Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 32 (week ending 14 August 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 2022/27 2022/28 2022/29 2022/30 2022/31 2022/32
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - 1 - - - 1
Bacillus            
Bacillus anthracis - - - 1 - -
Bacillus cereus 19 23 41 41 28 26
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis - 1 - 3 - -
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 30 32 31 20 25 29
Borrelia sp 1 3 1 3 - 1
Borrelia tillae - - 2 - - 2
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis 2 - - - - -
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei 1 - - - - 1
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 61 48 51 38 41 31
Campylobacter fetus 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 364 338 344 287 289 239
Campylobacter lari 1 1 2 1 - 1
Campylobacter other named - 2 - 2 3 1
Campylobacter sp 1,239 1,041 1,025 1,141 929 915
Campylobacter upsaliensis - - - - 1 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 2 - 1 1 - 2
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 1 2 - 1 - 2
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 38 31 34 23 23 39
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 57 11 14 5 8 5
SARS coronavirus - - - 1 9 -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 148 106 69 72 60 60
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 37 225 24 10 15 16
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 178,029 141,252 92,096 63,155 48,486 38,200
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 963 1,168 1,085 870 626 1,246
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 651 731 603 416 391 339
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 1,819 2,560 1,883 1,690 1,292 1,323
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody negative - - - - 1 -
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 647 1,386 755 585 684 511
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 2,114 3,351 2,745 2,309 2,103 1,881
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 4 2 3 - 1 -
Corynebacterium ulcerans 1 - - - - -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - - - - - 1
Cryptosporidium hominis 4 - 3 2 4 1
Cryptosporidium parvum 32 29 17 26 24 19
Cryptosporidium sp 13 14 12 14 18 48
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - - 1 - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 1 1 1 2 1 30
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 5 6 15 19 23 9
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 1 5 1 2 5 2
Giardia            
Giardia lamblia 1 1 - 1 - 2
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 86 56 52 50 32 36
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 19 15 19 14 8 14
Hepatitis B 245 182 185 170 170 147
Hepatitis C 414 309 435 345 350 339
Hepatitis D 1 1 5 1 3 3
Hepatitis E 44 31 23 20 20 25
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 125 141 124 112 117 142
Influenza B 15 18 21 19 12 19
Influenza indeterminate - - - - 6 -
Influenza ungrouped 64 2 2 5 1 5
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - 2 - - - -
Legionella other named - - - 1 - -
Legionella pneumophila 7 5 5 2 4 4
Legionella sp 3 - 3 2 1 -
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 5 7 6 7 2 4
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 76 66 47 63 75 48
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 18 8 12 9 4 7
Orthopoxvirus            
Monkeypox virus 369 372 364 306 237 158
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 4 4 - 1 7 2
Mumps virus 4 3 1 3 5 1
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 1 3 1 1 5 13
Plasmodium malariae - 1 - - - 2
Plasmodium vivax - - - 1 - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 85 25 27 26 30 38
Polyomavirus JC 2 2 2 1 3 2
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia spotted fever - 1 - 1 - 1
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 11 - 2 1 3 2
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 61 67 77 72 55 28
Salmonella agbeni - - - 5 - -
Salmonella enteritidis 43 48 44 49 35 11
Salmonella gueuletapee 10 7 - - - -
Salmonella infantis 5 9 8 5 6 -
Salmonella java - 7 - - - -
Salmonella mbandaka 6 - - - - -
Salmonella mikawasima 6 - - 7 - -
Salmonella newport - - - 5 - -
Salmonella sp 36 24 24 39 84 170
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 8 11 12 - 5 -
Salmonella typhimurium 44 32 35 63 41 12
Shigella            
Shigella dysenteriae - 1 1 - 2 -
Shigella flexneri 9 11 10 4 8 5
Shigella sonnei 11 8 9 8 7 6
Shigella sp 40 35 29 34 30 33
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 74 85 79 77 61 66
Streptococcus pneumoniae 98 88 51 74 62 48
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - - 3 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 2022/27 2022/28 2022/29 2022/30 2022/31 2022/32
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC - - - - 1 -
  NDM - - - 3 - -
  OXA48 1 - 1 2 2 -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 1 - 2 - - -
  KPC 4 2 1 4 5 -
  NDM 2 1 1 2 1 -
  OXA48 2 5 3 - 3 -
  VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other 1 - - - 1 -
Other enterobacter spp IMP 1 - - - - -
  NDM - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - - 1 - - -
  KPC 6 5 1 2 - -
  NDM 2 6 4 3 2 2
  OXA48 3 2 2 5 9 1
  VIM - 1 - 2 - -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Escherichia hermannii KPC - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 2 - - 3 2 1
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae KPC 7 5 1 5 7 -
  NDM 4 3 2 3 4 1
  OXA48 4 4 4 1 4 1
  VIM - 1 1 - - 1
Klebsiella pneumoniae Other 1 1 - - - -
Other klebsiella spp KPC - - - 1 - -
  NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Providencia              
Providencia stuartii Other - - - 1 - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica KPC - - 1 - - -
Raoultella planticola (klebsiella planticola) KPC 1 - - - - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Other 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 2022/27 2022/28 2022/29 2022/30 2022/31 2022/32
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP - - - - 1 -
  NDM - - - 2 - -
  Other 1 - 1 - - -
Other acinetobacter spp Other - - - 1 - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - - - 1 1 -
  VIM - 1 - 1 - -
  Other 1 2 1 - 1 -
Pseudomonas monteilli Other 1 - - - - -
Pseudomonas putida group VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Other              
  NDM - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - - 1 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