Common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 40 to 43, 2017
Updated 12 January 2018
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| Laboratory reports | Number of reports received | Total reports | Cumulative totals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40/17 | 41/17 | 42/17 | 43/17 | 40-43/17 | 1-43/17 | 1-43/16 | |
| Campylobacter | 1131 | 1053 | 1069 | 1122 | 4375 | 47173 | 45140 |
| E. coli O157 * | 14 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 53 | 456 | 596 |
| Salmonella ** | 202 | 213 | 171 | 188 | 774 | 7285 | 7179 |
| Shigella sonnei | 21 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 76 | 657 | 663 |
| Shigella flexneri | 4 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 408 | 429 |
| Rotavirus | 28 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 79 | 3471 | 2193 |
| Norovirus | 66 | 69 | 58 | 94 | 287 | 3681 | 5868 |
| Cryptosporidium | 112 | 113 | 116 | 111 | 452 | 3417 | 4493 |
| Giardia | 139 | 117 | 106 | 103 | 465 | 3939 | 3643 |
* Verocytotoxin-producing isolates (data from PHE’s VTEC Enhanced Surveillance System).
** Data from PHE’s Second Generation Surveillance System (SGSS). These data include salmonella infections for which no serovar result is available (ie non-serotyped salmonella spp.) and which therefore are not directly comparable to data reported before 2015.