Research and analysis

Less common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 44 to 52, 2016

Updated 26 August 2017

Laboratory reports Total reports Cumulative total
  44-52/16 1-52/16 1-53/15
Astrovirus 35 280 304
Sapovirus 105 399 307
Shigella boydii 4 55 54
Shigella dysenteriae 1 26 34
Shigella flexneri 63 465 691
Plesiomonas 5 70 56
Vibrio spp. 6 75 76
Yersinia spp 10 52 28
Entamoeba histolytica 7 48 59
Blastocystis hominis 8 172 152
Dientamoeba fragilis 9 56 13

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.