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. 2017 Jan 13;7:40680. doi: 10.1038/srep40680

Table 2. Outbreaks, outbreak cases and sporadic cases of Adenovirus-Keratoconjunctivitis reported to RKI with laboratory confirmation (lab) by typing (HAdV-D8, HAdV-D64, other HAdV types), nucleic acid detection (PCR), or other laboratory methods (e.g. antigen detection, virus isolation).

  HAdV-D8 HAdV-D64 HAdV other types Nucleic acid detection (without typing) Other laboratory methods (without typing) Total
2001–Oct. 2011
 outbreaks [n] 3 12 0 90 55 160
 outbreak cases [lab (epi)] 32 (26) 31 (53) 0 (0) 200 (895) 86 (280) 349 (1254)
 sporadic cases [lab] 7 102 23 1323 504 1959
Epidemic period*
 outbreaks [n] 14 1 1 157 5 178
 outbreak cases [lab (epi)] 40 (318) 1 (37) 2 (3) 465 (743) 8 (138) 516 (1239)
 sporadic cases [lab] 39 3 8 2406 229 2685
2014, 2015
 outbreaks [n] 0 0 0 45 11 56
 outbreak cases [lab (epi)] 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 135 (133) 42 (55) 177 (188)
 sporadic cases [lab] 1 2 9 1183 170 1365
Total 2001–2015
 outbreaks [n] 17 13 1 292 71 394
 outbreak cases [lab (epi)] 72 (344) 32 (90) 2 (3) 800 (1771) 136 (473) 1042 (2681)
 sporadic cases [lab] 47 107 40 4912 903 6009

For outbreak cases the respective epidemiologically linked cases are shown in brackets (epi).

*The epidemic period is defined from 1 November 2011 until 31 December 2013.