Research and analysis

Less common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 31 to 43, 2016

Updated 26 August 2017

Laboratory reports Total reports Cumulative total
  31-43/14 1-43/16 1-43/15
Astrovirus 38 244 222
Sapovirus 111 270 215
Shigella boydii 12 49 45
Shigella dysenteriae 9 24 21
Shigella flexneri 127 397 563
Plesiomonas 13 65 46
Vibrio spp. 20 66 64
Yersinia spp 18 42 19
Entamoeba histolytica 12 38 53
Blastocystis hominis 38 138 124
Dientamoeba fragilis 13 45 8

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.