Table 1.
Annual number of reported Yersinia enterocolitica infections in Germany according to serotype
| Year | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
| O:3 | 4304 | 5227 | 4826 | 4672 | 4306 | 3945 | 3935 | 3361 |
| O:9 | 279 | 325 | 269 | 325 | 282 | 256 | 264 | 277 |
| O:5,27 | 32 | 29 | 35 | 44 | 48 | 59 | 35 | 30 |
| O:8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 18 |
| Other | 175 | 342 | 432 | 185 | 149 | 155 | 118 | 145 |
| No information on serotype | 2404 | 1617 | 1015 | 953 | 829 | 730 | 628 | 523 |
| Total | 7195 | 7540 | 6577 | 6184 | 5628 | 5161 | 4988 | 4354 |
The total number of reported infections was 47,627. For serotypes other than O:3, O:9, O:5,27 and O:8, serotype specification was not available from the surveillance data ("other" serotypes). Not all reported infections contained information on serotype ("no information on serotype").