Research and analysis

Less common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 40 to 52, 2014

Updated 9 January 2015

Laboratory reports Total reports Cumulative total
  40-52/14 1-52/14 1-53/13
Astrovirus 72 249 339
Sapovirus 184 292 271
Shigella boydii 15 58 96
Shigella dysenteriae 8 29 52
Shigella flexneri 201 711 656
Plesiomonas 20 48 44
Vibrio spp. 13 66 58
Yersinia spp 5 38 31
Entamoeba histolytica 10 44 51
Blastocystis hominis 39 180 189
Dientamoeba fragilis 3 39 48

Note: Introduction of a new laboratory data reporting system (SGSS) after 1 December 2014 means that direct comparisons between the above data and those generated by the previous system (LabBase2) may not be valid.