Research and analysis

Common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 27 to 31, 2014

Updated 9 January 2015

Laboratory reports Number of reports received Total reports Cumulative total
  27/14 28/14 29/14 30/14 31/14 23-26/14 1-31/14 1-31/13
Campylobacter 1726 1574 1392 1286 558 6536 35671 33948
E. coli O157 * 14 24 23 12 16 89 339 329
Salmonella ** 148 155 126 76 2 507 3047 3687
Shigella sonnei 17 28 17 16 3 81 592 520
Rotavirus 65 55 59 42 18 239 3666 14033
Norovirus 52 60 42 42 25 221 3122 5460
Cryptosporidium 45 57 37 42 22 203 1652 1730
Giardia 64 59 69 66 22 280 2014 1972

* Verocytotoxin producing isolates (data from PHE’s Gastrointestinal bacteria reference unit (GBRU))

** Data from GBRU