Table 3

Estimated annual numbers of infectious intestinal disease (IID) cases in the community and presenting to general practices by organism, IID2 Study, UK 2008–2009

OrganismCommunityPresenting to GP
Cases95% CICases95% CI
Bacteria
C perfringensA89 84733 565 to 240 50814 9836981 to 32 157
Campylobacter spp.A571 949369 936 to 884 27678 97355 486 to 112 401
E coli O157 VTECA18 9161339 to 267 201824120 to 5664
Enteroaggregative E coliD365 297211 351 to 631 37412 8936501 to 25 567
Salmonella spp.A38 6069968 to 149 52911 2914649 to 27 418
Protozoa
CryptosporidiumB43 83411 393 to 168 65512 4885232 to 29 805
GiardiaB52 43415 022 to 183 02056171875 to 16 822
Viruses
 AdenovirusC630 251417 285 to 951 90652 10630 219 to 89 845
 AstrovirusD325 6421 82 466 to 581 16524 98212 260 to 50 905
 NorovirusD2 905 2782 418 208 to 3 490 451128 02288 784 to 184 600
 RotavirusC783 737539 535 to 1 138 46683 85054 868 to 128 141
 SapovirusD1 610 0411 239 580 to 2 091 21997 02466 661 to 141 217
 All IID16 935 42015 680 690 to 18 277 9441 096 190891 659 to 1 348 301
  • A, culture; B, enzyme immunoassay; C, ELISA and/or PCR; D, PCR; VTEC, verocytotoxin-producing E coli.