Research and analysis

Less common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 18 to 30, 2016

Updated 26 August 2017

Laboratory reports Total reports Cumulative total
  18-30/16 1-30/16 1-30/15
Astrovirus 81 206 192
Sapovirus 81 156 128
Shigella boydii 21 37 37
Shigella dysenteriae 7 15 16
Shigella flexneri 121 261 373
Plesiomonas 29 46 30
Vibrio spp. 22 45 32
Yersinia spp 11 25 17
Entamoeba histolytica 12 26 41
Blastocystis hominis 48 99 64
Dientamoeba fragilis 9 32 4

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.