Detection of gastroenteritis viruses from faecal specimens in 2018
| Month | Number of specimen tested | Norovirus | Rotavirus | Astrovirus | Sapovirus | Enteric adenovirus | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||
| January | 1271 | 135 | 10.62% | 348 | 27.38% | 20 | 1.57% | 32 | 2.52% | 17 | 1.34% |
| February | 1134 | 73 | 6.44% | 286 | 25.22% | 12 | 1.06% | 15 | 1.32% | 10 | 0.88% |
| March | 1144 | 84 | 7.34% | 244 | 21.33% | 12 | 1.05% | 12 | 1.05% | 1 | 0.09% |
| April | 1178 | 74 | 6.28% | 94 | 7.98% | 15 | 1.27% | 7 | 0.59% | 12 | 1.02% |
| May | 1188 | 66 | 5.56% | 48 | 4.04% | 16 | 1.35% | 11 | 0.93% | 13 | 1.09% |
| June | 1036 | 35 | 3.38% | 22 | 2.12% | 6 | 0.58% | 8 | 0.77% | 7 | 0.68% |
| July | 1132 | 66 | 5.83% | 45 | 3.98% | 6 | 0.53% | 19 | 1.68% | 15 | 1.33% |
| August | 1223 | 57 | 4.66% | 21 | 1.72% | 7 | 0.57% | 17 | 1.39% | 7 | 0.57% |
| September | 1056 | 67 | 6.34% | 20 | 1.89% | 7 | 0.66% | 21 | 1.99% | 6 | 0.57% |
| October | 1103 | 125 | 11.33% | 11 | 1.00% | 12 | 1.09% | 52 | 4.71% | 7 | 0.63% |
| November | 1073 | 151 | 14.07% | 17 | 1.58% | 14 | 1.30% | 42 | 3.91% | 30 | 2.80% |
| December | 1081 | 164 | 15.17% | 28 | 2.59% | 21 | 1.94% | 25 | 2.31% | 23 | 2.13% |
Remark: Multiple specimens may have been received from the same patient.
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