Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 15 (week ending 16 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 2023/10 2023/11 2023/12 2023/13 2023/14 2023/15
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - - 2 - - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 19 16 14 18 11 9
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 2 1 1 - 1 1
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 11 15 11 6 18 15
Borrelia sp 7 1 4 2 4 2
Borrelia tillae - 1 - - 1 1
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 12 20 10 21 13 13
Campylobacter fetus 1 - - - 1 -
Campylobacter jejuni 183 200 221 227 165 134
Campylobacter other named - - 1 - - 1
Campylobacter rectus - - - - - 1
Campylobacter sp 707 669 663 697 713 531
Campylobacter upsaliensis - 1 1 - - 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - 1 - - 1 -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - 2 4 - - -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 36 31 27 38 32 35
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 112 93 99 63 64 45
Human coronavirus 229e - - - - - 1
Human coronavirus hku1 - - - - 1 1
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 163 189 123 125 99 85
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 8 6 16 4 8 -
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 28,318 30,566 27,385 22,203 13,960 13,123
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 345 362 334 406 262 251
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 223 191 117 101 94 41
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 918 754 465 427 462 212
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 116 129 113 122 76 54
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 474 540 524 440 212 182
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 1 - - 2 - 3
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - - - - 4
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 7 7 9 21 14 5
Cryptosporidium parvum 27 15 23 23 23 11
Cryptosporidium sp 16 23 21 22 30 22
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 1 2 2 3 - -
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 6 7 9 5 6 5
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus - 5 5 - - 1
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 76 86 78 55 63 52
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 13 8 8 12 16 8
Hepatitis B 268 284 296 283 272 211
Hepatitis C 319 309 294 298 268 247
Hepatitis D 3 2 3 9 4 1
Hepatitis E 24 27 22 27 23 26
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 169 196 128 85 55 63
Influenza B 599 679 605 470 342 267
Influenza indeterminate 19 11 24 11 13 6
Influenza ungrouped 6 4 13 6 11 6
Legionella            
Legionella pneumophila 1 - 6 5 2 1
Legionella sp 6 3 1 2 1 1
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 2 - 1 - 2 1
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 100 79 68 77 78 85
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 14 10 15 23 11 12
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus - - - 2 - 1
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 3 2 4 3 5 4
Mumps virus 16 4 2 - 4 1
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 11 6 1 8 10 1
Plasmodium ovale 2 2 - - - -
Plasmodium vivax - - - - 1 -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 52 40 44 47 31 29
Polyomavirus JC 7 5 11 11 8 7
Polyomavirus untyped - 1 - - 2 -
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii - - 1 - - -
Rickettsia sp 1 - - - - -
Rickettsia spotted fever - - 2 - - 2
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 8 5 2 3 3 3
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 49 43 36 12 17 16
Salmonella agona - - 6 - - -
Salmonella chester 8 - - - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 18 10 20 14 5 5
Salmonella infantis 8 - - - - -
Salmonella newport 5 5 - - - -
Salmonella sp 19 36 29 71 106 85
Salmonella stanley 5 - - - - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 15 21 17 17 11 11
Salmonella typhimurium 34 19 19 11 6 9
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 3 2 - - 1 -
Shigella dysenteriae 2 3 - 2 - 1
Shigella flexneri 24 18 23 17 13 6
Shigella sonnei 19 7 19 20 11 9
Shigella sp 48 43 51 54 68 38
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 143 126 118 121 128 106
Streptococcus pneumoniae 163 128 121 140 123 120
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 2023/10 2023/11 2023/12 2023/13 2023/14 2023/15
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - - 1 - - -
  KPC - 1 2 - - 1
  NDM 1 1 1 1 1 -
  OXA48 1 - 1 1 2 -
Cronobacter              
Cronobacter spp KPC - - - - 1 -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 2 - 2 - - -
  KPC 1 3 - 2 4 1
  NDM 4 7 6 2 2 -
  OXA48 1 - 1 2 3 -
  VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other 1 - 1 1 - -
Other enterobacter spp IMP - - - - 1 1
  NDM - - - 1 1 -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
  VIM - - - - 1 -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - 1 1 - 1 -
  KPC 6 8 2 4 3 2
  NDM 9 9 8 20 11 5
  OXA48 7 8 7 10 8 3
  Other 1 - 1 2 3 -
Other escherichia spp NDM - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - 1 - - - -
  NDM - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 1 - 1 - 1 -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC - 1 1 1 - -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae KPC 5 2 1 5 7 4
  NDM 9 4 3 8 4 1
  OXA48 7 3 3 10 7 1
  VIM - - 1 1 - -
  Other - - - 1 1 -
Klebsiella serogenes OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella variicola NDM - - - - - 1
Other klebsiella spp NDM - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - - - - 1 -
Pantoea              
Pantoea septica KPC - - - - - 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 2023/10 2023/11 2023/12 2023/13 2023/14 2023/15
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM 2 1 - 1 1 -
  Other - 1 - 1 - -
Acinetobacter variabilis NDM 1 - - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa NDM - 1 - 1 - -
  VIM - 1 - 1 - -
  Other 1 1 1 1 1 1
Pseudomonas putida group Other - - - - 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.