Common gastrointestinal infections, england and wales: laboratory reports weeks 45 to 48, 2015

* Public Health England Research and analysis COMMON GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTIONS, ENGLAND AND WALES: LABORATORY REPORTS WEEKS 45 TO 48, 2015 Updated 15 January 2016 © Crown copyright 2016

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LABORATORY REPORTS NUMBER OF REPORTS RECEIVED TOTAL REPORTS CUMULATIVE TOTALS   45/15 46/15 47/15 48/15 45-48/15 1-48/15 1-48/14 Campylobacter 1041 857 748 223 2869 54409 56315 E. coli O157

* 3 7 5 2 17 681 710 Salmonella ** 104 68 14 5 191 7736 6638 Shigella sonnei 24 12 7 0 43 1090 1069 Rotavirus 18 20 21 39 98 5143 4282 Norovirus 103 79 65 92 339 6718 5073 Cryptosporidium

146 161 210 58 575 4929 3553 Giardia 83 76 73 22 254 3945 3652 * Verocytotoxin producing isolates (data from PHE’s Gastrointestinal Bacteria Reference Unit (GBRU)) ** Data from GBRU Note:

Following the introduction of a new laboratory reporting system (SGSS) in December 2014, direct comparisons with data generated by the previous system (LabBase2) may not be valid. Back to

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