Research and analysis

Common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 22 to 26, 2017

Updated 12 January 2018

Laboratory reports Number of reports received Total reports Cumulative totals
  22/17 23/17 24/17 25/17 26/17 22-26/17 1-26/17 1-26/16
Campylobacter 1089 1666 1704 1493 1757 7709 25286 24146
E. coli O157 * 4 8 22 34 191 222
Salmonella ** 106 155 168 148 199 776 3324 3273
Shigella sonnei 12 21 22 15 17 87 342 394
Shigella flexneri 6 11 9 7 6 39 225 261
Rotavirus 50 60 39 31 25 205 3044 1428
Norovirus 34 51 47 18 21 171 2764 4765
Cryptosporidium 35 56 58 36 45 230 1561 1806
Giardia 72 91 102 86 68 419 2104 1922

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

** Data from GBRU