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.