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Table 1 Number of virus-associated outbreaks due to acute gastroenteritis in Yokohama, Japan

From: Influence of herd immunity on norovirus: a long-term field study of repeated viral gastroenteritis outbreaks at the same facilities

   

Season

 

Total

 

2007–2008

2008–2009

2009–2010

2010–2011

2011–2012

2012–2013

2013–2014

2014–2015

2015–2016

2016–2017

Total of AG outbreaks

1459

(100%)

114

103

93

171

122

161

162

139

135

259

Virus

    Norovirusa

1327

(90.9%)

104

93

90

155

110

150

150

123

118

234

    RVA

73

(5.0%)

5

6

1

7

4

3

9

8

10

20

    Sapovirus

49

(3.4%)

1

3

2

8

6

8

3

8

6

4

    RVC

10

(0.7%)

4

1

0

1

2

0

0

0

1

1

Setting

    K/Nsb

504

(34.6%)

11

18

11

59

31

43

67

46

67

151

    PSsb

413

(28.3%)

40

46

45

54

27

27

40

30

32

72

    NHsb

256

(17.6%)

30

24

17

21

36

60

25

22

14

7

    Restaurants

143

(9.8%)

16

5

10

19

14

16

13

19

14

17

    Welfare facilities

42

(2.9%)

1

4

5

3

6

4

7

8

1

3

    Hospitals

31

(2.1%)

10

1

2

5

4

4

3

2

0

0

    Junior and senior high schools, universities

16

(1.0%)

5

1

3

1

0

1

0

2

0

3

    Othersc

54

(3.7%)

1

4

0

9

4

6

7

10

7

6

  1. aNumber of norovirus outbreaks from 2007–2008 to 2013–2014 were confirmed in our previous study (ref. 26)
  2. bK/Ns: Kindergarten/nursery schools; PSs: Primary schools; NHs: Nursing homes for the aged
  3. cOther settings include the following: home (n = 15), trip (n = 7), banquet room (n = 5), child consultation center (n = 4), foster home (n = 2), office (n = 2), dormitory (n = 2), and other unspecified (n = 17)