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Table 2 Influenza A, H5, H7 and H9 nucleic acid positivity rates of different sample types

From: Distribution of avian influenza viruses according to environmental surveillance during 2014–2018, China

Type/subtype

Positivity rate (%)

(Number of positive samples/Number of samples collected)

Year

Sewage

Chopping board

Feeding trough

Cage

Faeces

Influenza A

 2014

37.31 (2819/7556)

33.49 (2373/7085)

26.15 (2138/8175)

17.81 (2538/14252)

12.92 (2617/20259)

 2015

39.03 (3025/7750)

33.74 (3217/9535)

28.19 (2300/8158)

19.76 (3196/16174)

15.05 (3333/22141)

 2016

40.17 (3774/9394)

40.25 (4558/11324)

27.64 (2797/10121)

24.01 (4013/16711)

18.79 (4503/23962)

 2017

31.03 (4559/14692)

27.03 (4712/17433)

22.48 (3450/15347)

18.19 (4715/25919)

12.34 (4398/35648)

 2018

35.37 (3190/9020)

30.99 (3074/9919)

23.73 (2613/11011)

19.47 (3122/16035)

13.87 (3237/23347)

 Mean ± SD

36.58 ± 3.59

33.1 ± 4.82

25.64 ± 2.46

19.85 ± 2.46

14.59 ± 2.56

A/H5

 2014

14.56 (1100/7556)

7.86 (2373/7085)

7.38 (2138/8175)

2.15 (2538/14252)

1.9 (385/20259)

 2015

12.12 (939/7750)

7.07 (674/9535)

6.06 (494/8158)

2.35 (380/16,174)

1.89 (418/22,141)

 2016

9.59 (901/9394)

9.04 (1024/11324)

4.48 (453/10121)

2.59 (433/16711)

2.18 (522/23962)

 2017

5.64 (828/14692)

4.37 (762/17433)

2.42 (372/15347)

1.48 (383/25919)

0.99 (353/35648)

 2018

9.20 (830/9020)

8.11 (804/9919)

3.54 (390/11011)

2.56 (411/25919)

1.77 (413/23347)

 Mean ± SD

10.22 ± 3.34

7.29 ± 1.77

4.78 ± 1.97

2.23 ± 0.45

1.75 ± 0.44

A/H7

 2014

4.74 (358/7556)

6.68 (473/7085)

3.61 (295/8175)

3.96 (564/14252)

2.35 (477/20259)

 2015

4.25 (329/7750)

6.12 (584/9535)

3.33 (272/8158)

3.52 (569/16174)

2.81 (622/22141)

 2016

5.8 (545/9394)

8.9 (1008/11324)

2.93 (297/10121)

4.3 (718/16711)

3.19 (765/23962)

 2017

5.73 (842/14692)

6.31 (1100/17433)

4.06 (624/15347)

3.65 (946/25919)

2.59 (924/35648)

 2018

0.68 (61/9020)

0.44 (44/9919)

0.27 (30/11011)

0.28 (45/16035)

0.28 (66/23347)

 Mean ± SD

4.24 ± 2.09

5.69 ± 3.13

2.84 ± 1.49

3.14 ± 1.62

2.24 ± 1.14

A/H9

 2014

19.1 (1443/7556)

17.12 (1213/7085)

15.40 (1259/8175)

9.12 (1300/14252)

5.98 (1212/20259)

 2015

24 (1860/7750)

19.17 (1828/9535)

19.48 (1589/8158)

12.06 (1951/16174)

8.05 (1782/22141)

 2016

23.32 (2191/9394)

21.3 (2412/11324)

16.47 (1667/10121)

13.44 (2246/16711)

9.32 (2234/23962)

 2017

18.48 (2715/14692)

14.34 (2505/1433)

13.12 (2013/15347)

11.4 (2954/25919)

6.36 (2266/35648)

 2018

23.16 (2089/9020)

21.82 (2164/9919)

14.52 (1599/11011)

14.72 (2360/16035)

8.89 (2075/23347)

 Mean ± SD

21.62 ± 2.6

18.75 ± 3.09

15.80 ± 2.39

12.14 ± 2.12

7.72 ± 1.49

  1. Real-time RT-PCR method is used to detect influenza A, H5, H7 and H9 subtypes in different sample types. The positivity rate is defined as number of positive samples/number of sample collected
  2. SD, Standard deviation