Volume 9, Number 9—September 2003
Research
Early Identification of Common-Source Foodborne Virus Outbreaks in Europe
Table 2
Number of entries in the database by year of detection for selected viruses, as determined by reverse line blot typinga
N | HAV | SLV | ASV | NLV | NLV capsid | NLV pol | NLV cap and pol | RLB | animal | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Not dated |
364 |
69 |
4 |
7 |
284 |
152 |
119 |
9 |
1 |
2 |
1989 and before |
102 |
68 |
2 |
- |
32 |
15 |
23 |
7 |
||
1990 |
43 |
31 |
1 |
- |
11 |
7 |
10 |
6 |
||
1991 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
5 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
||
1992 |
11 |
- |
2 |
- |
9 |
3 |
7 |
3 |
||
1993 |
21 |
- |
2 |
- |
19 |
14 |
26 |
11 |
||
1994 |
45 |
- |
1 |
- |
44 |
20 |
38 |
14 |
||
1995 |
49 |
- |
- |
2 |
47 |
15 |
41 |
9 |
||
1996 |
122 |
- |
1 |
4 |
117 |
18 |
100 |
2 |
||
1997 |
122 |
- |
- |
1 |
121 |
8 |
117 |
5 |
3 |
6 |
1998 |
158 |
- |
2 |
6 |
152 |
19 |
130 |
11 |
6 |
13 |
1999 |
531 |
44 |
2 |
26 |
485 |
39 |
366 |
32 |
129 |
7 |
2000 |
446 |
40 |
2 |
- |
404 |
61 |
380 |
41 |
26 |
6 |
2001 |
419 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
410 |
52 |
396 |
52 |
- |
- |
2002 | 155 | - | - | - | 155 | 3 | 155 | 3 | - |
aHAV, hepatitis A virus; SLV, Sapporo-like virus; ASV, astrovirus; NLV, Norwalk-like viruses.
1The Netherlands: M. Koopmans, H. Vennena, Y. van Duynhoven, D. E. van Strien, W. van de Poel, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment; Bilthoven; Finland: C-H von Bonsdorff, L. Maunula, Helsinki University: Denmark: B. Böttiger, K. Mølbak, F.X. Hanon, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen; Sweden; L. Svensson, K-O Hedlund, Maria Thorvag, Juan Carrique-Mas, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna; UK: D. Brown, M. Reacher, J.Green, B. Lopman, Public Health Laboratory Service, London; Germany: E. Schreier, H. Gelderblom, Andrea Ammon, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin; Spain: A. Sanchez-Faquier, G. Hernández-Pezzi, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid; A. Bosch, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona; J. Buesa, Universitat de Valencia; France: F. LeGuyader, IFREMER, Nantes; P. Pothier, E. Kohli, Laboratoire de Virologie, Dijon; Italy: F. Ruggeri, D. DeMedici, Instituo di Superiore di Sanitá, Rome. In addition, outside the formal project group, M. Poljsak (Slovenia), and G. Szücs (Hungary) actively participate in the project.