Table 1. Number of enterovirus surveillance samples analysed and enterovirus A71 subtyping results, Germany, 2016–July 2019.
| EVSurv samples tested | 2016 (n) |
2017 (n) |
2018 (n) |
Jan–Jul 2019 (n) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2,444 | 2,188 | 1,959 | 1,160 |
| EV-positive | 527 | 448 | 416 | 209 |
| EV-typed | 445 | 380 | 349 | 136 |
| EV-A71-positive | 77 | 32 | 40 | 38 |
| EV-A71 sub-genogroups | ||||
| Lineage C1-like | 57 | 18 | 23 | 21 |
| C2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| C4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| ND | 10 | 8 | 5 | 12 |
EV: enterovirus; EVSurv: enterovirus surveillance; Jan: January; Jul: July; ND: not determined.
Number of EV-A71 strains and sub-genogroup assignment based on the VP1 region is shown.