Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 25 (week ending 26 June 2022)

Updated 16 January 2023

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
  • 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 2022/20 2022/21 2022/22 2022/23 2022/24 2022/25
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 15 20 15 19 25 22
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis - - - 3 2 -
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 10 16 17 23 21 12
Borrelia sp - - 1 1 2 3
Borrelia tillae - - - 1 - 3
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis - - 1 - - -
Brucella sp - - - 1 1 -
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei 1 - - - 1 -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 34 24 24 34 60 36
Campylobacter fetus 2 1 - - - 1
Campylobacter jejuni 349 391 275 354 417 305
Campylobacter lari 1 - - 1 - 1
Campylobacter other named 1 - 1 2 - -
Campylobacter sp 1,189 1,079 865 1,211 1,284 1,223
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 2 - 1 - -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - - 1 - - 2
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 30 40 27 28 23 30
Clostridium tetani - 1 - - - -
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 51 70 38 62 67 13
SARS coronavirus - 1 - - - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 115 122 49 120 145 171
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 36 33 27 28 121 40
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (covid- 19) 42,732 35,667 40,419 66,755 85,854 114,629
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (covid- 19) indeterminate 936 966 751 860 776 838
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 658 581 305 623 711 671
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 1,910 1,348 747 1,760 2,808 2,283
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody negative 13 15 2 3 15 -
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody positive 2 4 - - 6 -
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 681 519 277 615 2,779 581
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 2,089 1,619 1,055 1,680 3,696 1,632
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae - 1 1 5 3 1
Corynebacterium ulcerans - 1 - - - -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii 1 - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis - 3 1 6 2 2
Cryptosporidium meleagridis - 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 57 32 21 24 19 11
Cryptosporidium sp 20 17 11 21 20 37
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 1 1 2 - 1 3
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 9 6 7 15 12 11
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus - 2 - - 1 5
Giardia            
Giardia lamblia 1 2 2 3 3 -
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 53 65 54 62 48 66
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 12 9 6 13 15 10
Hepatitis B 198 240 127 182 200 167
Hepatitis C 370 380 326 315 442 336
Hepatitis D 3 2 - 6 3 2
Hepatitis E 34 34 21 36 39 30
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 387 220 173 181 135 118
Influenza B 27 23 21 27 17 18
Influenza indeterminate 1 - - - - 1
Influenza ungrouped 12 35 1 10 18 -
Legionella            
Legionella other named - - 1 - - -
Legionella pneumophila 6 6 2 6 2 3
Legionella sp 1 2 - 3 2 2
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 2 7 2 4 3 1
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 69 76 58 107 69 51
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 19 14 11 14 13 12
Orthopoxvirus            
Monkeypox virus - 1 2 390 239 200
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus - - 1 6 2 1
Mumps virus - - 2 2 1 1
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 1 1 1 - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 38 46 26 36 46 23
Polyomavirus JC 2 1 2 5 1 2
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 4 8 - 11 11 1
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 59 52 43 45 42 19
Salmonella enteritidis 43 34 30 44 44 14
Salmonella infantis 15 27 16 12 - -
Salmonella kentucky - 5 - - - -
Salmonella mbandaka - 6 - - - -
Salmonella newport 5 10 5 - - -
Salmonella sp 25 22 13 33 102 166
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 22 16 17 11 7 -
Salmonella typhimurium 37 41 13 18 17 11
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 1 - 1 - 1 -
Shigella dysenteriae - - - 1 1 -
Shigella flexneri 15 15 9 12 14 9
Shigella sonnei 21 14 16 8 10 7
Shigella sp 49 38 23 41 42 48
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 59 60 48 84 43 62
Streptococcus pneumoniae 69 98 91 120 73 68
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 2 2 - - 2 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 2022/20 2022/21 2022/22 2022/23 2022/24 2022/25
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC - - 1 1 1 -
  NDM - 1 - - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP - - 1 1 - -
  KPC 4 1 1 - 2 1
  NDM - - - 1 - -
Other enterobacter spp IMP - - - - 1 -
  NDM - - 1 - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - - 1 1 - -
  KPC 4 2 2 1 1 -
  NDM 3 6 2 7 5 -
  OXA48 3 5 1 1 4 -
  VIM - - - - - 1
  Other - - 1 - 1 -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes OXA48 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 2 - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae KPC 3 12 3 1 2 1
  NDM 5 1 1 4 2 2
  OXA48 4 5 2 1 6 -
  VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other 2 - 1 - 1 1
Other klebsiella spp KPC - 1 - - - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - - - 1 - -
Providencia              
Providencia stuartii NDM 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 2022/20 2022/21 2022/22 2022/23 2022/24 2022/25
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP 1 - - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP 1 - - 1 - -
  VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other 1 2 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