-
-
16*
9
* 4 new positives

VZV

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total

Isolation

PCR

Antigen Detection by IF

Other Antigen Detection

Serology

Positives last 2/52

Comments

Vaccine Preventable Diseases & Rashes

Measles

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Mumps

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Papova
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Parvovirus
2
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
Pertussis
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Rickettsia
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
Rubella
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-

Zoonoses

Brucella abortus

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Q fever

6

-

-

-

-

6

2

-