Research and analysis

Common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 1 to 4, 2016

Updated 26 August 2017

Laboratory reports Number of reports received Total reports Cumulative totals
  1/16 2/16 3/16 4/16 1-4/16 1-4/16 1-4/15
Campylobacter 856 726 763 703 3048 3048 4175
E. coli O157 * - 8 3 5 16 16 19
Salmonella ** 149 89 49 3 290 290 590
Shigella sonnei 14 12 14 12 52 52 139
Rotavirus 24 14 28 26 92 92 274
Norovirus 97 117 133 130 477 477 930
Cryptosporidium 60 51 50 55 216 216 273
Giardia 70 60 61 50 241 241 364

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

** Data from GBRU