Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 13 (week ending 3 April 2022)

Updated 16 January 2023

NOIDs weekly report

Laboratories in England have a statutory duty to notify the UK Health Security Agency 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
  • 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
Week notification received 2022/08 2022/09 2022/10 2022/11 2022/12 2022/13
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - - - - - 1
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 17 17 15 19 17 10
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 1 1 2 4 2 -
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 4 16 8 13 12 6
Borrelia sp 2 2 1 2 - 1
Borrelia tillae 1 - - 3 - -
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei - - - 1 - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 13 24 12 24 14 19
Campylobacter fetus - 2 1 1 - -
Campylobacter helveticus - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 213 273 245 255 269 194
Campylobacter lari - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter other named - - - - 1 1
Campylobacter sp 680 706 635 571 621 698
Campylobacter upsaliensis - - 1 2 1 -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - - - 2 - -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - - - - 1 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 39 27 33 28 21 25
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 33 41 51 58 82 73
Human coronavirus 229e 1 - 1 - - 2
SARS coronavirus - 1 - 2 1 -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 115 202 197 161 146 113
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 46 53 912 50 45 54
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 171,067 217,610 367,689 472,790 486,060 385,277
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 1,834 1,701 1,500 2,055 2,058 1,967
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 1,149 1,336 1,325 1,304 1,267 1,090
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 2,826 3,290 3,206 3,528 3,504 2,574
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody negative 3 - 2 2 - 4
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody positive 2 - - 3 - 1
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 5,720 1,417 7,817 1,841 1,721 1,545
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 10,287 4,337 15,467 5,219 4,834 7,173
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae - 2 - - 2 3
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - 3 - - -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - 1 - - - 1
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium hominis - 1 - 1 1 1
Cryptosporidium parvum 15 15 17 15 10 6
Cryptosporidium sp 19 17 28 21 22 31
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica - 1 2 - - -
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 2 2 4 4 1 4
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 1 - - 1 2 -
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 40 41 40 34 35 35
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 8 9 7 6 6 5
Hepatitis B 133 134 147 166 135 160
Hepatitis C 328 233 346 381 261 429
Hepatitis D 3 - 2 - - 1
Hepatitis E 24 22 22 18 26 24
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 250 282 415 688 766 1027
Influenza B 32 17 20 133 37 122
Influenza indeterminate 6 - 4 - - -
Influenza ungrouped 1 2 - 5 - 9
Legionella            
Legionella pneumophila 5 - - 1 2 5
Legionella sp - 1 1 - 1 3
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 1 - 2 9 2 1
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 65 60 49 74 49 65
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 6 9 6 9 13 13
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus - 1 1 - 1 -
Mumps virus - - 2 2 - 1
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 2 - - - - 2
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 23 32 24 23 32 32
Polyomavirus JC 4 3 5 4 4 5
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 4 1 5 2 3 2
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 39 40 28 47 22 25
Salmonella enteritidis 8 24 21 18 7 -
Salmonella mbandaka 5 - - - - -
Salmonella newport - 6 - - - 5
Salmonella sp 9 - 10 20 47 67
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 6 14 6 8 12 14
Salmonella typhimurium 24 40 28 37 20 16
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 3 1 2 - 1 2
Shigella dysenteriae - - - 1 1 -
Shigella flexneri 10 19 15 20 12 10
Shigella sonnei 18 12 10 7 8 14
Shigella sp 31 31 29 30 24 35
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 31 22 33 24 41 47
Streptococcus pneumoniae 62 73 74 75 101 79
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 2022/08 2022/09 2022/10 2022/11 2022/12 2022/13
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp NDM - - - - - 1
  OXA48 - - - - 1 1
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex KPC 3 2 2 - 2 -
  NDM 3 - - - - -
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Other enterobacter spp IMP - - - - 1 -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli KPC 5 4 3 1 2 -
  NDM 1 3 1 3 4 -
  OXA48 2 3 2 3 3 -
  Other - - 2 - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 1 3 1 - - -
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - - - - 1 -
  KPC 5 6 3 2 4 -
  NDM 1 4 1 3 2 -
  OXA48 2 4 7 4 - -
  Other - 2 - - 1 -
Klebsiella variicola KPC - - 1 - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis 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 2022/08 2022/09 2022/10 2022/11 2022/12 2022/13
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other 1 1 1 - 1 1
Other pseudomonas spp IMP - - - - 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