Research and analysis

Common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports weeks 9 to 13, 2018

Updated 18 May 2018

Laboratory reports Number of reports received Total reports Cumulative totals
  9/18 10/18 11/18 12/18 9-13/18 1-13/18 1-13/17  
Campylobacter 862 833 934 873 786 4288 12529 10086
E. coli O157 * 1 4 4 8 5 22 46 71
Salmonella ** 96 125 84 108 102 515 1318 1434
Shigella sonnei 6 4 4 15 13 42 113 170
Shigella flexneri 7 6 4 5 10 32 75 116
Rotavirus 26 44 42 44 45 201 415 1903
Norovirus 191 267 191 212 205 1066 2603 1929
Cryptosporidium 32 61 50 68 98 309 726 683
Giardia 91 81 101 122 134 529 1357 1049

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

** Data from GBRU