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Enterovirus yield from different specimen types over 7 years
| Specimen type | Overall | Number tested (% tested) | Number positive | % positive (of tested) |
| Throat swab | 1778 | 1643 (92.4) | 418 | 25.4 |
| Rectal swab | 344 | 242 (70.3) | 14 | 5.8 |
| Vesicle swab | 355 | 315 (88.7) | 50 | 15.9 |
| Oral ulcer swab | 73 | 53 (72.6) | 7 | 13.2 |
| Unknown | 20 | 19 (95.0) | 2 | 10.5 |
| Total | 2570 | 2272 (88.4) | 491 | 21.6 |
