Detection of gastroenteritis viruses from faecal specimens in 2020
| Month | Number of specimen tested | Norovirus | Rotavirus | Astrovirus | Sapovirus | Enteric adenovirus | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||
| January | 980 | 120 | 12.24% | 52 | 5.31% | 23 | 2.35% | 13 | 1.33% | 6 | 0.61% |
| February | 691 | 37 | 5.35% | 11 | 1.59% | 6 | 0.87% | 8 | 1.16% | 0 | 0.00% |
| March | 789 | 8 | 1.01% | 5 | 0.63% | 4 | 0.51% | 2 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% |
| April | 684 | 10 | 1.46% | 3 | 0.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
| May | 872 | 10 | 1.15% | 4 | 0.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.23% | 0 | 0.00% |
| June | 1082 | 13 | 1.20% | 3 | 0.28% | 1 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
| July | 990 | 4 | 0.40% | 1 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.10% |
| August | 869 | 3 | 0.35% | 4 | 0.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
| September | 869 | 6 | 0.69% | 1 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
| October | 835 | 10 | 1.20% | 2 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
| November | 766 | 7 | 0.91% | 6 | 0.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
| December | 776 | 17 | 2.19% | 3 | 0.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% |
Remark: Multiple specimens may have been received from the same patient.
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