Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 46 (week ending 20 November 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 2022/41 2022/42 2022/43 2022/44 2022/45 2022/46
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus 1 - - 1 - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 13 23 19 20 22 28
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 2 1 3 - 1 3
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 20 12 14 28 21 28
Borrelia sp 2 29 5 3 3 1
Borrelia tillae 2 - - 1 3 -
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis 1 - 1 - - -
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei - - 1 - 1 -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 47 30 30 26 35 23
Campylobacter fetus - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter gracilis - - 1 - - -
Campylobacter helveticus - 1 - - 1 -
Campylobacter jejuni 228 307 280 247 282 192
Campylobacter lari - - - - - 1
Campylobacter other named 2 - - 1 1 2
Campylobacter rectus - 1 - - 1 -
Campylobacter sp 826 1,028 815 861 830 899
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 4 1 1 - -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - 1 - 1 1 -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 2 - 1 2 - -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 22 32 23 41 32 34
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 18 26 13 30 20 25
Human coronavirus 229e - - - - - 1
SARS coronavirus 1 - 1 1 1 -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 104 137 113 144 167 167
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 32 9 12 5 6 13
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID- 19) 55,386 46,840 32,153 24,372 20,916 19,548
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID- 19) indeterminate 732 618 346 352 333 225
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 339 320 295 195 243 245
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 1,786 1,707 1,327 1,077 1,136 2,090
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 557 679 334 447 207 464
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 1,674 1,916 1,027 1,178 798 1,643
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae - 4 4 10 10 6
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - - 2 - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - - - - - 1
Cryptosporidium felis - - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 48 59 31 46 34 7
Cryptosporidium parvum 33 48 38 48 40 9
Cryptosporidium sp 27 59 38 35 59 86
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - - 1 - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 4 1 - - 1 -
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 19 16 17 17 15 20
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 5 6 2 5 4 4
Giardia            
Giardia lamblia 2 3 4 2 5 2
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 50 54 45 48 46 54
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 23 35 16 9 11 10
Hepatitis B 163 451 262 275 213 243
Hepatitis C 297 284 283 313 904 269
Hepatitis D 13 4 3 1 5 5
Hepatitis E 26 41 43 29 45 32
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 824 1,338 1,325 1,293 1,560 1,967
Influenza B 81 124 104 88 127 155
Influenza indeterminate 4 5 3 4 7 12
Influenza ungrouped 23 32 58 43 83 57
Legionella            
Legionella pneumophila 10 3 2 8 7 4
Legionella sp 5 5 2 3 4 2
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 1 4 1 6 2 4
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 46 241 53 91 65 68
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 10 11 10 13 18 15
Orthopoxvirus            
Monkeypox virus 13 10 5 6 8 8
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 1 1 1 1 - 1
Mumps virus 1 6 7 7 3 3
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 3 - 23 8 3 1
Plasmodium ovale - - 1 3 - -
Plasmodium vivax - - 1 1 - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 56 45 65 33 55 52
Polyomavirus JC 12 6 5 3 6 6
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 5 2 6 6 5 5
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 53 55 53 56 36 25
Salmonella agona - - - 6 - -
Salmonella enteritidis 72 53 54 47 25 16
Salmonella infantis 9 6 5 - - -
Salmonella java 5 - - 10 - -
Salmonella kentucky 6 - - - - -
Salmonella mbandaka 5 8 10 - - -
Salmonella newport 6 6 8 - - -
Salmonella sp 18 13 18 28 109 144
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 17 7 15 19 11 9
Salmonella typhimurium 44 32 33 28 9 10
Salmonella virchow - - 9 - - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 1 1 1 4 1 3
Shigella dysenteriae - - - 1 - -
Shigella flexneri 12 14 15 14 17 5
Shigella sonnei 35 48 31 26 24 13
Shigella sp 34 113 36 46 39 58
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 55 58 50 74 90 52
Streptococcus pneumoniae 97 119 87 130 92 66
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - 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 2022/41 2022/42 2022/43 2022/44 2022/45
Citrobacter            
Citrobacter spp IMP - 1 1 - -
  NDM 1 - - 1 -
  OXA48 1 1 1 2 -
Enterobacter            
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 1 2 - 1 -
  KPC 1 2 3 - 3
  NDM 4 2 4 2 1
  OXA48 - 1 - 1 1
  VIM - 1 1 - -
  Other 1 - - - -
Other enterobacter spp IMP - 1 1 - -
  KPC 1 - - - -
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli IMP - - - 1 -
  KPC 5 1 1 9 6
  NDM 4 6 1 3 1
  OXA48 9 12 4 4 3
  VIM - - 1 - -
  Other - 2 1 - -
Escherichia hermannii NDM - 1 - - -
Klebsiella            
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP - - 1 - -
  KPC 1 - 1 1 -
  OXA48 - - 1 - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae KPC 11 1 3 4 7
  NDM 4 5 1 2 1
  OXA48 7 16 3 1 -
  Other 2 2 1 1 -
Klebsiella variicola OXA48 - 1 1 - -
Other klebsiella spp KPC - 1 - - -
Leclercia            
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - - - 1 -
Pantoea            
Pantoea septica KPC - - 1 - 1
Pluralibacter            
Pluralibacter spp KPC - - - 1 -
Proteus            
Proteus mirabilis OXA48 - - - 1 -
Providencia            
Providencia stuartii NDM - - - 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 2022/41 2022/42 2022/43 2022/44 2022/45 2022/46
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii Other 1 - 1 - - -
Other acinetobacter spp NDM - 1 - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - 1 1 - - -
  NDM - 1 2 - - -
  VIM 2 3 1 1 - -
  Other 2 1 3 3 - -
Other pseudomonas spp IMP - 1 - - - -
Other              
  NDM - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - - 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.