Research and analysis

Common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 18 to 21, 2016

Updated 26 August 2017

Laboratory reports Number of reports received Total reports Cumulative totals
  18/16 19/16 20/16 21/16 19-21/16 1-21/16 1-21/15  
Campylobacter 604 881 1170 1038 3936 15422 18303  
E. coli O157 * 10 14 8 10 42 135 149  
Salmonella ** 95 93 81 15 285 2046 2134  
Shigella sonnei 12 16 10 11 49 274 324  
Rotavirus 85 96 91 80 352 1019 2587  
Norovirus 193 181 119 82 575 4000 4283  
Cryptosporidium 57 73 50 47 227 1294 1042  
Giardia 49 61 66 54 230 1327 1359  

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

** Data from GBRU