Research and analysis

Common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 36 to 39, 2014

Updated 9 January 2015

Laboratory reports Number of reports received Total reports Cumulative total
  36/14 37/14 38/14 39/14 36-39/14 1-39/14 1-39/13
Campylobacter 1249 1201 1133 1012 4595 46873 44484
E. coli O157 * n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Salmonella ** 208 170 117 55 550 4770 5513
Shigella sonnei 31 24 30 26 111 803 737
Rotavirus 47 32 40 13 132 3991 14358
Norovirus 104 62 66 56 288 3687 5696
Cryptosporidium 115 134 119 88 456 2553 2510
Giardia 101 109 95 83 388 2750 2584

* Verocytotoxin producing isolates (data from PHE’s Gastrointestinal Bacteria Reference Unit (GBRU))

** Data from GBRU