Research and analysis

Common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 40 to 44, 2014

Updated 9 January 2015

Laboratory reports Number of reports received Total reports Cumulative totals
  40/14 41/14 42/14 43/14 44/14 40-44/14 1-44/14 1-44/13
Campylobacter 1151 1075 915 978 431 4550 51729 50815
E. coli O157 * 19 22 49 62 55 207 803 672
Salmonella ** 198 133 113 45 2 491 5585 6342
Shigella sonnei 20 22 20 19 8 89 901 840
Rotavirus 37 28 25 27 20 137 4133 14570
Norovirus 64 80 71 98 37 350 4045 6013
Cryptosporidium 122 98 92 69 49 430 3004 2951
Giardia 84 96 81 86 57 404 3166 3004

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

** Data from GBRU