Research and analysis

Common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 48 to 52, 2016

Updated 26 August 2017

Laboratory reports Number of reports received Total reports Cumulative totals
  48/16 49/16 50/16 51/16 52/16 48-52/16 1-52/16 1-52/15
Campylobacter 826 768 690 679 553 3516 52129 56277
E. coli O157 * 9 13 3 6 2 33 814 700
Salmonella ** 99 110 89 46 6 350 7563 7924
Shigella sonnei 8 14 6 6 6 40 703 925
Rotavirus 64 63 65 56 46 294 2679 4800
Norovirus 216 234 232 180 171 1033 7660 6636
Cryptosporidium 136 109 80 60 40 425 5559 5395
Giardia 71 72 69 59 43 314 3989 4339

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

** Data from GBRU