Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 14 (week ending 9 April 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 2023/09 2023/10 2023/11 2023/12 2023/13 2023/14
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - - - 2 - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 19 19 16 14 18 11
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 4 2 1 1 - 1
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 6 11 15 11 6 18
Borrelia sp 4 7 1 4 2 4
Borrelia tillae - - 1 - - 1
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 18 12 20 9 20 10
Campylobacter fetus 1 1 - - - 1
Campylobacter jejuni 244 183 200 221 220 132
Campylobacter other named 1 - - 1 - -
Campylobacter sp 676 621 606 625 694 648
Campylobacter upsaliensis - - 1 1 - -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - - 1 - - 1
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - - 2 4 - -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 33 36 31 27 38 32
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 112 106 90 99 63 61
Human coronavirus hku1 - - - - - 1
SARS coronavirus 1 - - - - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 138 163 189 123 125 99
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void - 8 6 16 4 8
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 25,112 27,700 30,304 27,288 22,247 13,786
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 374 345 362 334 406 262
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 95 223 191 117 101 92
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 398 918 754 465 427 461
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 148 116 129 112 120 75
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 522 474 540 522 435 208
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae - 1 - - 2 -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium felis 1 - - - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 10 7 7 9 19 3
Cryptosporidium parvum 19 23 12 22 15 7
Cryptosporidium sp 20 16 23 21 33 46
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 1 - - 2 3 -
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 6 6 7 9 5 6
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus - - 5 5 - -
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 70 74 83 77 55 62
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 17 10 8 8 12 15
Hepatitis B 275 256 270 290 276 255
Hepatitis C 363 304 302 293 284 238
Hepatitis D 3 3 2 3 9 4
Hepatitis E 22 21 27 22 27 21
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 163 149 145 101 85 47
Influenza B 530 551 664 598 470 316
Influenza indeterminate 11 19 11 24 11 13
Influenza ungrouped - 6 4 13 6 11
Legionella            
Legionella other named 1 - - - - -
Legionella pneumophila 1 1 - 6 5 2
Legionella sp 3 5 1 1 2 1
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 4 2 - 1 - 2
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 86 97 79 65 73 74
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 12 14 10 15 23 11
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus - - - - 2 -
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 2 3 2 4 3 5
Mumps virus 5 16 4 2 - 4
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 1 11 6 1 8 10
Plasmodium ovale - 2 2 - - -
Plasmodium vivax - - - - - 1
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 43 52 40 44 47 31
Polyomavirus JC 10 7 5 11 11 8
Polyomavirus untyped 1 - 1 - - 2
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii - - - 1 - -
Rickettsia sp - 1 - - - -
Rickettsia spotted fever - - - 2 - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 4 6 5 1 3 1
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 51 48 43 34 10 20
Salmonella chester - 8 - - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 23 18 10 12 - -
Salmonella infantis - 8 - - - -
Salmonella newport - 5 5 - - -
Salmonella sp 96 16 36 51 94 106
Salmonella stanley - 5 - - - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 15 16 21 16 16 8
Salmonella typhimurium 16 34 19 13 5 5
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 3 3 2 - - 1
Shigella dysenteriae 1 2 3 - 2 -
Shigella flexneri 24 24 18 22 9 9
Shigella sonnei 12 18 7 19 16 11
Shigella sp 130 49 43 52 66 72
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 122 143 126 118 120 125
Streptococcus pneumoniae 112 161 128 120 140 120
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 1 - 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 2023/09 2023/10 2023/11 2023/12 2023/13 2023/14
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP 2 - - 1 - -
  KPC 1 - 1 2 - -
  NDM - 1 1 1 1 1
  OXA48 - 1 - 1 - -
Cronobacter              
Cronobacter spp KPC - - - - - 1
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 2 2 - 2 - -
  KPC 4 1 3 - 2 4
  NDM 2 4 6 6 1 -
  OXA48 1 1 - 1 1 -
  VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other - 1 - 1 1 -
Other enterobacter spp IMP 1 - - - - 1
  KPC 1 - - - - -
  NDM - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 1 - 1 1 - -
  KPC 6 6 8 2 4 2
  NDM 12 9 9 7 18 5
  OXA48 15 7 8 6 7 2
  Other 1 1 - 1 1 1
Other escherichia spp NDM - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC 1 - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - 1 - 1 - 1
  Other - - - - - 1
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 2 - 1 1 1 -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 2 - - - - -
  KPC 4 4 2 1 4 4
  NDM 10 9 4 3 8 1
  OXA48 3 7 3 3 8 1
  VIM - - - 1 1 -
  Other 1 - - - 1 -
Klebsiella serogenes OXA48 - - - - - 1
Salmonella              
Salmonella spp NDM - - - - - 1
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica OXA48 - - 1 - 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 2023/09 2023/10 2023/11 2023/12 2023/13 2023/14
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM - 2 1 - 1 1
  Other - - 1 - - -
Acinetobacter variabilis NDM - 1 - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa NDM 1 - 1 - 1 -
  VIM 1 - 1 - 1 -
  Other 1 3 4 1 1 1
Other pseudomonas spp NDM - - 1 - - -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Other              
  KPC 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.