Research and analysis

Common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 48 to 52, 2017

Updated 12 January 2018

Laboratory reports Number of reports received Total reports Cumulative totals
  48/17 49/17 50/17 51/17 52/17 48-52/17 1-52/17 1-52/16
Campylobacter 975 914 829 977 714 4453 56105 52390
E. coli O157 * 9 2 1 5 3 20 588 668
Salmonella ** 153 127 129 104 77 592 8486 8395
Shigella sonnei 23 12 17 13 7 73 808 764
Shigella flexneri 14 10 9 13 4 5 484 507
Rotavirus 19 32 20 24 18 113 3675¥ 2705
Norovirus 165 244 227 195 210 1041 5349 7877
Cryptosporidium 92 70 62 61 22 308 4196 5672
Giardia 109 70 81 94 50 405 4786 4393

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

** Data from GBRU