Table 1. Respiratory virus PCR * testing on nasal swabs across Flu Watch seasons.
| Nov 2006
– Mar 2007 |
Nov 2007
– Mar 2008 |
Nov 2008
– Mar 2009 |
May 2009
– Sep 2009 |
Oct 2009
– Feb 2010 |
Nov 2010
– Mar 2011 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCoV ** | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | partial | partial |
| Influenza A (H1N1) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Influenza A (H3N2) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Influenza A
(H1N1pdm09) |
n/a | n/a | n/a | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Influenza B | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| RSV *** | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| hMPV **** | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Adenovirus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | partial | partal |
| Parainfluenza virus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | partial | partial |
| Rhinovirus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | partial | partial |
*Polymerase chain reaction **Human Coronavirus ***Respiratory syncytial virus ****Human metapneumovirus