Research and analysis

Common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 5 to 8, 2017

Updated 12 January 2018

Laboratory reports Number of reports received Total reports Cumulative totals
  5/17 6/17 7/17 8/17 5-8/17 1-8/17 1-8/16
Campylobacter 777 768 732 786 3063 5916 6416
E. coli O157 * 7 2 6 6 21 38 46
Salmonella ** 73 71 85 11 240 661 872
Shigella sonnei 12 9 10 9 40 88 102
Rotavirus 135 171 175 182 663 954 237
Norovirus 204 149 136 142 631 1222 1263
Cryptosporidium 33 35 26 45 139 347 424
Giardia 76 56 57 59 248 464 514

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

** Data from GBRU