Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 19 (week ending 14 May 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 2023/14 2023/15 2023/16 2023/17 2023/18 2023/19
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - - - - 1 -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 11 9 17 22 17 13
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 1 1 4 5 5 6
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 18 15 21 16 13 21
Borrelia sp 5 2 6 3 3 3
Borrelia tillae 1 1 - - 1 -
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis - - - 1 - -
Brucella sp - - - - 2 -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 14 15 19 26 9 15
Campylobacter fetus 1 - 2 - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 169 162 221 265 204 179
Campylobacter lari - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter other named - 1 1 1 1 3
Campylobacter rectus - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter sp 715 523 815 792 717 772
Campylobacter upsaliensis - 1 - - 1 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 1 1 - 2 -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - - - - - 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 33 35 32 53 58 38
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 66 49 53 43 40 43
Human coronavirus 229e - 1 1 1 - -
Human coronavirus hku1 1 1 - 2 - -
SARS coronavirus - - - 2 - -
             
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 99 85 99 113 88 141
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 8 - 5 4 14 7
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 13,961 13,103 11,084 10,550 9,838 8,041
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 264 252 157 186 231 100
SARS-CoV-2 IgA antibody positive - - - - 1 -
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 94 41 46 63 64 79
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 462 212 187 256 176 305
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody negative - - - - 2 -
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 83 56 74 102 62 67
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 279 190 225 303 174 175
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae - 3 - - 1 -
Corynebacterium ulcerans - 3 2 4 1 2
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - - - - 1
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium felis 1 - - - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 15 7 5 5 3 1
Cryptosporidium parvum 30 26 62 110 55 30
Cryptosporidium sp 19 8 25 56 57 64
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum 2 - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium viatorum 1 - - - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica - - 3 - - 1
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 8 8 8 13 4 8
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus - 1 - 3 3 1
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 63 55 50 56 67 65
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 17 8 13 6 9 10
Hepatitis B 301 250 252 260 209 222
Hepatitis C 278 263 306 327 289 299
Hepatitis D 4 1 3 2 5 3
Hepatitis E 24 27 25 17 30 20
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 56 63 44 59 48 74
Influenza B 342 274 188 172 146 101
Influenza indeterminate 13 6 - - - -
Influenza ungrouped 11 6 - 2 2 1
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - - 1 - 1 -
Legionella pneumophila 2 1 2 1 3 5
Legionella sp 1 1 - 3 1 6
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 2 2 2 4 1 3
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 93 95 96 101 75 66
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 12 12 15 19 22 14
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus - 1 - - 3 4
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 5 4 7 4 4 8
Mumps virus 4 1 5 5 4 2
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 10 1 5 6 4 1
Plasmodium malariae - - - 1 - -
Plasmodium ovale - - 3 - - 1
Plasmodium vivax 1 - 1 1 - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 31 29 43 51 46 33
Polyomavirus JC 8 7 4 11 9 6
Polyomavirus untyped 2 - 2 - - 2
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia sp - - 1 - 1 -
Rickettsia spotted fever - 2 - 1 - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 3 3 3 5 2 -
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 48 42 49 61 15 26
Salmonella agona 5 - - - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 41 36 63 58 16 21
Salmonella infantis 5 - - - - -
Salmonella saint-paul - - 5 - - -
Salmonella sp 23 10 15 38 101 98
Salmonella stanley - - 6 - - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 12 14 7 14 19 13
Salmonella typhimurium 14 18 32 23 14 13
Salmonella enterica - 6 - - - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 1 - - 3 1 2
Shigella dysenteriae 1 1 1 2 1 -
Shigella flexneri 19 10 17 13 4 13
Shigella sonnei 17 14 11 8 8 11
Shigella sp 58 34 51 52 56 47
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 128 110 146 122 108 70
Streptococcus pneumoniae 125 123 120 112 106 75
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 2023/14 2023/15 2023/16 2023/17 2023/18 2023/19
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC 2 2 2 3 1 1
  NDM 1 1 - - 1 1
  OXA48 2 1 5 1 3 2
  Other - - - - 1 -
Cronobacter              
Cronobacter spp KPC 1 - - - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP - - 1 - - -
  KPC 4 1 2 2 2 4
  NDM 3 - - 2 3 1
  OXA48 5 4 2 2 1 -
  VIM - - 1 - - -
Other enterobacter spp IMP 1 2 - - - -
  NDM 1 1 - - - 1
  OXA48 - - - 1 - 1
  VIM 1 1 - - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 1 - 2 - - -
  KPC 5 2 4 2 1 8
  NDM 12 8 10 13 7 6
  OXA48 9 10 10 6 10 1
  VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other 4 - - - 1 -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - - - - - 1
  NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
  Other 1 - - - - 1
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca NDM - - 1 1 - -
  OXA48 - 1 3 3 2 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - - 1 - - -
  KPC 8 5 5 5 8 5
  NDM 4 5 6 1 4 1
  OXA48 9 4 9 2 10 2
  VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella serogenes OXA48 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella variicola KPC - - - - 1 -
  NDM - 1 - - - -
Other klebsiella spp KPC - - - - 1 -
  NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
Kluyvera              
Kluyvera spp OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC 1 - - - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii NDM - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Pantoea              
Pantoea agglomerans KPC - - - - - 1
Pantoea septica KPC - 1 - - - -
Pluralibacter              
Pluralibacter spp KPC - - 1 1 - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM - - - - - 1
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica KPC - - - - 1 -
Salmonella              
Salmonella virchow NDM 1 - - - - -
Other salmonella spp NDM 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 2023/14 2023/15 2023/16 2023/17 2023/18 2023/19
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP - - - 1 - -
  NDM 1 - - 1 - -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - - 3 - - -
  NDM - - - 1 1 -
  VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other 1 5 2 2 2 1
Pseudomonas fluorescens group Other - - - - 1 -
Pseudomonas nitroreducens NDM - - - 1 - -
  VIM - - - 1 - -
Pseudomonas putida group IMP - - 1 - - -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Other pseudomonas spp Other - - 1 - - -
Other              
  OXA48 - - - - - 2

*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.