Volume 21, Number 5—May 2015
Dispatch
Low-level Circulation of Enterovirus D68–Associated Acute Respiratory Infections, Germany, 2014
Janine Reiche, Sindy Böttcher, Sabine Diedrich, Udo Buchholz, Silke Buda, Walter Haas, Brunhilde Schweiger, and Thorsten Wolff
Table 2
Detection of rhinovirus and enterovirus by national outpatient ARI sentinel surveillance, Germany, weeks 36–20, 2009–2010 and 2010–2011*
| Age group, y | No. specimens tested | No. rhinovirus/enterovirus–positive specimens (%) | No. rhinoviruses/enteroviruses sequenced | No. rhinoviruses detected | No. enteroviruses detected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–2010 | |||||
| <1–4 | 156 | 45 (29) | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 5–15 | 386 | 71 (18) | 18 | 17 | 1† |
| 16–34 | 225 | 40 (18) | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 35–60 | 157 | 34 (22) | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| >60 | 28 | 8 (29) | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 952 | 198 (21) | 64 | 63 | 1 |
| 2010–2011 | |||||
| <1–4 | 271 | 56 (21) | 21 | 21 | 0 |
| 5–15 | 363 | 40 (11) | 20 | 20 | 0 |
| 16–34 | 189 | 20 (11) | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| 35–60 | 153 | 12 (9) | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| >60 | 26 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1,002 | 128 (13) | 69 | 69 | 0 |
*ARI acute respiratory infection.
†Echovirus 9.
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