Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 47 (week ending 26 November 2023)

Updated 2 January 2024

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 2023/42 2023/43 2023/44 2023/45 2023/46 2023/47
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 34 18 22 13 16 18
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 8 12 10 13 14 12
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 39 40 36 17 14 36
Borrelia sp 3 5 7 7 4 6
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis - - 1 - - -
Brucella sp - - - 2 - -
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei - - - - 1 -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 28 36 32 27 33 34
Campylobacter fetus - - - - - 1
Campylobacter gracilis 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 242 303 284 303 312 240
Campylobacter other named - 2 2 - 1 -
Campylobacter sp 1,104 1,048 1,016 972 1,043 1,016
Campylobacter upsaliensis 2 1 2 - 2 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 3 - 1 - -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 1 2 2 - 1 -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 24 19 25 21 38 39
Clostridium tetani 1 1 - - - -
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 23 20 14 18 14 23
Human coronavirus 229e 1 - - - 1 -
Human coronavirus hku1 - - - - - 1
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 114 133 129 105 120 132
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 2 6 2 2 2 7
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 8,837 6,894 5,866 3,946 4,424 4,046
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 167 97 70 57 55 45
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 58 25 41 41 36 34
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 236 163 158 191 177 166
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 49 60 43 33 67 24
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 145 139 116 94 114 69
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 2 1 8 1 1 2
Corynebacterium ulcerans - 1 - - 1 -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus 2 1 - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium felis 2 - - - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 129 101 87 116 123 24
Cryptosporidium meleagridis - - - - - 1
Cryptosporidium parvum 67 55 41 64 42 11
Cryptosporidium sp 153 88 107 62 108 166
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - 1 - 2 - 1
Cryptosporidium viatorum - - 1 - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 2 1 - 1 1 -
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 38 23 17 12 13 5
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 2 6 2 2 4 8
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 54 59 61 73 79 59
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 22 14 13 13 9 13
Hepatitis B 299 316 317 269 295 298
Hepatitis C 274 275 243 212 304 242
Hepatitis D 7 10 6 3 20 14
Hepatitis E 29 38 20 28 24 21
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 122 151 205 247 314 369
Influenza B 50 50 62 79 68 56
Influenza indeterminate - - - - 1 -
Influenza ungrouped 5 2 17 4 10 14
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - - 1 - - -
Legionella pneumophila 6 7 5 4 6 2
Legionella sp 3 4 3 5 3 1
Leptospira            
Leptospira interrogans - - - - - 1
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 6 4 6 4 4 6
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 70 86 71 64 81 59
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 32 19 25 26 33 31
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 6 2 20 8 10 7
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 3 3 3 6 10 11
Mumps virus - 4 5 4 7 3
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 15 8 1 - 16 -
Plasmodium malariae 1 - - - - -
Plasmodium ovale 1 3 - - 3 -
Plasmodium vivax 2 2 - - 3 -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 53 48 45 55 74 56
Polyomavirus JC 11 8 6 5 11 11
Polyomavirus untyped 25 15 18 12 15 18
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia spotted fever - - 2 - - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 6 1 6 1 4 5
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 53 61 64 51 53 24
Salmonella agona 6 - - - - -
Salmonella bareilly 7 - - - - -
Salmonella braenderup 5 - - - - -
Salmonella chester 6 5 - - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 103 57 76 72 43 18
Salmonella infantis 7 6 9 6 - -
Salmonella java - 5 - - - -
Salmonella kentucky - 6 - - - -
Salmonella newport 10 7 6 7 - -
Salmonella oranienburg 5 - - - - -
Salmonella saint-paul 16 24 14 9 5 -
Salmonella sp 24 18 28 21 67 110
Salmonella stanley 10 7 8 - - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 22 8 8 16 12 19
Salmonella typhimurium 31 34 36 30 27 8
Salmonella virchow - 5 - - - -
Salmonella enterica 5 5 - - - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii - 1 1 2 1 3
Shigella flexneri 12 13 10 17 17 10
Shigella sonnei 34 27 33 20 31 23
Shigella sp 66 59 48 58 68 63
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 55 49 52 46 59 60
Streptococcus pneumoniae 112 113 134 122 125 118
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 3 - - - 2 1

Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE)

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.

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

Week notification received 2023/42 2023/43 2023/44 2023/45 2023/46 2023/47
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - - - 1 - -
  KPC 1 3 1 2 - 1
  NDM 2 - 4 3 - -
  OXA48 1 1 2 3 2 1
  VIM - - 1 2 - -
Cronobacter              
Cronobacter sakazakii KPC - 1 - - 1 -
Other cronobacter spp KPC - - 1 1 1 1
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 3 3 3 3 1 -
  KPC 6 7 14 10 5 1
  NDM 4 7 7 5 3 1
  OXA48 3 2 1 3 5 1
  Other - 1 - 1 - -
Other enterobacter spp IMP - - - - 1 -
  NDM - - - 3 - -
  OXA48 - - 1 - 1 -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - - - 1 1 -
  KPC 4 1 4 4 2 2
  NDM 14 13 6 15 10 2
  OXA48 5 17 12 17 16 3
  VIM 1 - - 1 - -
  Other 1 2 1 - 2 -
Escherichia hermannii KPC - - 1 - - -
Escherichia vulneris KPC - - 1 - - -
Other escherichia spp OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Hafnia              
Hafnia alvei OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes IMP - - - - - 1
  KPC - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP - 1 - 1 - -
  KPC 5 8 3 5 3 2
  OXA48 1 6 - 1 2 1
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - - 2 - - 1
  KPC 15 7 8 14 9 9
  NDM 8 7 10 8 8 2
  OXA48 17 17 15 8 7 4
  VIM 1 1 - - 1 -
  Other 1 1 - 1 1 1
Klebsiella variicola IMP - 1 - - - -
Other klebsiella spp KPC 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Pantoea              
Pantoea agglomerans KPC 1 - - - - -
Pluralibacter              
Pluralibacter gergoviae KPC - - - - 1 -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM - 2 2 - - -
  OXA48 - 1 - - 1 -
Other proteus spp OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica KPC 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Other raoultella spp KPC - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica NDM - 1 - - - -
Other serratia spp NDM - - 1 - - -

Other carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative organisms

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.

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

Week notification received 2023/42 2023/43 2023/44 2023/45 2023/46 2023/47
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP - - - 1 - -
  NDM 1 2 - 1 - -
  Other 1 1 - - - -
Other acinetobacter spp NDM 1 - - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - 1 - - 1 -
  NDM - 2 1 - 1 -
  VIM 2 1 - 2 - -
  Other 2 3 1 2 1 -
Pseudomonas koreensis VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Pseudomonas putida group NDM - - - 1 - -
  VIM - - - 1 - -
Pseudomonas stutzeri group Other 1 - - - - -
Other              
  NDM - - 1 - - -
  Other - - - - 1 -