Research and analysis
NOIDs causative agents: week 9 (week ending 6 March 2022)
Updated 16 January 2023
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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
- 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 | 2022/04 | 2022/05 | 2022/06 | 2022/07 | 2022/08 | 2022/09 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arboviruses | ||||||
| West Nile virus | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bacillus | ||||||
| Bacillus cereus | 17 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 15 |
| Bordetella | ||||||
| Bordetella pertussis | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Borrelia | ||||||
| Borrelia burgdorferi | 14 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| Borrelia sp | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Borrelia tillae | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Brucella | ||||||
| Brucella melitensis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Campylobacter | ||||||
| Campylobacter coli | 15 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 18 |
| Campylobacter fetus | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Campylobacter helveticus | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Campylobacter jejuni | 262 | 259 | 210 | 232 | 213 | 220 |
| Campylobacter lari | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Campylobacter rectus | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Campylobacter sp | 679 | 689 | 577 | 706 | 675 | 730 |
| Campylobacter upsaliensis | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Clostridium | ||||||
| Clostridium perfringens | 27 | 35 | 24 | 36 | 39 | 25 |
| Clostridium tetani | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Coronavirus | ||||||
| Coronavirus | 30 | 31 | 16 | 103 | 34 | 39 |
| Human coronavirus 229e | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| SARS coronavirus | 5 | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate | 116 | 140 | 147 | 107 | 115 | 202 |
| SARS-CoV-2 antibody void | 99 | 57 | 1,594 | 49 | 46 | 53 |
| SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) | 598,523 | 462,035 | 315,484 | 240,706 | 171,155 | 218,029 |
| SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate | 3,797 | 14,930 | 3,877 | 2,171 | 1,830 | 1,698 |
| SARS-CoV-2 IgA antibody negative | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative | 1,564 | 1,416 | 1,477 | 4,838 | 1,011 | 1,231 |
| SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive | 3,854 | 3,493 | 3,791 | 3,845 | 2,599 | 3,058 |
| SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody negative | 2 | 7 | 6 | - | 3 | - |
| SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody positive | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative | 2,435 | 18,712 | 16,780 | 3,062 | 5,720 | 1,413 |
| SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive | 6,407 | 25,575 | 18,855 | 6,458 | 10,286 | 4,334 |
| Corynebacterium | ||||||
| Corynebacterium diphtheriae | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Corynebacterium ulcerans | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Coxiella | ||||||
| Coxiella burnetii | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cryptosporidium | ||||||
| Cryptosporidium felis | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Cryptosporidium hominis | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Cryptosporidium parvum | 28 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 6 |
| Cryptosporidium sp | 20 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 20 | 26 |
| Entamoeba | ||||||
| Entamoeba histolytica | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Escherichia | ||||||
| Escherichia coli O 157 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Flaviviruses | ||||||
| Dengue virus | 3 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Haemophilus | ||||||
| Haemophilus influenzae | 40 | 47 | 52 | 55 | 39 | 41 |
| Hepatitis viruses | ||||||
| Hepatitis A | 9 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 9 |
| Hepatitis B | 164 | 142 | 180 | 152 | 123 | 110 |
| Hepatitis C | 353 | 375 | 428 | 336 | 316 | 207 |
| Hepatitis D | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | - |
| Hepatitis E | 17 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 21 |
| Influenza virus | ||||||
| Influenza A | 75 | 98 | 106 | 203 | 249 | 280 |
| Influenza B | 31 | 15 | 19 | 37 | 32 | 17 |
| Influenza indeterminate | - | - | - | - | 6 | - |
| Influenza ungrouped | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Legionella | ||||||
| Legionella pneumophila | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | - |
| Legionella sp | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Listeria | ||||||
| Listeria monocytogenes | 1 | - | 7 | 5 | 1 | - |
| Mycobacterium | ||||||
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis | 48 | 58 | 51 | 46 | 51 | 50 |
| Neisseria | ||||||
| Neisseria meningitidis | 10 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| Paramyxoviruses | ||||||
| Measles virus | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Mumps virus | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Plasmodium | ||||||
| Plasmodium falciparum | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - |
| Polyomavirus | ||||||
| Polyomavirus BK | 27 | 32 | 21 | 34 | 23 | 32 |
| Polyomavirus JC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Rubella virus | ||||||
| Rubella virus | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Salmonella | ||||||
| Other salmonellas | 46 | 48 | 39 | 38 | 25 | 26 |
| Salmonella enteritidis | 14 | 14 | 11 | 13 | - | - |
| Salmonella infantis | - | - | 6 | - | - | - |
| Salmonella mbandaka | - | - | - | - | 6 | - |
| Salmonella newport | - | - | - | 7 | - | - |
| Salmonella sp | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 69 |
| Salmonella typhi and paratyphi | 8 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 12 |
| Salmonella typhimurium | 36 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 20 | 15 |
| Shigella | ||||||
| Shigella boydii | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - |
| Shigella flexneri | 15 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
| Shigella sonnei | 7 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 10 |
| Shigella sp | 22 | 27 | 23 | 41 | 37 | 41 |
| Streptococcus | ||||||
| Streptococcus group A | 27 | 34 | 32 | 21 | 32 | 21 |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | 79 | 98 | 66 | 80 | 62 | 69 |
Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE)[footnote 1]
Please note: the numbers presented here do not include specimens that have been referred to the AMRHAI Reference Unit.
| Week notification received | 2022/04 | 2022/05 | 2022/06 | 2022/07 | 2022/08 | 2022/09 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citrobacter | ||||||
| Citrobacter spp | ||||||
| KPC | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| OXA48 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Enterobacter | ||||||
| Enterobacter cloacae complex | ||||||
| IMP | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| KPC | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | - |
| NDM | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | - |
| OXA48 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| VIM | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Other enterobacter spp | ||||||
| NDM | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Escherichia | ||||||
| Escherichia coli | ||||||
| IMP | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| KPC | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 5 | - |
| NDM | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| OXA48 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Klebsiella | ||||||
| Klebsiella aerogenes | ||||||
| NDM | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Klebsiella oxytoca | ||||||
| KPC | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| OXA48 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | ||||||
| KPC | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| NDM | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| OXA48 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Other | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Morganella | ||||||
| Morganella morganii | ||||||
| OXA48 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Providencia | ||||||
| Providencia stuartii | ||||||
| NDM | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Other carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative organisms[footnote 1]
Please note: the numbers presented here do not include specimens that have been referred to the AMRHAI Reference Unit.
| Week notification received | 2022/04 | 2022/05 | 2022/06 | 2022/07 | 2022/08 | 2022/09 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pseudomonas | ||||||
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | ||||||
| VIM | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Other | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Other pseudomonas spp | ||||||
| VIM | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |