Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 33 (week ending 21 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
Week notification received 2022/29 2022/30 2022/31 2022/32 2022/33
Arboviruses          
West nile virus - - - 1 -
Bacillus          
Bacillus anthracis - 1 - - -
Bacillus cereus 41 41 28 27 36
Bordetella          
Bordetella pertussis - 3 - - -
Borrelia          
Borrelia burgdorferi 31 20 25 31 28
Borrelia sp 1 3 - 1 1
Borrelia tillae 2 - - 2 1
Burkholderia          
Burkholderia pseudomallei - - - 1 -
Campylobacter          
Campylobacter coli 51 38 41 37 34
Campylobacter fetus - 1 - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 344 287 292 293 252
Campylobacter lari 2 1 - 1 -
Campylobacter other named - 2 3 1 -
Campylobacter sp 1,025 1,140 927 923 886
Campylobacter upsaliensis - - 1 1 -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 1 - 2 -
Chikungunya virus          
Chikungunya virus - 1 - 2 -
Clostridium          
Clostridium perfringens 34 23 23 41 29
Coronavirus          
Coronavirus 14 5 8 6 6
SARS coronavirus - 1 9 - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 69 72 60 63 50
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 24 10 15 16 15
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (covid- 19) 92,188 63,222 48,527 39,193 29,800
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (covid- 19) indeterminate 1,085 873 654 1,287 662
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 603 416 391 376 316
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 1,883 1,695 1,292 1,560 1,660
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody negative - - 1 - 2
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 755 585 684 551 498
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 2,746 2,309 2,103 2,060 1,801
Corynebacterium          
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 3 - 1 - 2
Cryptosporidium          
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - - - 1 -
Cryptosporidium hominis 3 3 5 9 6
Cryptosporidium parvum 17 27 27 36 17
Cryptosporidium sp 12 11 14 25 42
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum 1 1 - - -
Entamoeba          
Entamoeba histolytica 1 2 1 30 -
Escherichia          
Escherichia coli O 157 15 19 23 14 18
Flaviviruses          
Dengue virus 1 2 5 2 3
Giardia          
Giardia lamblia - 1 - 2 2
Haemophilus          
Haemophilus influenzae 52 50 33 39 37
Hepatitis viruses          
Hepatitis A 19 14 8 16 13
Hepatitis B 191 171 174 169 157
Hepatitis C 439 347 365 383 352
Hepatitis D 5 1 3 3 1
Hepatitis E 23 20 20 26 26
Influenza virus          
Influenza A 124 112 117 146 125
Influenza B 20 19 12 19 16
Influenza indeterminate - - 6 - -
Influenza ungrouped 2 5 1 5 -
Legionella          
Legionella other named - 1 - - -
Legionella pneumophila 5 2 4 4 6
Legionella sp 3 2 1 - 4
Listeria          
Listeria monocytogenes 6 7 2 5 6
Mycobacterium          
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 49 63 84 57 48
Neisseria          
Neisseria meningitidis 12 9 4 7 11
Orthopoxvirus          
Monkeypox virus 364 304 236 171 104
Paramyxoviruses          
Measles virus - 1 7 2 1
Mumps virus 1 3 5 1 1
Plasmodium          
Plasmodium falciparum 1 3 5 14 1
Plasmodium malariae - - - 2 -
Plasmodium vivax - 1 - - -
Polyomavirus          
Polyomavirus BK 27 26 31 41 27
Polyomavirus JC 2 1 3 2 3
Rickettsia          
Rickettsia spotted fever - 1 - 1 1
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi - - - - 1
Rubella virus          
Rubella virus 2 1 3 2 -
Salmonella          
Other salmonellas 78 71 70 74 49
Salmonella agbeni - 5 - - -
Salmonella agona - - 5 5 -
Salmonella enteritidis 44 55 53 63 26
Salmonella infantis 8 7 7 8 -
Salmonella kentucky - - 5 - -
Salmonella mbandaka - - - 7 -
Salmonella mikawasima - 7 5 - -
Salmonella montevideo - - - 5 -
Salmonella newport - 5 5 - -
Salmonella oranienburg - - - - 5
Salmonella sp 23 21 15 40 163
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 12 - 6 6 9
Salmonella typhimurium 35 68 55 45 21
Salmonella virchow - 5 - - -
Shigella          
Shigella boydii - - - - 2
Shigella dysenteriae 2 - 2 - 1
Shigella flexneri 10 4 9 6 11
Shigella sonnei 9 8 7 9 14
Shigella sp 28 34 29 31 27
Streptococcus          
Streptococcus group A 79 77 63 73 59
Streptococcus pneumoniae 51 74 63 53 47
Vibrio          
Vibrio cholerae 3 1 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 2022/29 2022/30 2022/31 2022/32 2022/33
Citrobacter            
Citrobacter spp KPC - - 1 2 1
  NDM - 3 - - 1
  OXA48 1 1 1 1 -
Cronobacter            
Cronobacter spp KPC - - - - 1
Enterobacter            
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 2 - - 4 -
  KPC 1 5 8 2 1
  NDM 1 2 1 2 1
  OXA48 3 1 4 2 1
  VIM - - - 1 -
  Other - - 1 - -
Other enterobacter spp NDM - - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - 1 - 2
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli IMP 1 - - 1 -
  KPC 1 2 - 5 7
  NDM 4 4 3 9 3
  OXA48 3 6 8 7 6
  VIM - 2 - - -
  Other - 1 1 - -
Klebsiella            
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP - - - 1 -
  KPC - 3 3 2 4
  OXA48 - - - - 1
  VIM - - - - 1
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - - - 3 -
  KPC 1 4 9 8 3
  NDM 1 3 4 6 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae OXA48 3 1 4 6 3
  VIM 1 - - 1 -
  Other - - 1 1 -
Other klebsiella spp KPC - 1 - - -
Leclercia            
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - - 1 - -
Morganella            
Morganella morganii OXA48 - - 1 - -
Providencia            
Providencia stuartii Other - 1 - - -
Raoultella            
Raoultella ornithinolytica KPC 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 2022/29 2022/30 2022/31 2022/32 2022/33
Acinetobacter            
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP - - 1 1 1
  NDM - 2 - - 1
  Other 1 - - - -
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus/baumannii complex NDM - - - 1 -
Other acinetobacter spp Other - 1 - - -
Pseudomonas            
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - 1 1 - -
  NDM - - - 1 -
  VIM - 1 - - -
  Other 1 - 1 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