TABLE 1.

Number of fecal specimens received from public health laboratories and other collaborating laboratories in the United Kingdom

Location	Collaborating laboratory	No. of fecal specimens received in the following rotavirus season:
		1995–1996	1996–1997	1997–1998	Total
Northern Ireland	Belfast	118		111	229
East England	Cambridge	121	58	76	255
	Norwich	117		46	163
	Peterborough	14	14	126	154
Middle England	Birmingham		124	105	229
North England	Newcastle	178	219	107	504
	Leeds	41	107	121	269
South England	London	160a		15b	175
	Reading	67	169	163	399
	Portsmouth		14		14
West England	Bristol		80	140	220
	Plymouth		219	154	373
Wales	Cardiff		21		21
	Rhyl	80	157	105	342
Scotland	Dundee	22	51	33	106
Total		918	1,233	1,302	3,453

^aSamples collected at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital; typing data provided by D. Cubitt, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom. 

^bOutbreak specimens from two London hospitals.