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Published on:
5 March 2010

Next update 1 April 2010
Last updated 5 March 2010, Volume 4, No 9 (PDF file 140 kB)

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Laboratory reports of respiratory infections made to CfI from HPA
and
NHS laboratories in England and Wales: weeks 5-8/2010

Data are recorded by week of report, but include only specimens taken in the last eight weeks (ie recent specimens).

Table 1. Reports of influenza infection made to CfI, by week of report: weeks 5-8/2010

Week

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Total

Week ending
7/2/10
14/2/10
21/2/10
28/2/10

Influenza A

22

32

27

15

96

Isolation

2

1

1

-

4

DIF *

5

7

3

3

18

PCR

12

5

8

1

26

Other

3

19

15

11

48

Influenza B

2

1

1

1

5

Isolation

1

1

DIF *

PCR

2

2

Other

-

1

-

1

2

Influenza (untyped)

Isolation

DIF *

PCR

Other

* DIF = Direct immunofluorescence.
† Other = Antibody detection, single high titre or 'method not specified'.



Table 2. Respiratory viral detections by any method (culture, direct immunofluorescence, PCR, single high serology titre, etc), by week of report: weeks 5-8/2010

Week

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Total

Week ending

7/2/10
14/2/10
21/2/10
28/2/10

Adenovirus*

34

33

27

38

132

Coronavirus

7

4

11

Parainfluenza

15

12

13

16

56

Rhinovirus

89

77

81

70

317

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)

282

222

133

139

776

* Respiratory samples only. Excludes diagnoses made by electron microscopy (EM).
† Includes parainfluenza types 1, 2, 3, 4 and untyped
Table 3. Respiratory viral detections by age group: data for weeks 5-8/2010

Age group (years)

<1 year

1-4 years

5-14 years

15-44 years

45-64 years

≥65 years

Un-
known

Total

Adenovirus*

44

47

8

24

7

2

132

Coronavirus

1

5

1

3

1

11

Influenza A

4

6

10

42

31

3

96

Influenza B

3

1

1

5

Parainfluenza

16

15

5

9

8

3

56

Rhinovirus

163

82

21

24

17

9

1

317

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

570

103

14

24

29

22

14

776

* Respiratory samples only.
† Includes parainfluenza types 1, 2, 3, 4 and untyped.
Table 4. Laboratory reports of infections associated with atypical pneumonia,
by week of report: weeks 5-8/2010

Week

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Total

Week ending

7/2/10
14/2/10
21/2/10
28/2/10

Coxiella burnettii

1

1

2

Respiratory Chlamydia sp.*

6

1

3

10

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

6

29

15

16

66

Legionella sp.

4

8

5

6

23

* Includes Chlamydia psittaci, Chlamydia pneumoniae, and Chlamydia sp detected from blood, serum, and respiratory specimens.


Table 5a. Reports of Legionnaires' disease cases in England and Wales,
by week of report: weeks 5-8/2010

Week

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Total

Week ending
7/2/10
14/2/10
21/2/10
28/2/10

Nosocomial

0

Community

3(2*)

6(2*)

3

5

17

Travel abroad

1(1**)

1

2

1(1*)

5

Travel UK

1

1

Total

4

8

5

6

23

Male

2

7

4

4

17

Female

2

1

1

2

6

* Onset of symptoms in 2009.
** Non-pneumonic case(s).

Twenty-two cases were reported with pneumonia and one was reported with non-pneumonic infection; 17 males aged 43-86yrs and six females aged 42-89yrs. Seventeen cases had community acquired infection. There was one death in a male aged 78yrs who had onset of symptoms in 2009. A further four cases also had onset of symptoms in 2009.

Six cases were travel associated: Barbados (1), Egypt/United Kingdom (1), Spain (1), United Arab Emirates (2) and United Kingdom (1).

 

Table 5b Reports of Legionnaires' disease cases by region of report in England and Wales:
weeks 5-8/2010

Region/country

Nosocomial

Community

Travel abroad

Travel UK

Total

North East

1

1

Yorks & Humber

1

1(1*)

1

3

East Midlands

2

1

3

East of England

2(1**)

2

London

4(1**)

4

South East

2

2

South West

2

1

3

West Midlands

1(1**)

1(1**)

2

North West

1(1**)

1

Wales

2

2

Other

Total

17

5

1

23

* Non-pneumonic case(s).
** Onset of symptoms in 2009.