Research and analysis

Common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 49 to 53, 2015

Updated 15 January 2016

Laboratory reports Number of reports received Total reports Cumulative totals
  49/15 50/15 51/15 52/15 53/15 49-53/15 1-53/15 1-52/14
Campylobacter 838 779 763 594 552 3526 58800 59950
E. coli O157 * 0 7 11 8 3 28 722 748
Salmonella ** 87 97 62 23 2 241 8451 7119
Shigella sonnei 13 8 12 6 9 48 1154 1155
Rotavirus 26 26 27 19 20 118 5268 4447
Norovirus 77 93 129 67 87 453 7190 6024
Cryptosporidium 110 86 85 61 39 381 5488 3851
Giardia 96 55 85 47 39 322 4433 3959

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

** Data from GBRU

Note: Following the introduction of a new laboratory reporting system (SGSS) in December 2014, direct comparisons with data generated by the previous system (LabBase2) may not be valid.