Research and analysis

Common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 22 to 25, 2016

Updated 26 August 2017

Laboratory reports Number of reports received Total reports Cumulative totals
  22/16 23/16 24/16 25/16 22-25/16 1-25/16 1-25/15  
Campylobacter 1083 1539 1474 1416 5512 22271 23349  
E. coli O157 * 9 9 16 41 75 311 227  
Salmonella ** 106 70 63 9 248 2509 2749  
Shigella sonnei 22 12 17 15 66 344 404  
Rotavirus 71 94 70 55 290 1319 3344  
Norovirus 91 86 52 47 276 4286 4571  
Cryptosporidium 38 44 57 45 184 1485 1232  
Giardia 48 76 69 72 265 1602 1663  

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

** Data from GBRU