Laboratory reports of respiratory infections made to CIDSC from PHE and NHS laboratories in England and Wales: weeks 27 to 30, 2014
Updated 26 January 2015
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Data are recorded by week of report, but include only specimens taken in the last eight weeks (ie recent specimens).
1. Table 1. Reports of influenza infection made to CIDSC, by week of report
| Week | Week 27 | Week 28 | Week 29 | Week 30 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week ending | 06/07/2014 | 13/07/2014 | 20/07/2014 | 27/07/2014 | |
| Influenza A | 9 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 29 |
| Isolation | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| DIF * | 1 | – | – | 2 | 3 |
| PCR | 4 | – | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| Other † | 3 | 4 | – | 8 | 15 |
| Influenza B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Isolation | – | – | – | – | – |
| DIF * | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| PCR | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Other † | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 |
* DIF = Direct Immunofluorescence.
† Other = “Antibody detection - single high titre” or “Method not specified”.
2. 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
| Week | Week 27 | Week 28 | Week 29 | Week 30 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week ending | 06/07/2014 | 13/07/2014 | 20/07/2014 | 27/07/2014 | |
| Adenovirus* | 49 | 44 | 44 | 50 | 187 |
| Coronavirus | 7 | – | 1 | – | 8 |
| Parainfluenza† | 60 | 50 | 52 | 39 | 201 |
| Rhinovirus | 125 | 155 | 127 | 149 | 556 |
| RSV | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
* Respiratory samples only.
† Includes parainfluenza types 1, 2, 3, 4 and untyped.
3. Table 3. Respiratory viral detections by age group: weeks 27 to 30, 2014
| Age group (years) | <1 year | 1-4 years | 5-14 years | 15-44 years | 45-64 years | ≥65 years | Unknown | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adenovirus * | 47 | 66 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 1 | – | 187 |
| Coronavirus | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 8 |
| Influenza A | – | 2 | – | 14 | 9 | 3 | – | 28 |
| Influenza B | – | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 7 |
| Parainfluenza † | 60 | 30 | 8 | 30 | 43 | 30 | – | 201 |
| Rhinovirus | 172 | 110 | 60 | 87 | 69 | 58 | – | 556 |
| Respiratory syncytial virus | 13 | 4 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 18 |
* Respiratory samples only.
† Includes parainfluenza types 1, 2, 3, 4 and untyped.
4. Table 4. Laboratory reports of infections associated with atypical pneumonia, by week of report
| Week | Week 27 | Week 28 | Week 29 | Week 30 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week ending | 06/07/2014 | 13/07/2014 | 20/07/2014 | 27/07/2014 | |
| Coxiella burnettii | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Respiratory Chlamydia sp.* | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Mycoplasma pneumoniae | 7 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 38 |
| Legionella sp. | 6 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 35 |
* Includes Chlamydia psittaci, Chlamydia pneumoniae, and Chlamydia sp detected from blood, serum, and respiratory specimens.
5. Table 5. Laboratory reports of Legionnaires Disease cases in England and Wales, by week of report
| Week | Week 27 | Week 28 | Week 29 | Week 30 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week ending | 06/07/2014 | 13/07/2014 | 20/07/2014 | 27/07/2014 | |
| Nosocomial | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
| Community | 3 | 2(1*) | 8 | 6(1 † ) | 19 |
| Travel abroad | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4(1*) | 12 |
| Travel UK | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
| Total | 6 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 35 |
| Male | 4 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 25 |
| Female | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
* Non-pneumonic case.
† Onset in 2013
Thirty-three cases were reported with pneumonia and 2 cases had non-pneumonic infection. Twenty-five males aged 45 to 88 years and 10 females aged 53 to 89 years. Nineteen cases had community-acquired infection and two cases were reported to be associated with hospital infection. Two deaths were reported in a 68 year-old male and a 69 year-old female.
Fourteen cases were reported with travel association: Bulgaria (1), Canada (1), France/Switzerland (1), Greece (1), Italy (2), Jamaica (1), Spain (1), Thailand (1), Turkey (2), United Arab Emirates (1) and United Kingdom (2).
6. Table 6. Laboratory reports of Legionnaires Disease cases in England and Wales, by PHE Centre: weeks 27-30/2014
| Region/Country | Nosocomial | Community | Travel Abroad | Travel UK | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North of England | |||||
| North East | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cheshire & Merseyside | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Greater Manchester | – | 2 | 1 | – | 3 |
| Cumbria & Lancashire | – | – | – | – | – |
| Yorkshire & the Humber | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| South of England | |||||
| Devon, Cornwall & Somerset | – | – | – | – | – |
| Avon, Gloucestershire & Wiltshire | – | – | – | – | – |
| Wessex | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Thames Valley | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| Sussex, Surrey & Kent | – | 1 | 2 | – | 3 |
| Midlands & East of England | |||||
| East Midlands | – | 4 | 2 | – | 6 |
| South Midlands & Hertfordshire | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Anglia & Essex | – | 1(1*) | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| West Midlands | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| London Integrated Region | |||||
| London | 1 | 4(1†) | 2 | – | 7 |
| Public Health Wales | |||||
| Mid & West Wales | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| North Wales | – | – | – | – | – |
| South East Wales | – | – | – | – | – |
| Miscellaneous | |||||
| Other | – | – | – | – | – |
| Not known | – | – | 1(1*) | – | 1 |
| Total | 2 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 35 |
* Non-pneumonic case.
† Onset in 2013
This report was published in Health Protection Report volume 8 issue 30.