Reports of respiratory infections made to UKHSA from UKHSA and NHS laboratories in England and Wales: weeks 7 to 10, 2022
Updated 29 July 2022
Applies to England and Wales
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Table 1. Reports of influenza infection made to PHE Colindale, by week of report
| Week | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week ending | 6/2/2022 | 13/2/2022 | 20/2/2022 | 27/2/2022 | |
| Influenza A | 133 | 165 | 193 | 321 | 812 |
| Isolation | 21 | 19 | 20 | 37 | 97 |
| DIF | 17 | 21 | 36 | 36 | 110 |
| PCR | 91 | 111 | 120 | 224 | 546 |
| Other | 4 | 14 | 17 | 24 | 59 |
| Influenza B | 9 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 37 |
| Isolation | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| DIF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| PCR | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 25 |
| Other | – | – | – | – | 0 |
DIF = Direct Immunofluorescence.
‘Other’ = ‘Antibody detection - Single high titre’ or ‘method not specified’.
Note: data are recorded by week of report, but include only specimens taken in the previous 8 weeks (recent specimens).
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 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week ending | 6/2/2022 | 13/2/2022 | 20/2/2022 | 27/2/2022 | |
| Adenovirus* | 166 | 175 | 134 | 127 | 602 |
| Coronavirus** | 28 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 150 |
| Parainfluenza† | 45 | 61 | 69 | 122 | 297 |
| Rhinovirus | 527 | 445 | 466 | 476 | 1,914 |
| RSV | 189 | 150 | 112 | 169 | 620 |
* Respiratory samples only.
** Seasonal coronavirus only. Does not include SARS-CoV-2.
† Includes parainfluenza types 1, 2, 3, 4 and untyped.
Table 3. Respiratory viral detections by age group: weeks 7 to 10, 2020
| Age group (years) | <1 year | 1-4 years | 5-14 years | 15-44 years | 45-64 years | ≥65 years | Unknown | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adenovirus * | 134 | 327 | 49 | 50 | 19 | 23 | – | 602 |
| Coronavirus ** | 17 | 38 | 22 | 28 | 25 | 20 | – | 150 |
| Influenza A | 19 | 72 | 53 | 580 | 149 | 264 | 4 | 1,139 |
| Influenza B | – | 7 | 8 | 57 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 105 |
| Parainfluenza † | 77 | 121 | 21 | 29 | 18 | 31 | – | 297 |
| Respiratory syncytial virus | 214 | 233 | 14 | 48 | 34 | 75 | 2 | 620 |
| Rhinovirus | 441 | 696 | 280 | 229 | 106 | 161 | 1 | 1,914 |
* Respiratory samples only.
** Seasonal coronavirus only. Does not include SARS-CoV-2.
† Includes parainfluenza types 1, 2, 3, 4 and untyped.
Table 4. Laboratory reports of infections associated with atypical pneumonia, by week of report
| Week | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week ending | 6/2/2022 | 13/2/2022 | 20/2/2022 | 27/2/2022 | |
| Coxiella burnettii | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Respiratory Chlamydia sp.* | 1 | 2 | – | – | 3 |
| Mycoplasma pneumoniae | 18 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 49 |
* Includes Chlamydia Psittaci, Chlamydia Pneumoniae, and Chlamydia sp detected from blood, serum, and respiratory specimens.