Research and analysis

Less common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 1/1 to 31/3/2017

Updated 12 January 2018

Laboratory reports Total reports Cumulative total
  1-31/3/2017 1-31/3/17 1-31/3/16
Astrovirus 13 13 26
Sapovirus 124 124 48
Shigella boydii 10 10 15
Shigella dysenteriae 7 7 5
Shigella flexneri 104 104 99
Plesiomonas 12 12 11
Vibrio spp. 27 27 17
Yersinia spp 25 25 12
Entamoeba histolytica 10 10 9
Blastocystis hominis 29 29 33
Dientamoeba fragilis 13 13 12

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.