Research and analysis

Common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 5 to 8, 2015

Updated 15 January 2016

Laboratory reports Number of reports received Total reports Cumulative totals
  5/15 6/15 7/15 8/15 5-8/15 1-8/15 1-8/14
Campylobacter 1193 1199 997 857 4246 8389 7508
E. coli O157 * 0 4 5 4 13 32 37
Salmonella ** 99 77 72 42 290 884 679
Shigella sonnei 22 22 13 15 72 210 163
Rotavirus 76 83 92 80 331 599 699
Norovirus 253 244 294 253 1044 1935 1372
Cryptosporidium 47 35 24 29 135 392 249
Giardia 101 68 71 51 291 653 578

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

** Data from GBRU