Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 20 (week ending 21 May 2023)

Updated 2 January 2024

NOIDs weekly report

Laboratories in England have a statutory duty to notify the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) of the identification of the following causative agents:

  • Bacillus anthracis
  • Bacillus cereus
  • Bordetella pertussis
  • Borrelia spp
  • Brucella spp
  • Burkholderia mallei
  • Burkholderia pseudomallei
  • Campylobacter spp
  • Carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria
  • Chikungunya virus
  • Chlamydophila psittaci
  • Clostridium botulinum
  • Clostridium perfringens
  • Clostridium tetani
  • Corynebacterium diphtheriae
  • Corynebacterium ulcerans
  • Coxiella burnetii
  • Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus
  • Cryptosporidium spp
  • Dengue virus
  • Ebola virus
  • Entamoeba histolytica
  • Escherichia coli O 157
  • Francisella tularensis
  • Giardia lamblia
  • Guanarito virus
  • Haemophilus influenzae (invasive)
  • Hanta virus
  • Hepatitis A
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis C
  • Hepatitis D
  • Hepatitis E
  • Influenza virus
  • Junin virus
  • Kyasanur Forest disease virus
  • Lassa virus
  • Legionella spp
  • Leptospira interrogans
  • Listeria monocytogenes
  • Machupo virus
  • Marburg virus
  • Measles virus
  • Mpox (monkeypox) virus
  • Mumps virus
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
  • Neisseria meningitidis
  • Omsk haemorrhagic fever virus
  • Plasmodium falciparum
  • Plasmodium knowlesi
  • Plasmodium malariae
  • Plasmodium ovale
  • Plasmodium vivax
  • Polio virus
  • Rabies virus
  • Rickettsia spp
  • Rift Valley fever virus
  • Rubella virus
  • Sabia virus
  • Salmonella spp
  • SARS coronavirus
  • Shigella spp
  • Streptococcus group A (invasive)
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae (invasive)
  • Varicella zoster virus
  • Variola virus
  • Vibrio cholerae
  • West Nile virus
  • Yellow fever virus
  • Yersinia pestis

Statutory notifications of causative agents, grouped by root organism

Totals for the current week compared to the previous 5.

Week notification received 2023/15 2023/16 2023/17 2023/18 2023/19 2023/20
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - - - 1 - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 9 17 22 17 14 10
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 1 4 5 5 5 5
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 15 21 16 13 21 15
Borrelia sp 2 6 3 4 3 1
Borrelia tillae 1 - - 1 - 1
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis - - 1 - - 1
Brucella sp - - - 2 - 1
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 15 19 26 9 16 20
Campylobacter fetus - 2 - - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 163 221 265 205 222 264
Campylobacter lari 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter other named 1 1 1 1 3 2
Campylobacter rectus 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter sp 523 816 792 716 744 1,186
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 - - 1 1 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 1 - 2 - 3
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - - - - 1 2
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 35 32 53 50 34 34
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 50 53 43 40 44 27
Human coronavirus 229e 1 1 1 - - 1
Human coronavirus hku1 1 - 2 - - 1
SARS coronavirus - - 2 - - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 85 99 113 88 142 132
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void - 5 4 14 7 -
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 13,098 11,082 10,550 9,831 8,003 6,854
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 252 157 186 231 100 78
SARS-CoV-2 IgA antibody positive - - - 1 - -
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 41 46 63 64 80 60
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 212 187 256 176 308 179
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody negative - - - 2 - -
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 56 74 101 63 73 79
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 190 225 301 177 192 215
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 3 - - 1 - -
Corynebacterium ulcerans 2 1 3 1 2 1
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - - - 1 -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - - - - - 1
Cryptosporidium hominis 7 5 5 3 3 1
Cryptosporidium parvum 26 62 113 64 58 49
Cryptosporidium sp 8 25 53 47 39 80
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - 1 - - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica - 3 - - 1 2
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 9 8 14 6 11 6
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 1 - 3 3 1 5
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 55 50 56 64 65 63
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 5 12 7 9 10 7
Hepatitis B 252 253 266 225 222 245
Hepatitis C 265 311 328 304 312 365
Hepatitis D 1 3 2 5 3 2
Hepatitis E 27 24 17 31 18 18
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 62 43 58 49 41 36
Influenza B 273 188 171 145 100 70
Influenza indeterminate 6 - - - - 6
Influenza ungrouped 6 - 2 2 1 3
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - 1 - 1 - -
Legionella pneumophila 1 2 1 3 3 7
Legionella sp 1 - 3 1 5 1
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 2 2 4 - 3 3
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 94 95 105 79 67 81
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 12 15 19 21 14 19
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 1 - - 3 4 6
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 4 7 4 4 8 8
Mumps virus 1 5 5 4 2 -
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 1 6 6 3 1 1
Plasmodium malariae - - 1 - - -
Plasmodium ovale - 3 - - 1 -
Plasmodium vivax - 1 1 - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 29 42 50 46 32 53
Polyomavirus JC 7 4 11 9 6 9
Polyomavirus untyped - 2 - - 2 -
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia sp - 1 - 1 - -
Rickettsia spotted fever 2 - 1 - - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 3 3 5 2 - 5
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 42 49 66 54 43 28
Salmonella enteritidis 37 63 70 32 31 14
Salmonella infantis - - - 6 - -
Salmonella saint-paul - 5 - - - -
Salmonella sp 8 15 19 29 66 131
Salmonella stanley - 6 - - - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 14 7 14 19 17 11
Salmonella typhimurium 18 32 25 25 16 6
Salmonella enterica 6 - - - - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii - - 3 1 2 -
Shigella dysenteriae 1 1 2 2 - -
Shigella flexneri 10 17 15 8 15 7
Shigella sonnei 14 11 8 8 11 20
Shigella sp 34 51 50 51 46 64
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 110 146 122 108 72 64
Streptococcus pneumoniae 123 119 112 103 75 109
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - 1 - 1 - -

Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE)*

Please note: the numbers presented here do not include specimens that have been referred to the AMRHAI Reference Unit.

Week notification received 2023/15 2023/16 2023/17 2023/18 2023/19 2023/20
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC 2 2 3 1 2 -
  NDM 1 - - 1 2 -
  OXA48 1 5 1 3 3 -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP - 1 - - 1 -
  KPC 1 2 2 2 7 1
  NDM - - 3 3 3 3
  OXA48 4 2 2 1 3 -
  VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other - - - - 2 1
Other enterobacter spp IMP 2 - - - - -
  NDM 1 - 1 - 1 -
  OXA48 - - 1 - 1 -
  VIM 1 - - - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - 2 - - - -
  KPC 2 4 2 2 9 5
  NDM 8 10 14 7 16 5
  OXA48 10 10 6 10 7 2
  VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other - - - 1 1 -
Escherichia vulneris KPC - - - - - 1
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - - - - 1 -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC - 1 - - 1 4
  NDM - 1 1 - - -
  OXA48 1 3 3 2 - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - 1 - - - -
  KPC 5 5 5 9 5 4
  NDM 5 7 1 4 4 2
  OXA48 4 9 2 10 4 3
  VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other - - - - - 1
Klebsiella variicola KPC - - - 1 - -
  NDM 1 - 1 - - -
Other klebsiella spp KPC - - - 1 2 -
  NDM - - - - 1 -
Kluyvera              
Kluyvera spp OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii NDM - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Pantoea              
Pantoea agglomerans KPC - - - - 1 -
Pantoea septica KPC 1 - - - - -
Pluralibacter              
Pluralibacter spp KPC - 1 1 - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM - - - - 1 -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica KPC - - - 1 - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica OXA48 - - - - - 1

Other carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative organisms*

Please note: the numbers presented here do not include specimens that have been referred to the AMRHAI Reference Unit.

Week notification received 2023/15 2023/16 2023/17 2023/18 2023/19 2023/20
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP - - 1 - - -
  NDM - 1 1 - 1 -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - 3 1 - 1 -
  NDM - - 1 1 - -
  VIM 1 - - - 1 -
  Other 5 2 2 3 1 1
Pseudomonas fluorescens group Other - - - 1 - -
Pseudomonas nitroreducens NDM - - 1 - - -
  VIM - - 1 - - -
Pseudomonas putida group IMP - 1 - - - -
Other pseudomonas spp Other - 1 - - - -
Other              
  OXA48 - - - - 2 -

*for all Carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative organisms, the reports are de-duplicated by first mention of organism species and resistance mechanism by person in a rolling 52-week period.