Michigan Department of Community Health

Bureau of Laboratories

Table of Contents

I. General Information

II. Summary of 2007 Enterovirus Season

III. Summary of Enterovirus Data by Geographic Location

IV. Listings of Counties and Their Respective Health Regions

I. General Information

Data from past Enterovirus seasons:

Enterovirus report for 2006

Enterovirus report for 2005

Enterovirus report for 2004 

Enterovirus report for 2003

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II.  Summary of 2007 Enterovirus Season

In 2007, the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) Bureau of Laboratories confirmed only 5 enterovirus isolates.  There is a downward trend of specimens submitted for enterovirus culture, from 79 year to date in 2003 to 21 in 2006 (26 in 2007).  Of those 26 samples received this year, the lab was able to isolate an enterovirus in 5.  The age distribution on these 5 confirmed cases was from 8 weeks old to 23 years.  For a summary of enterovirus types isolated by geographic region, see below.

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III.  Summary of Enterovirus Data by Georgaphic Location

The data shown here are the results obtained by the MDCH Viral Isolation Laboratory from submitted isolates plus enterovirus isolates recovered from clinical specimens submitted by agencies or physicians in the state.

Data for the year of 2007.

This season, the MDCH lab received 26 specimens for enterovirus isolation/typing, 21 of which grew no virus.

To determine your county's Health Region, see the link at the bottom of this page.

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IV.  Listings of Counties and Their Respective Health Regions

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