Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 12 (week ending 26 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 2023/07 2023/08 2023/09 2023/10 2023/11 2023/12
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - - - - - 2
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 35 11 19 19 16 14
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 1 3 4 2 - 1
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 20 13 6 11 15 11
Borrelia sp - 10 4 7 1 4
Borrelia tillae - - - - 1 -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 14 11 18 12 19 6
Campylobacter fetus - 1 1 1 - -
Campylobacter gracilis 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 185 188 249 180 200 178
Campylobacter other named - 2 1 - - 1
Campylobacter sp 594 725 675 618 605 654
Campylobacter upsaliensis - 1 - - 1 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - 1 - - 1 -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - 2 - - 2 3
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 31 35 33 36 31 27
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 105 163 112 106 88 96
Human coronavirus 229e - 1 - - - -
Human coronavirus hku1 1 - - - - -
SARS coronavirus - - 1 - - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 221 175 138 163 189 123
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 14 5 - 8 6 16
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 26,695 24,324 25,109 27,701 30,301 27,328
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 327 341 374 345 364 332
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 124 212 95 223 191 117
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 976 819 398 917 754 465
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 316 216 148 116 129 109
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 856 572 522 474 539 517
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 1 - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium felis - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 8 10 10 7 4 2
Cryptosporidium novel genotype 1 - - - - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 17 15 19 22 8 8
Cryptosporidium sp 12 13 20 16 28 38
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum 1 - - - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 2 - 1 - - 2
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 4 5 6 6 6 8
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus - 4 - - 5 5
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 71 85 70 73 83 74
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 16 12 17 9 8 6
Hepatitis B 228 336 271 249 262 240
Hepatitis C 294 369 358 301 289 274
Hepatitis D 1 9 3 3 2 3
Hepatitis E 27 33 22 20 27 19
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 259 1,212 163 149 145 101
Influenza B 639 616 530 551 664 589
Influenza indeterminate 28 14 11 19 11 24
Influenza ungrouped 13 6 - 6 4 13
Legionella            
Legionella other named - - 1 - - -
Legionella pneumophila 4 3 1 1 - 6
Legionella sp 1 2 3 5 1 1
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 3 1 4 2 - -
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 84 123 86 90 74 56
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 10 15 12 14 10 14
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 1 1 - - - -
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 3 3 2 3 2 4
Mumps virus 3 1 5 16 4 2
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 4 8 1 11 6 1
Plasmodium malariae - 1 - - - -
Plasmodium ovale - 1 - 2 2 -
Plasmodium vivax - 1 - - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 40 47 43 52 40 44
Polyomavirus JC 1 7 10 7 5 11
Polyomavirus untyped 1 2 1 - 1 -
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii - - - - - 1
Rickettsia sp - - - 1 - -
Rickettsia spotted fever - - - - - 2
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 5 5 4 6 5 1
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 44 58 51 50 24 12
Salmonella chester - - - 8 - -
Salmonella enteritidis 21 16 23 18 5 7
Salmonella infantis - - - 8 - -
Salmonella sp 16 15 96 19 74 86
Salmonella stanley - - - 5 - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 10 12 15 16 21 12
Salmonella typhimurium 11 15 16 34 9 7
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 2 1 3 2 2 -
Shigella dysenteriae 1 1 1 2 2 -
Shigella flexneri 12 27 24 23 13 12
Shigella sonnei 17 20 12 16 3 14
Shigella sp 43 61 130 53 53 65
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 124 109 122 143 126 114
Streptococcus pneumoniae 139 138 111 161 127 118
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 2023/07 2023/08 2023/09 2023/10 2023/11 2023/12
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - - 2 - - -
  KPC 1 1 1 - 1 2
  NDM 2 - - 1 1 -
  OXA48 1 - - 1 - 1
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 1 - 2 2 - 1
  KPC 4 2 4 1 3 -
  NDM 1 2 2 3 6 2
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
  VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other 1 - - 1 - -
Other enterobacter spp IMP - 1 1 - - -
  KPC - - 1 - - -
  NDM 1 1 - - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - 1 1 - 1 -
  KPC 6 6 6 6 8 2
  NDM 5 12 12 9 9 3
  OXA48 10 11 13 7 8 3
  VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other - - 1 1 - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - - 1 - 1 -
  OXA48 - 1 - 1 - 1
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 1 2 2 - 1 1
  NDM 1 1 - - - -
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - - 1 - - -
  KPC 6 14 4 4 2 1
  NDM 5 5 10 7 4 3
  OXA48 12 4 3 6 3 1
  VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other 1 - 1 - - -
Other klebsiella spp OXA48 - 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 2023/07 2023/08 2023/09 2023/10 2023/11 2023/12
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP - 1 - - - -
  NDM 2 1 - 2 1 -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Acinetobacter variabilis NDM - - - 1 - -
Other acinetobacter spp NDM 1 - - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - 2 - - - -
  NDM - - 1 - 1 -
  VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other 3 2 1 3 4 -
Other pseudomonas spp NDM - - - - 1 -
Other              
  KPC - - 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.