Research and analysis

Less common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 1 to 4, 2016

Updated 26 August 2017

Laboratory reports Total reports Cumulative total
  1-4/16 1-4/16 1-4/15
Astrovirus 36 36 41
Sapovirus 21 21 52
Shigella boydii 9 9 19
Shigella dysenteriae 3 3 2
Shigella flexneri 22 22 89
Plesiomonas 4 4 1
Vibrio spp. 3 3 3
Yersinia spp 4 4 3
Entamoeba histolytica 2 2 3
Blastocystis hominis 4 4 5
Dientamoeba fragilis

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.