Research and analysis

Common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 45 to 48, 2014

Updated 9 January 2015

Laboratory reports Number of reports received Total reports Cumulative totals
  45/14 46/14 47/14 48/14 45-48/14 1-48/14 1-48/13
Campylobacter 992 806 907 791 3496 55504 55549
E. coli O157 * 23 19 9 17 68 879 786
Salmonella ** 76 38 18 11 143 5937 6904
Shigella sonnei 21 17 18 32 88 1002 913  
Rotavirus 27 22 32 27 108 4215 14753
Norovirus 114 81 64 70 329 4870 6369
Cryptosporidium 81 54 56 50 241 3355 3290
Giardia 71 57 61 61 250 3508 3328

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

** Data from GBRU