Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 16 (week ending 23 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 2023/11 2023/12 2023/13 2023/14 2023/15 2023/16
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - 2 - - - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 16 14 18 11 9 14
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 1 1 - 1 1 4
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 15 11 6 18 15 20
Borrelia sp 1 4 2 5 2 6
Borrelia tillae 1 - - 1 1 -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 20 10 21 13 14 17
Campylobacter fetus - - - 1 - 2
Campylobacter jejuni 200 221 228 166 158 172
Campylobacter lari - - - - 1 -
Campylobacter other named - 1 - - 1 1
Campylobacter rectus - - - - 1 -
Campylobacter sp 669 664 696 712 520 835
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 1 - - 1 -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 - - 1 - 1
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 2 4 - - - -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 31 27 38 32 35 34
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 93 100 64 66 49 53
Human coronavirus 229e - - - - 1 1
Human coronavirus hku1 - - - 1 1 -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 189 123 125 99 85 99
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 6 16 4 8 - 5
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 30,571 27,385 22,207 13,954 13,105 11,125
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 362 334 406 263 251 157
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 191 118 101 94 41 46
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 754 466 427 462 212 187
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 129 116 125 83 56 74
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 540 556 454 279 190 225
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae - - 2 - 3 -
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - - - 3 2
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium felis - - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 7 9 22 15 6 3
Cryptosporidium parvum 15 23 24 28 24 7
Cryptosporidium sp 23 21 20 21 12 78
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium viatorum - - - 1 - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 2 2 3 - - 3
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 7 9 5 7 8 7
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 5 5 - - 1 -
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 87 78 56 63 54 50
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 8 8 12 16 8 13
Hepatitis B 288 297 292 278 234 202
Hepatitis C 311 298 302 274 252 280
Hepatitis D 2 3 9 4 1 3
Hepatitis E 27 22 27 23 27 24
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 196 127 85 55 63 42
Influenza B 679 605 470 342 271 188
Influenza indeterminate 11 24 11 13 6 -
Influenza ungrouped 4 13 6 11 6 -
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - - - - - 1
Legionella pneumophila - 6 5 2 1 2
Legionella sp 3 1 2 1 1 -
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes - 1 - 2 2 2
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 79 69 81 87 91 84
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 10 15 23 11 12 12
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus - - 2 - 1 -
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 2 4 3 5 4 7
Mumps virus 4 2 - 4 1 5
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 6 1 8 10 1 5
Plasmodium ovale 2 - - - - 3
Plasmodium vivax - - - 1 - 1
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 40 44 47 31 29 43
Polyomavirus JC 5 11 11 8 7 4
Polyomavirus untyped 1 - - 2 - 2
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii - 1 - - - -
Rickettsia sp - - - - - 1
Rickettsia spotted fever - 2 - - 2 -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 5 2 3 3 3 3
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 43 38 39 46 19 20
Salmonella agona - 6 - - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 10 22 23 31 9 6
Salmonella newport 5 - - - - -
Salmonella sp 36 24 21 48 75 126
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 21 17 17 11 14 7
Salmonella typhimurium 19 20 21 10 10 16
Salmonella weltevreden - - 5 - - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 2 - - 1 - -
Shigella dysenteriae 3 - 2 1 1 -
Shigella flexneri 18 23 17 13 6 8
Shigella sonnei 7 19 22 14 10 6
Shigella sp 43 51 52 65 38 65
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 126 118 121 128 109 140
Streptococcus pneumoniae 128 122 140 123 121 117
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 2023/11 2023/12 2023/13 2023/14 2023/15 2023/16
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - 1 - - - -
  KPC 1 4 - 2 1 1
  NDM 1 1 1 1 1 -
  OXA48 - 3 1 2 1 -
Cronobacter              
Cronobacter spp KPC - - - 1 - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP - 2 - - - 1
  KPC 3 - 2 4 1 1
  NDM 7 6 3 2 - -
  OXA48 - 1 4 5 2 -
  VIM - 1 - - - 1
  Other - 1 1 - - -
Other enterobacter spp IMP - - - 1 2 -
  NDM - - 1 1 1 -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
  VIM - - - 1 1 -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 1 1 - 1 - -
  KPC 8 2 4 4 2 3
  NDM 9 8 20 11 8 3
  OXA48 8 7 11 9 9 2
  Other - 1 2 4 - -
Other escherichia spp NDM - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC 1 - - - - -
  NDM - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - 1 - 1 - -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 1 1 1 - - -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae KPC 3 2 6 8 5 1
  NDM 4 3 9 4 5 1
  OXA48 3 4 10 8 4 5
  VIM - 1 1 - 1 -
  Other - - 1 1 - -
Klebsiella serogenes OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella variicola NDM - - - - 1 -
Other klebsiella spp NDM - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - - 1 1 - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - - - 1 - -
Pantoea              
Pantoea septica KPC - - - - 1 -
Pluralibacter              
Pluralibacter spp 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 2023/11 2023/12 2023/13 2023/14 2023/15 2023/16
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM 1 - 1 1 - -
  Other 1 - 1 - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - - - - - 1
  NDM 1 - 1 - - -
  VIM 1 - 1 - 1 -
  Other 1 1 1 1 2 1
Pseudomonas putida group IMP - - - - - 1
  Other - - - 1 - -
Other pseudomonas spp NDM 1 - - - - -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Other              
  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.