Research and analysis

Common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 40 to 43, 2016

Updated 26 August 2017

Laboratory reports Number of reports received Total reports Cumulative totals
  40/16 41/16 42/16 43/16 40-43/16 1-43/16 1-43/15  
Campylobacter 996 961 956 853 3766 44470 47433  
E. coli O157 * 37 24 23 25 109 759 N/a  
Salmonella ** 202 168 148 29 547 6334 6704  
Shigella sonnei 16 11 20 12 59 616 787  
Rotavirus 37 42 45 32 156 2157 4588  
Norovirus 65 87 89 109 350 5304 5343  
Cryptosporidium 201 162 187 138 688 4356 4006  
Giardia 88 101 111 120 420 3340 3376  

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

** Data from GBRU