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Detection of gastroenteritis viruses from faecal specimens in 2018

Detection of gastroenteritis viruses from faecal specimens in 2018

Month Number of specimen tested Norovirus Rotavirus Astrovirus Sapovirus Enteric adenovirus
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
January 1271 135 10.62% 348 27.38% 20 1.57% 32 2.52% 17 1.34%
February 1134 73 6.44% 286 25.22% 12 1.06% 15 1.32% 10 0.88%
March 1144 84 7.34% 244 21.33% 12 1.05% 12 1.05% 1 0.09%
April 1178 74 6.28% 94 7.98% 15 1.27% 7 0.59% 12 1.02%
May 1188 66 5.56% 48 4.04% 16 1.35% 11 0.93% 13 1.09%
June 1036 35 3.38% 22 2.12% 6 0.58% 8 0.77% 7 0.68%
July 1132 66 5.83% 45 3.98% 6 0.53% 19 1.68% 15 1.33%
August 1223 57 4.66% 21 1.72% 7 0.57% 17 1.39% 7 0.57%
September 1056 67 6.34% 20 1.89% 7 0.66% 21 1.99% 6 0.57%
October 1103 125 11.33% 11 1.00% 12 1.09% 52 4.71% 7 0.63%
November 1073 151 14.07% 17 1.58% 14 1.30% 42 3.91% 30 2.80%
December 1081 164 15.17% 28 2.59% 21 1.94% 25 2.31% 23 2.13%


Remark: Multiple specimens may have been received from the same patient.