Laboratory reports of respiratory infections made to CIDSC from PHE and NHS laboratories in England and Wales: weeks 45 to 48
Updated 26 January 2015
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Data are recorded by week of report, but include only specimens taken in the last 8 weeks (ie recent specimens).
1. Table 1. Reports of influenza infection made to CIDSC, by week of report
| Week | Week 45 | Week 46 | Week 47 | Week 48 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week ending | 9/11/2014 | 16/11/2014 | 23/11/2014 | 30/11/2014 | |
| Influenza A | 8 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 43 |
| Isolation | – | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| DIF * | – | – | – | – | – |
| PCR | 6 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 29 |
| Other † | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Influenza B | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| Isolation | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
| DIF * | – | – | – | – | – |
| PCR | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Other † | 1 | 2 | – | – | 3 |
* 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 45 | Week 46 | Week 47 | Week 48 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week ending | 9/11/2014 | 16/11/2014 | 23/11/2014 | 30/11/2014 | |
| Adenovirus* | 26 | 34 | 32 | 49 | 141 |
| Coronavirus | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| Parainfluenza† | 32 | 70 | 46 | 57 | 205 |
| Rhinovirus | 146 | 154 | 141 | 203 | 644 |
| RSV | 145 | 251 | 303 | 379 | 1078 |
* Respiratory samples only.
† Includes parainfluenza types 1, 2, 3, 4 and untyped.
3. Table 3. Respiratory viral detections by age group: weeks 45 to 48, 2014
| Age group (years) | <1 year | 1-4 years | 5-14 years | 15-44 years | 45-64 years | ≥65 years | Unknown | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adenovirus * | 32 | 44 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 4 | – | 141 |
| Coronavirus | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | 15 |
| Influenza A | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 12 | – | 44 |
| Influenza B | – | 7 | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | 11 |
| Parainfluenza † | 67 | 51 | 21 | 29 | 19 | 18 | – | 205 |
| Respiratory syncytial virus | 774 | 234 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 1078 |
| Rhinovirus | 263 | 134 | 77 | 70 | 45 | 54 | – | 643 |
* 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 45 | Week 46 | Week 47 | Week 48 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week ending | 9/11/2014 | 16/11/2014 | 23/11/2014 | 30/11/2014 | |
| Coxiella burnettii | 2 | 3 | – | 1 | 6 |
| Respiratory Chlamydia sp.* | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Mycoplasma pneumoniae | 7 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 41 |
| Legionella sp. | – | 27 | 6 | 3 | 36 |
* 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 45 | Week 46 | Week 47 | Week 48 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week ending | 9/11/2014 | 16/11/2014 | 23/11/2014 | 30/11/2014 | |
| Nosocomial | – | – | – | – | – |
| Community | – | 12 | 3 | 2 (1*) | 17 |
| Travel abroad | – | 13 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| Travel UK | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| Total | – | 27 | 6 | 3 | 36 |
| Male | – | 16 | 5 | 2 | 23 |
| Female | – | 11 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
* Non-pneumonic case.
Thirty-five cases were reported with pneumonia and one case was reported with non-pneumonic infection: 23 males aged 43 to 95 years and 13 females aged 43 to 79 years. Seventeen cases had community-acquired infection. Three deaths were reported in males aged 43 to 72 years.
Nineteen cases were reported with travel association: Austria/Czech Republic (1), China (1), China/United Arab Emirates (1), Cruise (1), India (1), Italy (1), Portugal (1), Spain (2), Spain/United Kingdom (1), Thailand (3), Turkey (2), United Arab Emirates (1), United Arab Emirates/United Kingdom (1) and United Kingdom (2).
6. Table 6. Laboratory reports of Legionnaires Disease cases in England and Wales, by PHE Centre: weeks 45 to 48, 2014
| Region/Country | Nosocomial | Community | Travel Abroad | Travel UK | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North of England | |||||
| North East | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
| Cheshire & Merseyside | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Greater Manchester | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| Cumbria & Lancashire | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Yorkshire & the Humber | – | 4 (1*) | – | – | 4 |
| South of England | |||||
| Devon, Cornwall & Somerset | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| Avon, Gloucestershire & Wiltshire | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| Wessex | – | – | – | – | – |
| Thames Valley | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Sussex, Surrey & Kent | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| Midlands & East of England | |||||
| East Midlands | – | 3 | 1 | – | 4 |
| South Midlands & Hertfordshire | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Anglia & Essex | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| West Midlands | – | 3 | 1 | – | 4 |
| London Integrated Region | |||||
| London | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 |
| Public Health Wales | |||||
| Mid & West Wales | – | – | – | – | – |
| North Wales | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| South East Wales | – | 2 | 1 | – | 3 |
| Miscellaneous | |||||
| Other | – | – | – | – | – |
| Not known | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | – | 17 | 17 | 2 | 36 |
* Non-pneumonic case.
This report was published in Health Protection Report volume 8 issue 46.