Research and analysis

Less common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 1/4 to 30/6/2017

Updated 12 January 2018

Laboratory reports Total reports Cumulative totals
  1/4-30/6/2017 to 30/6/3/17 to 30/6/16
Astrovirus 114 229 123
Sapovirus 124 124 48
Shigella boydii 14 26 29
Shigella dysenteriae 9 16 14
Shigella flexneri 112 223 256
Plesiomonas 13 25 36
Vibrio spp. 19 42 36
Yersinia spp 43 66 17
Entamoeba histolytica 12 25 19
Blastocystis hominis 34 81 77
Dientamoeba fragilis 5 28 27

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.