Research and analysis

Common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 35 to 39, 2016

Updated 26 August 2017

Laboratory reports Number of reports received Total reports Cumulative totals
  35/16 36/16 37/16 38/16 39/16 35-39/16 1-39/16 1-39/15
Campylobacter 970 1212 1047 964 943 5136 40580 13128
E. coli O157 * 22 24 34 47 15 142 735 590
Salmonella ** 261 274 228 179 43 985 5466 5879
Shigella sonnei 19 17 16 16 16 84 550 718
Rotavirus 35 32 36 24 31 158 1992 4478
Norovirus 37 57 42 45 61 242 4936 5105
Cryptosporidium 141 238 266 227 211 1083 3625 32014
Giardia 70 110 97 109 111 497 2901 2985

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

** Data from GBRU