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	Vol 16 no 51
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Routine data

Respiratory tract infections, England and Wales, laboratory reports 2006:

 

This report is comprised of the following five routine data tables:

• Table 1 Reports of influenza infection made to CDSC, by week of report
• Table 2 Respiratory viral detections by any method (culture, direct immunofluorescence, PCR, four-fold rise in paired sera, single high serology titre, genomic, electron microscopy, other method, other method unknown), by week of report
• Table 3 Respiratory viral detections by age group: weeks
• Table 4 Laboratory reports of infections associated with atypical pneumonia, by week of report
• Table 5a Reports of legionnaires' disease (pneumonic and non-pneumonic*) cases in England and Wales, by week of report
• Table 5b Reports of Legionnaire's disease (pneumonic and non-pneumonic) cases by Region of Report in England and Wales: by week of report
  

Weeks/year:	48-52/05	01-04/06	05-08/06	09-13/06	14-17/06	18-21/06
CDR issue:	Vol 16, No. 1	Vol 16, No. 5	Vol 16, No. 9	Vol 16, No. 14	Vol 16, No. 18	Vol 16, No. 22
Weeks:	22-26/06	27-30/06	31-34/06	35-39/06	40-43/06	44-48/06
CDR issue:	Vol 16, No. 27	Vol 16, No. 31	Vol 16, No. 35	Vol 16, No. 40	Vol 16, No. 44	Vol 16, No. 49

 

Respiratory Reports:

• Surveillance of influenza and other respiratory viruses in the United Kingdom: October 2004 to May 2005
  
  

  Summary

  Influenza activity remained low in the United Kingdom (UK) throughout the 2004/05 season. Clinical activity increased slowly and peaked late in the season (January to March) in comparison with the early peak in clinical activity observed in 2003/04. In England, Scotland, and Wales rates for influenza and influenza-like illness remained close to or below baseline levels and Northern Ireland, where thresholds are not used, recorded a peak in clinical activity below that of last season. Virological activity remained at low levels in England and Wales, with influenza A/Wellington/01/2004 (H3N2)-like viruses identified as the dominant circulating strain. Detections of influenza B occurred late in the season representing 15% of detections characterised by the Health Protection Agency Virus Reference Division this season and detections of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) were at similar levels to 2003/04.

  Internationally the most significant events in the season were the continuing spread of poultry outbreaks of avian influenza A (H5N1) in Asian countries, associated with sporadic cases/small clusters of human infections.

  
  
  Published 29 June 2006, Volume 16 Number 27 (PDF file 530 KB)