Research and analysis

Less common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 1 to 13, 2015

Updated 9 October 2015

Laboratory reports Total reports Cumulative total
  1-13/15 1-13/15 1-13/14  
Astrovirus 153 153 84  
Sapovirus 91 91 57  
Shigella boydii 21 21 15  
Shigella dysenteriae 6 6 4  
Shigella flexneri 238 238 138  
Plesiomonas 20 48 44  
Vibrio spp. 11 11 11  
Yersinia spp 11 11 19  
Entamoeba histolytica 21 21 11  
Blastocystis hominis 31 31 35  
Dientamoeba fragilis 1 1 6  

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.