Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 36 (week ending 11 September 2022)

Updated 16 January 2023

NOIDs weekly report

Laboratories in England have a statutory duty to notify the UK Health Security Agency 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 2022/31 2022/32 2022/33 2022/34 2022/35 2022/36
Arboviruses            
West nile virus - 1 - 1 - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 28 27 40 31 20 30
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis - - - 2 1 -
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 26 31 29 29 16 36
Borrelia sp - 1 1 13 7 4
Borrelia tillae - 2 1 2 - 5
Brucella            
Brucella sp - - - 1 - -
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 41 37 37 44 24 38
Campylobacter fetus - - - - 1 -
Campylobacter gracilis - - - - 1 -
Campylobacter helveticus - - - - - 1
Campylobacter jejuni 298 298 274 270 242 229
Campylobacter lari - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter other named 3 1 - - - 1
Campylobacter sp 928 923 900 1,171 742 984
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 2 - 1 1 2
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - 2 - - 1 1
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - 2 - 2 - -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 23 41 32 23 15 22
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 8 6 11 8 7 4
SARS coronavirus 9 - - - - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 60 63 50 80 35 92
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 15 16 15 20 9 24
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 48,566 39,311 29,828 26,148 25,569 23,820
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 783 1,289 662 518 494 358
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 391 376 316 412 276 302
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 1,293 1,560 1,660 2,323 1,134 1,465
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody negative 1 - 2 - - 2
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 684 551 498 590 305 390
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 2,103 2,062 1,802 2,098 988 1,565
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 1 - 3 1 4 1
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - - - 1 -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - - - 1 -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium felis 1 - - - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 6 10 13 16 34 5
Cryptosporidium parvum 28 38 26 56 22 8
Cryptosporidium sp 11 22 26 48 76 178
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - - 1 - 1 -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 2 30 - 7 - 1
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 23 15 21 22 60 51
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 5 2 3 5 3 2
Giardia            
Giardia lamblia - 2 2 2 1 -
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 33 39 40 34 32 37
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 8 16 14 13 16 14
Hepatitis B 176 175 169 158 152 139
Hepatitis C 374 390 371 486 179 494
Hepatitis D 3 3 1 3 2 2
Hepatitis E 20 26 26 23 20 27
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 118 147 125 148 180 228
Influenza B 12 19 16 16 14 11
Influenza indeterminate 6 - - - - -
Influenza ungrouped 1 5 - 8 2 4
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - - - - - 1
Legionella pneumophila 4 4 6 2 9 8
Legionella sp 1 - 5 - 5 2
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 2 5 6 4 8 4
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 88 61 61 88 65 60
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 3 7 11 6 6 14
Orthopoxvirus            
Monkeypox virus 236 171 107 88 67 63
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 8 2 1 1 - 1
Mumps virus 6 1 1 1 2 1
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 5 18 1 11 2 2
Plasmodium malariae - 2 - 2 1 -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 31 41 27 35 37 23
Polyomavirus JC 3 2 3 3 3 3
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia spotted fever - 1 1 - - -
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi - - 1 - - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 3 3 - 5 3 1
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 67 81 80 70 45 35
Salmonella agona 5 5 - 5 - -
Salmonella bovis-morbificans - - 6 - - -
Salmonella chester - - - 5 - -
Salmonella enteritidis 54 72 73 92 47 16
Salmonella infantis 8 8 9 7 - 5
Salmonella java 5 - - - - -
Salmonella kentucky 5 - - - - -
Salmonella mbandaka - 7 - - - -
Salmonella mikawasima 5 - - - - -
Salmonella montevideo - 5 - - - -
Salmonella newport 6 - - 7 6 -
Salmonella oranienburg - - 8 - - -
Salmonella saint-paul - - - - - 5
Salmonella sp 9 27 30 51 141 217
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 6 6 10 19 17 13
Salmonella typhimurium 57 50 48 52 22 31
Salmonella virchow - - 6 - - -
Salmonella enterica - - 8 - - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii - - 2 - - -
Shigella dysenteriae 2 - 1 1 1 1
Shigella flexneri 10 6 11 8 6 5
Shigella sonnei 7 11 18 18 13 17
Shigella sp 30 29 23 49 56 60
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 63 73 60 72 53 52
Streptococcus pneumoniae 63 56 51 53 34 42
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 1 - 1 5 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 2022/31 2022/32 2022/33 2022/34 2022/35 2022/36
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - - 1 - 1 -
  KPC 1 2 2 1 - -
  NDM - - 2 - - -
  OXA48 1 1 - 1 1 -
Cronobacter              
Cronobacter sakazakii KPC - - - - 1 -
Other cronobacter spp KPC - - 1 - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 1 4 3 3 2 1
  KPC 8 2 2 4 5 1
  NDM 2 2 3 1 2 -
  OXA48 4 2 1 1 1 -
  VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Other enterobacter spp IMP - - - 1 - -
  NDM - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 1 - 2 2 1 -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - 1 - 1 - -
  KPC - 5 8 1 7 -
  NDM 3 9 10 5 4 3
  OXA48 8 8 9 2 8 3
  Other 1 - - - 1 -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella other named KPC - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP - 1 - - - -
  KPC 3 2 6 1 - 4
  OXA48 - - 1 2 - -
  VIM - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - 3 2 - - -
  KPC 9 9 5 7 8 -
  NDM 4 6 5 3 2 4
  OXA48 5 7 4 11 11 3
  VIM - 1 - 1 - -
  Other 1 1 1 1 1 -
Other klebsiella spp OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Kluyvera              
Kluyvera spp KPC - 1 - - - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC 1 - - - - -
Mixta              
Mixta calida KPC - - - - 1 -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii OXA48 1 - - - - -
Pantoea              
Pantoea spp KPC - - - - 1 -
  VIM - - - - 1 -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica 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 2022/31 2022/32 2022/33 2022/34 2022/35 2022/36
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP 1 1 3 - 1 -
  NDM - - 1 - - -
  Other - - - - - 1
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus/baumannii complex NDM - 1 - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP 1 1 - - - -
  NDM - 1 1 1 - -
  VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other 1 1 1 3 2 -
Other              
  NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 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.