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Table 3 Percentage of reported Yersinia enterocolitica serotypes according to age group, 2001-2008

From: Epidemiology of reported Yersinia enterocolitica infections in Germany, 2001-2008

 

Serotype (%)

    

Age group (years)

O:3

O:9

O:5,27

O:8

Other

0 to 4

92.7

4.1

0.3

0.1

2.9

5 to 9

93.3

3.6

0.3

0.1

2.6

10 to 19

91.3

4.6

0.5

0.1

3.5

20 to 39

84.6

7.7

1.4

0.4

5.9

40 to 59

76.3

11.2

2.0

0.3

10.2

60 and older

70.3

15.9

3.5

0.6

9.6

Total

88.8

5.8

0.8

0.2

4.4

  1. Total number of serotypes: O:3, n = 34,576; O:9, n = 2,277; O:5,27, n = 312; O:8, n = 62; other serotypes, n = 1,701. For serotypes other than O:3, O:9, O:5,27 and O:8, serotype specification was not available from the surveillance data ("other" serotypes). Percentages may not add up to 100.0% due to rounding.