Research and analysis

Less common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 1 to 13, 2015

Updated 9 October 2015

Laboratory reports Total reports Cumulative total
1-13/15 1-13/15 1-13/14
Astrovirus 153 153 84
Sapovirus 91 91 57
Shigella boydii 21 21 15
Shigella dysenteriae 6 6 4
Shigella flexneri 238 238 138
Plesiomonas 20 48 44
Vibrio spp. 11 11 11
Yersinia spp 11 11 19
Entamoeba histolytica 21 21 11
Blastocystis hominis 31 31 35
Dientamoeba fragilis 1 1 6

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.