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Table 1 Summary of weekly laboratory-confirmed samples of common respiratory viruses in Hong Kong, 2014–2017

From: Possible interference between seasonal epidemics of influenza and other respiratory viruses in Hong Kong, 2014–2017

 

Influenza A

Influenza B

Parainfluenza

RSV

Adenovirus

Enterovirus

Rhinovirus

2014–2015

 Totala

7756

4255

4031

3308

3463

838

4382

 Meanb

149

82

78

64

67

16

84

 Medianc

86

60

56

59

65

10

79

 Maxd

637

299

118

140

186

60

258

2015–2016

 Totala

20,092

2678

5942

2726

5003

857

3837

 Meanb

386

52

114

52

96

16

74

 Medianc

158

40

77

45

91

14

76

 Maxd

1962

140

180

134

174

60

119

2016–2017

 Totala

13,939

6592

7259

4458

6414

1180

3759

 Meanb

263

124

137

84

121

22

71

 Medianc

224

38

132

80

119

20

70

 Maxd

905

572

257

159

219

48

103

Total*

41,787

13,525

17,232

10,492

14,880

2875

11,978

  1. *Total reported cases of laboratory-confirmed respiratory virus samples during 2014–2017
  2. a Annual number of laboratory-confirmed respiratory virus samples
  3. b,c,d Weekly laboratory-confirmed samples of respiratory viruses