Research and analysis

Less common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 14 to 26, 2015

Updated 9 October 2015

Laboratory reports Total reports Cumulative total
  14-26/15 1-26/15 1-26/14
Astrovirus 52 205 157
Sapovirus 53 144 73
Shigella boydii 16 37 28
Shigella dysenteriae 10 16 17
Shigella flexneri 177 430 344
Plesiomonas 14 25 22
Vibrio spp. 21 34 25
Yersinia spp 7 17 29
Entamoeba histolytica 14 35 23
Blastocystis hominis 21 55 90
Dientamoeba fragilis 1 2 20

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.