Minnesota Respiratory Illness Surveillance – Rhinovirus PCR
45
Rhinovirus-positive children (hospitalized)
Rhinovirus-positive adults (outpatient)
Rhinovirus-positive children (outpatient)
Total hospitalized specimens tested
Total outpatient specimens tested
60
Rhinovirus real-time PCR will detect some other enteroviruses.
Further characterization of the specific species is determined by
viral culture and sequencing.
50
40
35
40
30
25
30
20
20
15
10
5
0
Jul 27 - Aug 2
Aug 3 - 9
Aug 10 - 16
Aug 17 - 23
Week
Aug 24-30
Aug 31 - Sep 6
*
Sep 7 - 13
Total specimens tested
Rhinovirus positive by RT-PCR
50
Rhinovirus-positive adults (hospitalized)
10
0
*Results pending for most current week
Data provided from: MN Influenza Incidence Project (IISP) – Outpatients, Severe Acute Respiratory Infections (SARI) - Hospitalized
9/18/2014