Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 28 (week ending 17 July 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 2022/23 2022/24 2022/25 2022/26 2022/27 2022/28
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - - - 1 - 1
Bacillus            
Bacillus anthracis - - - 2 - -
Bacillus cereus 19 26 25 22 19 21
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 3 2 - 2 - 1
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 24 21 13 15 28 31
Borrelia sp 1 2 3 2 1 3
Borrelia tillae 1 - 3 1 - -
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis - 1 - - 2 -
Brucella sp 1 - - - - -
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei - 1 - - 1 -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 34 60 46 58 58 37
Campylobacter fetus - - 1 - 1 -
Campylobacter jejuni 354 418 371 385 352 278
Campylobacter lari 1 - 2 3 1 1
Campylobacter other named 2 - - - - 2
Campylobacter sp 1,211 1,318 1,194 1,172 1,234 1039
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 1 - 1 2 -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - - 2 1 1 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 28 32 40 34 32 30
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 62 67 13 27 57 11
Human coronavirus hku1 - - - 1 - -
SARS coronavirus - - - 1 - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 120 145 176 194 148 101
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 28 121 40 30 37 225
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (covid- 19) 66,901 86,159 114,958 145,821 178,075 139,349
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (covid- 19) indeterminate 860 776 838 859 962 1,072
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 623 712 671 777 651 731
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 1,760 2,809 2,285 2,021 1,818 2,555
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody negative 3 15 - 1 - -
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody positive - 6 - 1 - -
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 616 2,781 636 639 647 1,377
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 1,690 3,697 1,750 1,998 2,114 3,245
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 5 3 1 1 4 2
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - - - 1 -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetiid 1 - - - - 1
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium hominis 6 4 2 2 4 -
Cryptosporidium meleagridis - 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 25 21 26 27 32 5
Cryptosporidium sp 20 15 22 11 13 38
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica - 1 3 - 1 2
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 15 12 13 11 5 6
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus - 1 6 1 1 4
Giardia            
Giardia lamblia 3 3 - 3 1 1
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 62 65 76 72 86 52
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 13 15 11 15 19 14
Hepatitis B 188 214 200 184 240 157
Hepatitis C 324 457 367 455 393 277
Hepatitis D 6 3 2 2 1 1
Hepatitis E 37 39 32 29 42 30
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 181 135 118 98 124 139
Influenza B 27 17 18 27 15 16
Influenza indeterminate - - 1 - - -
Influenza ungrouped 10 18 - 23 64 2
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - - - - - 1
Legionella pneumophila 6 2 4 4 6 3
Legionella sp 3 2 2 3 4 1
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 4 3 1 1 5 7
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 114 78 58 65 70 54
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 14 14 12 6 18 8
Orthopoxvirus            
Monkeypox virus 391 238 214 446 404 371
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 6 2 1 2 4 4
Mumps virus 2 1 1 4 4 3
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - - - 9 1 2
Plasmodium malariae - - - - - 1
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 36 46 23 41 85 25
Polyomavirus JC 5 1 2 4 2 2
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia spotted fever - - - - - 1
Rubella virus            
Rubella 11 11 1 2 11 -
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 52 66 71 69 50 28
Salmonella enteritidis 48 66 57 45 24 14
Salmonella infantis 13 9 7 11 - -
Salmonella newport - 6 8 - - -
Salmonella sp 20 18 34 76 114 133
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 11 7 8 7 8 10
Salmonella typhimurium 19 38 28 33 22 15
Salmonella virchow - 5 - - - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii - 1 1 2 - -
Shigella dysenteriae 1 1 - 1 - -
Shigella flexneri 13 18 15 19 7 6
Shigella sonnei 8 11 10 11 11 4
Shigella sp 40 38 40 42 42 44
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 84 48 64 50 73 83
Streptococcus pneumoniae 120 77 74 109 91 85
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - 2 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 2022/23 2022/24 2022/25 2022/26 2022/27 2022/28
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC 1 1 - - - -
  NDM - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - 1 1 - 1 -
  VIM - - 1 1 - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 1 - 1 - 1 -
  KPC - 2 3 2 3 -
  NDM 1 1 3 4 1 -
  OXA48 - 5 2 1 1 -
  VIM - - 1 1 - 1
  Other - - - 1 1 -
Other enterobacter spp IMP - 1 - - 1 -
  NDM - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
               
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 1 - 1 - - -
  KPC 1 1 - 4 2 -
  NDM 7 6 8 5 1 2
  OXA48 1 5 6 4 3 -
  VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC - - - 1 2 -
  NDM - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 1 - 2 1 1 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae KPC 1 2 5 2 5 -
  NDM 4 3 4 - 3 1
  OXA48 1 6 1 6 3 1
  Other - 1 1 - - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC 1 - - - - -
Pantoea              
Pantoea spp KPC - - - 1 - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis OXA48 - - - 1 - -
  VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella planticola (klebsiella planticola) KPC - - - - 1 -
Serratia              
Serratia spp 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 2022/23 2022/24 2022/25 2022/26 2022/27 2022/28
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP - - 1 - - -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP 1 - - - - -
  Other - 1 3 2 1 -
Pseudomonas monteilli Other - - - - 1 -
Pseudomonas putida group VIM - - - - 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