Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 3 (week ending 23 January 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
  • 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 2021/50 2021/51 2021/52 2022/01 2022/02 2022/03
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 31 13 15 14 19 17
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis - 1 2 1 - 1
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 9 17 3 10 10 11
Borrelia sp - - - - 1 -
Borrelia tillae - 3 - 1 - -
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis - - 1 - - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 22 22 14 16 19 11
Campylobacter curvus - 1 - - - 1
Campylobacter fetus - - - 1 - -
Campylobacter jejuni 218 226 124 144 248 181
Campylobacter sp 650 685 447 561 608 664
Campylobacter upsaliensis - 2 - - - 1
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 2 1 - - - -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 24 21 27 31 23 22
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 100 120 66 66 30 24
Human coronavirus 229e 1 1 - - - -
SARS coronavirus 1 - - 1 2 -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 256 145 123 196 167 185
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 91 84 82 327 2,578 84
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 506,579 696,241 978,328 960,566 615,481 573,873
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 4,513 5,483 6,642 9,797 6,458 4,389
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) negative 1 1 4 25 - 1
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) void - 2 1 54 - -
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 3 - 1 - - 1
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium hominis - 2 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 37 7 11 23 24 11
Cryptosporidium sp 41 28 6 18 21 31
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 3 - - 5 - -
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 3 2 5 8 6 1
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 2 2 1 - - 1
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 60 44 41 29 42 28
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 87 52 33 64 9 7
Hepatitis B 146 164 100 105 133 120
Hepatitis C 425 387 195 187 385 376
Hepatitis D 4 - 2 2 2 1
Hepatitis E 19 28 13 15 25 18
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 246 201 170 157 190 169
Influenza B 78 31 19 35 154 123
Influenza indeterminate - 4 - - - -
Influenza ungrouped 1 6 2 1 - -
Legionella            
Legionella other named - - 1 - - -
Legionella pneumophila 3 5 - 3 5 2
Legionella sp 1 3 2 2 1 -
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 3 3 4 1 2 1
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 49 54 41 49 44 37
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 14 11 9 5 14 7
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 1 - - - - -
Mumps virus 3 1 2 2 2 1
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 10 2 - 8 1 2
Plasmodium ovale 2 - - - - -
Plasmodium vivax 1 - - - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 30 36 20 14 37 31
Polyomavirus JC 2 3 1 - 3 1
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 3 2 1 2 3 1
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 39 49 37 35 20 10
Salmonella enteritidis 20 16 5 13 6 13
Salmonella infantis 5 8 - - - -
Salmonella sp - 7 7 24 84 60
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi - 6 - - 7 6
Salmonella typhimurium 15 20 11 12 14 20
Shigella            
Shigella boydii - - - - 1 -
Shigella dysenteriae 1 - - - - 2
Shigella flexneri 8 9 5 7 3 8
Shigella sonnei 12 12 7 4 5 7
Shigella sp 16 7 19 10 17 26
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 25 32 19 12 28 25
Streptococcus pneumoniae 99 110 126 80 65 62

Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE)[footnote 1]

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

Week notification received 2021/50 2021/51 2021/52 2022/01 2022/02 2022/03
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp              
  KPC - 1 1 - 1 -
  NDM - - 2 - - -
  OXA48 2 1 2 - - 1
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex              
  IMP 1 - - 1 - -
  KPC 1 4 1 1 - -
  NDM - 1 - 1 2 -
  OXA48 1 2 - - - -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli              
  KPC 1 1 4 2 1 -
  NDM 4 1 4 1 1 1
  OXA48 2 5 - 1 1 -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes              
  NDM 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca              
  KPC 1 1 1 1 - -
  OXA48 1 - 1 - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae              
  IMP - - - - 1 -
  KPC 2 - 1 5 3 -
  NDM 1 3 6 5 1 1
  OXA48 1 4 6 3 3 2
  VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other - - 4 3 - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica              
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -

Other carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative organisms[footnote 1]

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

Week notification received 2021/50 2021/51 2021/52 2022/01 2022/02 2022/03
Pseudomonas            
Pseudomonas aeruginosa            
IMP - - 2 - - -
VIM - - 1 - 1 -
Other 1 2 1 1 3 2
  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.  2