Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 24 (week ending 19 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 2022/19 2022/20 2022/21 2022/22 2022/23 2022/24
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 16 15 20 15 19 24
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis - - - - 3 2
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 13 10 16 17 23 21
Borrelia sp 1 - - 1 1 2
Borrelia tillae - - - - 1 -
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis - - - 1 - -
Brucella sp - - - - 1 1
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei - 1 - - - 1
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 20 34 24 24 34 48
Campylobacter fetus 2 2 1 - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 270 349 391 275 352 352
Campylobacter lari - 1 - - 1 -
Campylobacter other named - 1 - 1 2 -
Campylobacter sp 878 1,189 1,079 865 1,211 1,336
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 1 2 - 1 -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 1 - - 1 - -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 36 30 40 27 28 20
Clostridium tetani - - 1 - - -
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 66 51 70 38 62 67
Human coronavirus hku1 1 - - - - -
SARS coronavirus - - 1 - - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 98 115 122 49 120 145
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 72 36 33 27 28 121
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (covid- 19) 52,605 42,729 35,661 40,419 66,732 85,893
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (covid- 19) indeterminate 854 936 966 751 860 773
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 566 658 581 305 623 711
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 2,073 1,910 1,348 747 1,760 2808
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody negative 30 13 15 2 3 15
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody positive 10 2 4 - - 6
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 1,189 681 519 277 614 2,779
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 2,680 2,089 1,619 1,055 1,678 3,695
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 4 - 1 1 5 3
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - 1 - - -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - 1 - - 1 -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis - - 3 1 4 1
Cryptosporidium meleagridis - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 38 57 31 20 21 10
Cryptosporidium sp 17 20 18 12 25 29
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 1 1 1 2 - 1
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 10 9 6 6 14 8
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 2 - 2 - - 1
Giardia            
Giardia lamblia 2 1 2 2 3 3
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 36 53 65 54 62 46
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 15 12 9 6 13 14
Hepatitis B 244 198 236 127 177 185
Hepatitis C 316 369 377 326 309 435
Hepatitis D 6 3 2 - 6 3
Hepatitis E 30 34 34 21 36 38
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 520 387 220 173 181 135
Influenza B 28 27 23 21 27 17
Influenza indeterminate - 1 - - - -
Influenza ungrouped 3 12 35 1 10 18
Legionella            
Legionella other named - - - 1 - -
Legionella pneumophila 3 6 6 2 5 2
Legionella sp 3 1 2 - 4 2
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 1 2 6 2 4 3
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 66 68 76 56 101 65
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 6 19 14 11 14 13
Orthopoxvirus            
Monkeypox virus - - 1 2 390 237
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus - - - 1 6 2
Mumps virus 2 - - 2 2 1
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - 1 1 1 - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 36 38 46 26 36 46
Polyomavirus JC 6 2 1 2 5 1
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus - 4 8 - 11 11
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 55 56 54 41 33 27
Salmonella enteritidis 28 42 32 27 29 27
Salmonella infantis - 15 25 16 12 -
Salmonella mbandaka - - 6 - - -
Salmonella newport 5 5 7 - - -
Salmonella sp - 29 33 23 65 145
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 9 22 16 17 10 -
Salmonella typhimurium 26 37 39 13 12 11
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 4 1 - 1 - 1
Shigella dysenteriae - - - - 1 1
Shigella flexneri 12 15 15 8 11 11
Shigella sonnei 21 21 14 16 7 7
Shigella sp 35 49 38 24 42 48
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 59 59 59 48 81 41
Streptococcus pneumoniae 82 69 98 91 120 70
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - 2 1 - - 2

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 2022/19 2022/20 2022/21 2022/22 2022/23 2022/24
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC - - - 1 1 -
  NDM 1 - 1 - - -
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP - - - 1 1 -
  KPC 3 4 - 1 - 1
  NDM 1 - - - 1 -
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
Other enterobacter spp NDM - - - 1 - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - - - 1 1 -
  KPC 4 4 2 2 1 -
  NDM 4 3 6 2 7 1
  OXA48 6 3 4 - 1 1
  Other - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC - 2 - 1 - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae KPC 3 3 9 3 1 1
  NDM 1 5 1 1 4 -
  OXA48 6 4 5 1 1 -
  Other 1 2 - 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 2022/19 2022/20 2022/21 2022/22 2022/23 2022/24
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP - 1 - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - 1 - - 1 -
  VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other 2 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