Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 2 (week ending 15 January 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 2022/49 2022/50 2022/51 2022/52 2023/01 2023/02
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - - - - - 1
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 19 15 11 10 15 22
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 1 3 1 - - 1
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 21 24 20 8 10 13
Borrelia sp 4 - 1 2 - -
Borrelia tillae 1 - 2 - - 1
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 29 25 29 13 19 14
Campylobacter fetus - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 193 152 283 129 168 176
Campylobacter lari - - - - 1 1
Campylobacter other named 1 1 - - 1 -
Campylobacter sp 753 611 623 344 448 643
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 1 1 - - 2
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 1 2 - - -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 1 1 - - - 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 34 34 50 33 34 20
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 66 141 165 205 194 195
SARS coronavirus 1 - - 1 - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 218 284 276 195 206 170
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 22 6 14 6 6 10
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 29,103 38,019 42,374 37,410 29,469 16,745
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 286 390 414 374 433 407
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 217 332 804 110 165 194
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 1,170 1,466 1,800 453 691 1,148
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody positive - - - 1 - -
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 264 278 405 83 158 237
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 1,005 920 1,328 292 722 1,024
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 3 8 5 3 2 4
Corynebacterium ulcerans 1 - - 1 - -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii 2 - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus 1 - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium felis 2 - - - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 14 21 34 5 - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 29 31 60 9 1 4
Cryptosporidium sp 29 25 31 17 28 54
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - 1 - - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 5 1 2 - 2 1
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 7 3 8 1 5 4
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 8 2 - - - 11
Giardia            
Giardia lamblia 1 - 2 2 - 3
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 45 66 74 60 90 86
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 10 11 14 2 6 34
Hepatitis B 243 273 274 139 194 228
Hepatitis C 256 309 332 216 221 300
Hepatitis D 5 4 4 2 2 3
Hepatitis E 34 46 52 26 24 35
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 7,135 12,473 22,578 14,727 7,658 2,539
Influenza B 355 545 768 852 755 539
Influenza indeterminate 8 43 17 50 22 4
Influenza ungrouped 277 349 663 539 243 82
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - - - 1 - -
Legionella pneumophila 2 9 3 3 5 6
Legionella sp - - - 3 4 2
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 1 1 5 4 3 5
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 80 76 74 35 38 53
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 21 20 26 25 42 36
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus - - 4 - 1 1
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 1 - 3 - 1 2
Mumps virus 3 4 7 3 2 6
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 10 - - - 1 3
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 42 43 44 28 28 74
Polyomavirus JC 5 3 2 5 4 4
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia spotted fever - - - 1 - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 4 5 - 4 3 4
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 54 44 59 35 30 18
Salmonella agona 6 5 8 - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 46 25 29 12 11 5
Salmonella infantis 6 - - 6 - -
Salmonella mbandaka 14 - - - - -
Salmonella newport - 5 - - - -
Salmonella sp 6 6 25 7 41 86
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 8 9 - 5 - 6
Salmonella typhimurium 22 24 25 14 6 7
Salmonella virchow - - - 7 6 -
Salmonella enterica 6 - - - - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 1 1 - 1 1 2
Shigella dysenteriae 1 1 - 1 - -
Shigella flexneri 10 21 7 9 13 10
Shigella sonnei 22 18 19 15 6 8
Shigella sp 25 31 37 11 31 38
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 145 141 206 189 188 189
Streptococcus pneumoniae 157 142 212 284 232 136

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 2022/49 2022/50 2022/51 2022/52 2023/01 2023/02
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC 1 1 1 2 1 -
  NDM - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 2 1 - - 2 -
  VIM 1 - - - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 1 - - - 1 -
  KPC 5 2 4 4 1 2
  NDM 1 3 - 3 3 1
  OXA48 5 1 3 - 2 -
  VIM - - - - 1 -
  Other 1 - 1 - - 1
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - - - - 2 -
  KPC 4 9 7 4 3 3
  NDM 12 4 6 7 3 1
  OXA48 8 2 7 5 8 1
  VIM - - 1 - 1 -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Escherichia hermannii OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - 1 - 1 -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 4 4 1 1 - 1
  NDM - - 1 1 - -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - - - - 2 -
  KPC 6 7 8 3 6 6
  NDM 6 7 3 6 1 2
  OXA48 5 4 6 2 5 2
  VIM - - - - 3 -
  Other - 1 1 1 1 -
Klebsiella variicola KPC - - - 1 - -
Other klebsiella spp KPC - - 1 - - -
  NDM - - - - 1 -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC 1 - - - - 1
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 - - - - 2 -
Other proteus spp NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica OXA48 1 1 - - - -
Other raoultella spp KPC 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 2022/49 2022/50 2022/51 2022/52 2023/01 2023/02
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM - 1 1 - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa NDM - - 2 - 1 -
  VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other 1 - 1 1 1 1
Pseudomonas putida group VIM 1 - - - - -
Other pseudomonas spp NDM - - - 1 - -
  VIM - - - - 1 -
Other              
  NDM - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - 1

*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.