Research and analysis

Common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 1 to 4, 2015

Updated 15 January 2016

Laboratory reports Number of reports received Total reports Cumulative totals
  1/15 2/15 3/15 4/15 1-4/15 1-4/15 1-4/14
Campylobacter 804 1000 1030 1149 3983 3983 3604
E. coli O157 * 5 5 7 2 19 19 17
Salmonella ** 43 73 50 18 184 184 159
Shigella sonnei 24 32 43 26 125 125 75
Rotavirus 59 51 66 81 257 257 274
Norovirus 220 192 172 258 842 842 733
Cryptosporidium 66 69 79 38 252 252 152
Giardia 62 83 89 117 351 351 290

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

** Data from GBRU