Laboratory reports of respiratory infections made to CIDSC from PHE and NHS laboratories in England and Wales: weeks 36 to 39
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 36 | Week 37 | Week 38 | Week 39 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week ending | 07/09/2014 | 14/09/2014 | 21/09/2014 | 28/09/2014 | |
| Influenza A | 3 | 5 | – | 4 | 12 |
| Isolation | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| DIF * | – | – | – | – | – |
| PCR | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | 5 |
| Other † | 2 | 2 | – | 2 | 6 |
| Influenza B | 1 | 2 | – | – | 3 |
| Isolation | – | – | – | – | – |
| DIF * | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| PCR | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| Other † | – | – | – | – | – |
* 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 36 | Week 37 | Week 38 | Week 39 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week ending | 07/09/2014 | 14/09/2014 | 21/09/2014 | 28/09/2014 | |
| Adenovirus* | 22 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 76 |
| Coronavirus | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | 6 |
| Parainfluenza† | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 52 |
| Rhinovirus | 74 | 107 | 87 | 174 | 442 |
| RSV | 7 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 40 |
* Respiratory samples only. † Includes parainfluenza types 1, 2, 3, 4 and untyped.
3. Table 3. Respiratory viral detections by age group: weeks 23 to 26, 2014
| Age group (years) | <1 year | 1-4 years | 5-14 years | 15-44 years | 45-64 years | ≥65 years | Unknown | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adenovirus* | 14 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 6 | – | 76 | |
| Coronavirus | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | 6 |
| Influenza A | – | 1 | – | 9 | 2 | 1 | – | 13 |
| Influenza B | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 3 |
| Parainfluenza† | 16 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 9 | – | 52 |
| Rhinovirus | 144 | 94 | 48 | 82 | 44 | 29 | 1 | 442 |
| RSV | 22 | 9 | – | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 40 |
* 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 36 | Week 37 | Week 38 | Week 39 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week ending | 07/09/2014 | 14/09/2014 | 21/09/2014 | 28/09/2014 | |
| Coxiella burnettii | – | – | – | – | – |
| Respiratory Chlamydia sp.* | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Mycoplasma pneumoniae | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 23 |
| Legionella sp. | 7 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
* Includes Chlamydia psittaci, Chlamydia pneumoniae, and Chlamydia sp detected from blood, serum, and respiratory specimens.
5. Table 5 Reports of Legionnaires Disease cases in England and Wales, by week of report
| Week | Week 36 | Week 37 | Week 38 | Week 39 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week ending | 07/09/2014 | 14/09/2014 | 21/09/2014 | 28/09/2014 | |
| Nosocomial | – | – | – | – | – |
| Community | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| Travel abroad | 1 | 4(1*) | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| Travel UK | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Total | 7 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
| Male | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 27 |
| Female | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
* Non-pneumonic case.
Thirty-eight cases were reported with pneumonia and one case was reported with non-pneumonic infection. Twenty-seven males aged 42 - 83 years and twelve females aged 50 - 75 years. Fourteen cases had community-acquired infection. One death was reported in a 75 year-old female.
Twenty-five cases were reported with travel association: Belgium (1), Belgium/France/Italy (1), Egypt (1), Greece/United Kingdom (1), Italy (2), Morocco (1), Spain (3), Turkey (4), United Arab Emirates (3) and United Kingdom (8).
6. Table 6. Reports of Legionnaires Disease cases in England and Wales, by PHE Centre: weeks 36 to 39, 2014
| Region/Country | Nosocomial | Community | Travel Abroad | Travel UK | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North of England | |||||
| North East | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cheshire & Merseyside | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
| Greater Manchester | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cumbria & Lancashire | – | – | – | – | – |
| Yorkshire & the Humber | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| South of England | |||||
| Devon, Cornwall & Somerset | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Avon, Gloucestershire & Wiltshire | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| Wessex | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Thames Valley | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sussex, Surrey & Kent | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Midlands & East of England | |||||
| East Midlands | – | 2 | 5 | – | 7 |
| South Midlands & Hertfordshire | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Anglia & Essex | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| West Midlands | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 |
| London Integrated Region | |||||
| London | – | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| Public Health Wales | |||||
| Mid & West Wales | – | – | – | – | – |
| North Wales | – | – | – | – | – |
| South East Wales | – | – | 1(1*) | 1 | 2 |
| Miscellaneous | |||||
| Other | – | – | – | – | – |
| Not known | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | – | 14 | 17 | 8 | 39 |
* Non-pneumonic case.
This report was published in Health Protection Report volume 8 issue 38