Research and analysis

Common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 1 to 4, 2017

Updated 12 January 2018

Laboratory reports Number of reports received Total reports Cumulative totals
  1/17 2/17 3/17 4/17 1-4/17 1-4/17 1-4/16
Campylobacter 661 736 764 633 2794 2794 3337
E. coli O157 * 3 4 2 8 17 17 23
Salmonella ** 109 85 57 2 253 253 500
Shigella sonnei 12 9 9 14 44 44 58
Rotavirus 48 63 78 91 280 280 103
Norovirus 169 137 113 156 575 575 513
Cryptosporidium 58 49 48 50 205 205 241
Giardia 41 45 62 61 209 209 274

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

** Data from GBRU