Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 10 (week ending 12 March 2023)

Updated 2 January 2024

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
  • Mpox (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 2023/05 2023/06 2023/07 2023/08 2023/09 2023/10
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 14 20 34 11 19 18
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 1 2 1 3 4 2
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 17 14 19 12 6 11
Borrelia sp 1 2 - 11 4 7
Borrelia tillae - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 13 20 14 11 17 7
Campylobacter fetus 1 - - 1 1 1
Campylobacter gracilis - - 1 - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 202 237 181 188 238 140
Campylobacter lari - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter other named 1 1 - 2 1 -
Campylobacter sp 720 644 589 720 675 637
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 1 - 1 - -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - - - 1 - -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 2 - - 2 - -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 42 34 31 35 33 36
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 173 194 105 163 112 103
Human coronavirus 229e 1 - - - - -
SARS coronavirus - - - - 1 -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 165 90 221 175 138 163
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 2 10 14 5 - 8
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID- 19) 20,919 21,594 26,643 24,310 25,024 27,766
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 235 419 327 341 374 344
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 226 168 124 211 95 222
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 955 1,122 976 819 398 915
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 193 278 316 216 148 116
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 692 868 856 572 522 474
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 3 - 1 - - 1
Corynebacterium ulcerans 1 2 - - - -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii 1 - - - - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium felis - - - - 1 -
Cryptosporidium hominis 9 11 8 9 10 4
Cryptosporidium novel genotype - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 31 7 17 14 15 4
Cryptosporidium sp 22 20 12 15 22 32
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - 1 1 - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 4 - 2 - 1 -
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 4 7 4 5 6 3
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 3 - - 4 - -
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 63 81 71 85 69 70
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 16 8 16 12 17 8
Hepatitis B 238 329 206 327 252 211
Hepatitis C 269 315 290 365 350 280
Hepatitis D 1 10 1 9 3 3
Hepatitis E 32 19 27 33 21 18
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 486 345 258 1,212 163 145
Influenza B 532 569 639 616 528 546
Influenza indeterminate 16 12 28 14 11 19
Influenza ungrouped 21 16 13 6 - 6
Legionella            
Legionella other named - - - - 1 -
Legionella pneumophila 1 2 4 3 1 1
Legionella sp 1 2 1 2 3 5
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes - 5 3 1 4 2
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 69 79 84 121 79 75
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 15 15 10 15 12 14
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 1 1 1 1 - -
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 8 4 3 3 2 3
Mumps virus 6 3 3 1 5 16
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 28 3 4 8 1 11
Plasmodium malariae - - - 1 - -
Plasmodium ovale 3 - - 1 - 1
Plasmodium vivax - - - 1 - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 44 42 40 47 43 52
Polyomavirus JC 8 9 1 7 10 7
Polyomavirus untyped - - 1 2 1 -
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia sp - - - - - 1
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 2 5 5 5 4 5
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 48 38 43 55 34 24
Salmonella enteritidis 16 29 19 17 12 5
Salmonella infantis - 7 - - - -
Salmonella mbandaka 6 - - - - -
Salmonella newport - 5 - - - -
Salmonella sp 18 12 17 18 127 95
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 17 9 10 12 14 7
Salmonella typhimurium 17 14 10 16 9 19
Salmonella virchow - 5 - - - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 1 2 2 1 2 -
Shigella dysenteriae - 1 1 - - 2
Shigella flexneri 13 16 12 17 22 19
Shigella sonnei 17 17 14 16 11 15
Shigella sp 37 34 42 64 134 63
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 95 115 125 106 111 139
Streptococcus pneumoniae 117 140 137 132 106 144
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - - - - 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 2023/05 2023/06 2023/07 2023/08 2023/09 2023/10
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - - - - 2 -
  KPC - 1 1 1 1 -
  NDM 1 - 2 - - -
  OXA48 1 2 1 - - -
  VIM - 1 - - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP - - 1 - 2 -
  KPC 4 1 4 2 4 1
  NDM 3 5 1 2 2 2
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
  VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other - 1 1 - - 1
Other enterobacter spp IMP - - - - 1 -
  KPC - - - - 1 -
  NDM 1 - 1 1 - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - - - - 1 -
  KPC 1 9 6 6 6 5
  NDM 14 6 5 12 10 5
  OXA48 5 5 9 11 11 3
  VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other 2 - - - 1 1
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 1 1 1 2 2 -
  NDM - - 1 1 - -
  OXA48 1 1 - - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - - - - 1 -
  KPC 8 4 6 13 4 3
  NDM 7 4 3 5 9 3
  OXA48 3 7 10 4 3 2
  VIM 2 1 1 - - -
  Other 1 - 1 - 1 -
Klebsiella variicola NDM - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Other klebsiella spp OXA48 - 1 - 1 - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - - 1 - - -
  NDM - - 1 - - -
Pluralibacter              
Pluralibacter spp KPC - - - 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 2023/05 2023/06 2023/07 2023/08 2023/09 2023/10
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP - - - 1 - -
  NDM - - 2 1 - 1
Other acinetobacter spp NDM - - 1 - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - - - 2 - -
  NDM - - - - 1 -
  VIM - 3 - - 1 -
  Other 3 1 3 2 1 2
Other pseudomonas spp VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Other              
  KPC - - - - 1 -
  NDM 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.