Research and analysis

Common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 26 to 30, 2016

Updated 26 August 2017

Laboratory reports Number of reports received Total reports Cumulative totals
  26/16 27/16 28/16 29/16 30/16 26-30/16 1-30/16 1-30/15
Campylobacter 1554 1427 1381 1457 1555 7374 30050 29830
E. coli O157 * 101 56 39 34 17 247 478 337
Salmonella ** 179 121 145 115 9 569 3353 3524
Shigella sonnei 11 9 7 8 7 42 391 501
Rotavirus 46 86 57 66 44 299 1669 3821
Norovirus 49 38 54 48 26 215 4512 4781
Cryptosporidium 73 61 84 87 84 389 2040 1447
Giardia 64 57 64 75 80 340 2021 2017

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

** Data from GBRU