Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 48 (week ending 4 December 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 2022/43 2022/44 2022/45 2022/46 2022/47 2022/48
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - 1 - 1 2 -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 19 20 22 28 14 16
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 2 - 1 3 4 1
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 14 31 21 29 24 14
Borrelia sp 5 3 3 1 2 3
Borrelia tillae - 1 3 - 3 2
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis 1 - - - - 1
Brucella sp - - - - - 1
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei 1 - 1 - - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 30 26 35 27 26 19
Campylobacter gracilis 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter helveticus - - 1 - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 280 246 282 239 187 185
Campylobacter lari - - - 1 - -
Campylobacter other named - 1 1 2 1 2
Campylobacter rectus - - 1 - - -
Campylobacter sp 814 862 830 862 774 803
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 1 - - - -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - 1 1 - - -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 1 2 - - 4 -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 23 41 31 36 31 27
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 16 32 20 30 41 53
Human coronavirus 229e - - - 1 - -
SARS coronavirus 1 1 1 - - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 113 144 167 167 150 177
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 12 6 6 13 12 40
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 32,155 24,375 20,917 19,503 20,961 22,847
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 346 352 333 226 195 268
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 295 195 243 246 233 220
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 1,328 1,075 1,132 2,089 1,058 1,274
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 341 457 214 473 309 256
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 1,075 1,206 820 1,685 999 1,061
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 7 11 10 6 9 2
Corynebacterium ulcerans - 2 - - - -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - - - 1 -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium felis - 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 31 47 48 22 22 -
Cryptosporidium parvum 38 51 51 42 26 3
Cryptosporidium sp 38 31 33 38 89 73
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum 1 - - - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica - - 1 - - 1
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 17 17 15 21 6 4
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 5 8 4 4 8 5
Giardia            
Giardia lamblia 4 2 5 2 5 2
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 46 49 48 54 52 50
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 16 9 13 10 13 12
Hepatitis B 262 279 220 273 249 249
Hepatitis C 286 315 931 302 347 241
Hepatitis D 3 1 6 5 3 4
Hepatitis E 44 29 46 33 41 15
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 1,329 1,294 1,556 1,982 3,066 4,362
Influenza B 104 87 128 157 270 269
Influenza indeterminate 3 4 7 12 - 4
Influenza ungrouped 58 43 83 71 77 112
Legionella            
Legionella pneumophila 2 8 7 4 6 4
Legionella sp 3 4 4 2 1 3
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 1 7 2 4 8 4
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 59 98 76 82 74 77
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 10 13 18 17 9 13
Orthopoxvirus            
Monkeypox virus 5 6 8 8 6 5
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 1 1 1 1 1 -
Mumps virus 7 7 5 4 2 2
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 23 8 3 1 2 4
Plasmodium malariae - - - - - 1
Plasmodium ovale 1 3 - - 2 -
Plasmodium vivax 1 1 - - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 67 33 55 52 43 36
Polyomavirus JC 5 3 6 6 8 2
Polyomavirus untyped - - - - 1 1
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 6 6 6 5 3 3
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 53 56 65 39 34 16
Salmonella agona - 6 - 7 - -
Salmonella enteritidis 55 50 41 39 13 12
Salmonella infantis 5 7 6 5 - -
Salmonella java - 11 8 - 5 -
Salmonella mbandaka 10 - - 5 - -
Salmonella newport 9 - - 5 - -
Salmonella sp 15 16 35 63 74 98
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 15 19 9 10 16 7
Salmonella typhimurium 33 29 24 29 10 8
Salmonella virchow 9 - - - - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 1 4 2 3 - -
Shigella dysenteriae - 1 - - - -
Shigella flexneri 15 15 20 11 13 9
Shigella sonnei 31 26 26 19 28 24
Shigella sp 35 45 33 52 47 48
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 51 75 88 55 101 81
Streptococcus pneumoniae 87 130 94 70 100 109
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - - 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 2022/43 2022/44 2022/45 2022/46 2022/47 2022/48
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP 1 - - - - -
  KPC - 1 - - - -
  NDM - 1 3 - - -
  OXA48 2 2 1 1 - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP - 1 - - 1 -
  KPC 3 1 4 3 1 3
  NDM 4 5 4 2 - -
  OXA48 - 2 5 - 2 -
  VIM 1 - - - - -
Other enterobacter spp IMP 1 - - - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - 1 - - - -
  KPC 1 10 7 4 - 5
  NDM 3 4 13 4 4 5
  OXA48 7 5 8 8 3 9
  VIM 1 - 1 - - -
  Other 1 1 2 1 2 -
Escherichia hermannii KPC - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes OXA48 - - 1 - - 1
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP 1 - - - - -
  KPC 1 1 1 1 - 2
  OXA48 1 - 2 2 - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - - 1 - - -
  KPC 5 5 11 1 3 4
  NDM 2 4 9 4 3 2
  OXA48 4 3 10 2 4 4
  VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other 1 2 1 1 1 1
Klebsiella variicola KPC - - - - - 1
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - 1 - - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Pantoea              
Pantoea septica KPC 1 - 1 - - -
Pluralibacter              
Pluralibacter gergoviae Other - - - 1 - -
Other pluralibacter spp KPC - 1 - - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Proteus vulgaris VIM - - 1 - - -
Providencia              
Providencia stuartii NDM - 1 - - - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella planticola (klebsiella planticola) OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica 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 2022/43 2022/44 2022/45 2022/46 2022/47 2022/48
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM - 1 - - - -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP 1 - - - - -
  NDM 2 - 1 - - -
  VIM 2 2 - - - -
  Other 3 4 1 1 - 1
Other              
  KPC - - - - - 1
  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.