Research and analysis

Common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 44 to 47, 2016

Updated 26 August 2017

Laboratory reports Number of reports received Total reports Cumulative totals
  44/16 45/16 46/16 47/16 44-47/16 1-47/16 1-47/15  
Campylobacter 960 781 851 768 3360 50,671 54,850  
E. coli O157 * 8 2 7 3 20 778 648  
Salmonella ** 147 122 44 13 326 7129 7644  
Shigella sonnei 17 11 5 7 40 659 867  
Rotavirus 45 41 51 42 179 2365 4671  
Norovirus 152 181 188 203 724 6287 5962  
Cryptosporidium 181 148 143 149 621 5330 5100  
Giardia 83 66 79 62 290 3738 3975  

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

** Data from GBRU

First published in HPR 10(43) and updated on 16/11/2016.