Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 17 (week ending 1 May 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

Statutory notifications of causative agents, grouped by root organism

Totals for the current week compared to the previous 5.

Week notification received 2022/12 2022/13 2022/14 2022/15 2022/16 2022/17
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - 1 - - - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 19 15 17 16 20 13
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 2 - - 1 2 6
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 12 7 21 12 8 7
Borrelia sp - - 1 - 2 1
Borrelia tillae - - - 1 2 -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 14 30 22 39 11 16
Campylobacter jejuni 270 229 212 195 184 248
Campylobacter lari - - - - - 1
Campylobacter other named - 1 - 2 - -
Campylobacter sp 626 691 555 767 537 836
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 - - - - 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - - - - 1 -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 1 1 - 1 - -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 26 28 27 26 26 19
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 83 75 64 89 60 55
Human coronavirus 229e - 2 1 1 1 2
Human coronavirus hku1 - - - 1 - -
SARS coronavirus 1 - - - - 1
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 146 113 159 142 87 171
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 45 54 545 44 35 15
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 485,909 384,954 231,189 162,181 109,870 70,640
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 2,058 1,984 1,652 1,620 1,232 1,197
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 1,272 1,095 1,026 1,083 849 808
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 3,525 2,611 2,924 2,989 2,723 2,492
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody negative 83 32 25 14 19 13
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody positive 11 13 12 11 6 4
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 1,721 1,580 7,048 1,271 1,039 989
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 4,835 7,193 7,301 3,593 3,531 3,376
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 2 3 1 - - 3
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - 1 - - 1
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - 1 - - - 1
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium hominis 1 2 2 2 2 1
Cryptosporidium parvum 17 18 22 24 28 23
Cryptosporidium sp 15 20 17 29 34 94
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica - - 1 - - 2
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 2 4 3 10 6 8
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 2 - 1 - - -
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 39 41 29 29 25 62
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 7 5 8 16 12 12
Hepatitis B 148 189 137 206 165 152
Hepatitis C 268 460 322 351 355 250
Hepatitis D - 1 2 1 3 3
Hepatitis E 27 27 17 33 21 19
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 789 1,057 912 1,106 748 609
Influenza B 30 23 47 43 13 30
Influenza indeterminate - 2 - - - 6
Influenza ungrouped - 9 13 46 18 11
Legionella            
Legionella pneumophila 2 6 3 3 1 8
Legionella sp 1 2 - 2 1 1
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 2 1 - 5 4 1
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 61 76 54 60 51 51
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 13 13 9 11 10 6
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 1 - - - 1 1
Mumps virus - 1 4 2 1 2
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - 2 1 - 2 3
Plasmodium ovale - - - - - 1
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 32 32 21 37 24 34
Polyomavirus JC 4 5 1 9 1 4
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 3 2 2 6 4 6
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 43 38 35 41 19 13
Salmonella enteritidis 14 18 27 18 5 -
Salmonella infantis 5 - 5 - - -
Salmonella newport - 6 5 6 - -
Salmonella salamae - 5 - - - -
Salmonella sp 5 17 5 36 79 132
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 13 23 13 20 9 16
Salmonella typhimurium 29 29 40 26 11 15
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 2 2 1 4 - 1
Shigella dysenteriae 2 - 2 1 2 1
Shigella flexneri 15 17 12 12 11 14
Shigella sonnei 8 19 7 11 9 14
Shigella sp 19 25 36 41 26 69
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 45 50 32 41 45 73
Streptococcus pneumoniae 111 91 89 100 102 76
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - - - 3 - -

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 2022/12 2022/13 2022/14 2022/15 2022/16 2022/17
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC - - 1 - - -
  NDM - 1 - - 1 -
  OXA48 1 2 - 1 1 -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP - - - - 1 -
  KPC 2 1 4 2 1 -
  NDM 1 - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - - 2 - 1 -
Other enterobacter spp IMP 1 - - - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli KPC 2 4 5 2 3 -
  NDM 4 - 3 4 3 2
  OXA48 3 3 5 7 4 1
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC - - 3 - - -
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 1 - - - - -
  KPC 5 2 2 4 1 2
  NDM 3 1 2 4 2 -
  OXA48 - 1 4 7 1 3
  Other 1 1 1 1 - -
Pluralibacter              
Pluralibacter gergoviae 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 2022/12 2022/13 2022/14 2022/15 2022/16 2022/17
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM 1 - - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - - - 1 1 1
  NDM - 1 1 - - -
  Other 1 1 2 - 2 -
Pseudomonas fluorescens group IMP - - 1 - - -
Other pseudomonas spp IMP 1 - - - - -
  Other - - - - 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.