Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 3 (week ending 22 January 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 2022/50 2022/51 2022/52 2023/01 2023/02 2023/03
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - - - - 1 -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 15 11 10 15 22 16
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 3 1 - - 1 1
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 24 20 8 10 13 17
Borrelia sp - 1 2 - - 7
Borrelia tillae - 2 - - 1 -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 25 29 13 20 16 21
Campylobacter fetus 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 152 283 130 177 204 141
Campylobacter lari - - - 1 1 -
Campylobacter other named 1 - - 1 - -
Campylobacter sp 611 623 344 439 634 719
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 1 - - 2 -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 2 - - - -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 1 - - - 1 2
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 34 50 33 34 20 30
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 141 165 206 196 197 119
SARS coronavirus - - 1 - - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 284 276 195 206 170 331
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 6 14 6 6 10 5
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 38,019 42,371 37,406 29,470 16,712 13,388
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 390 414 374 433 407 290
SARS-CoV-2 IgA antibody positive - - - - - 1
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 332 804 110 165 194 276
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 1,466 1,800 453 691 1,148 2,074
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody positive - - 1 - - -
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 278 405 83 158 237 356
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 920 1,328 292 722 1,024 1,317
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 9 5 3 2 4 2
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - 1 - - -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium felis - 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 21 35 7 11 16 10
Cryptosporidium parvum 32 61 14 9 23 21
Cryptosporidium sp 24 27 8 8 19 43
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum 1 1 2 1 - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 1 2 - 2 1 1
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 3 8 1 5 4 4
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 2 - - 1 11 3
Giardia            
Giardia lamblia - 2 2 - 3 1
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 66 76 62 91 89 80
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 11 14 2 6 4 18
Hepatitis B 274 276 143 198 239 238
Hepatitis C 310 332 216 221 303 276
Hepatitis D 4 4 2 2 3 7
Hepatitis E 46 52 26 24 36 32
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 12,474 22,579 14,717 7,658 2,610 978
Influenza B 545 769 852 755 546 439
Influenza indeterminate 43 17 50 22 4 1
Influenza ungrouped 349 663 539 243 82 31
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - - 1 - - -
Legionella pneumophila 9 3 3 5 6 5
Legionella sp - - 3 4 3 2
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 1 5 4 3 5 3
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 76 76 40 40 58 82
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 20 26 26 42 36 18
Orthopoxvirus            
Monkeypox virus - 4 - - 1 -
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus - 3 - 1 2 1
Mumps virus 4 7 3 2 6 4
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - - - 1 3 18
Plasmodium malariae - - - - - 4
Plasmodium ovale - - - - - 4
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 43 44 28 28 74 35
Polyomavirus JC 3 2 5 4 4 11
Polyomavirus untyped - - - - - 3
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii - - - - - 1
Rickettsia sp - - - - - 1
Rickettsia spotted fever - - 1 - - 1
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 5 - 4 3 4 4
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 44 61 41 35 27 6
Salmonella agona 5 8 - - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 25 29 12 19 9 6
Salmonella infantis - - 6 5 - -
Salmonella newport 5 - - - - -
Salmonella sp 6 23 - 18 70 91
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 9 - 5 - 8 14
Salmonella typhimurium 24 25 15 12 12 8
Salmonella virchow - - 7 6 - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 1 - 1 1 2 -
Shigella dysenteriae 1 - 1 - - -
Shigella flexneri 21 7 9 14 12 7
Shigella sonnei 18 19 16 7 10 10
Shigella sp 31 37 11 29 34 74
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 144 214 197 193 190 102
Streptococcus pneumoniae 142 238 303 237 143 103

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 2022/50 2022/51 2022/52 2023/01 2023/02 2023/03
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC 1 1 3 1 - -
  NDM - - - 2 1 -
  OXA48 1 - - 2 - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP - - - 1 1 -
  KPC 2 4 4 2 4 -
  NDM 3 - 3 3 3 -
  OXA48 1 3 - 2 - -
  Other - 1 - - 1 -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - - - 1 2 -
  KPC 9 7 4 3 6 4
  NDM 4 6 7 4 10 2
  OXA48 2 7 5 8 6 2
  VIM - 1 - 1 - -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Escherichia hermannii OXA48 - 1 1 - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - 1 - 1 - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 4 1 1 - 1 1
  NDM - 1 1 - - 1
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
  VIM - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - - - 3 - -
  KPC 7 8 3 6 7 7
  NDM 7 3 6 2 8 1
  OXA48 4 6 3 6 8 3
  VIM - - - 3 1 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae Other 1 1 1 1 1 1
Klebsiella variicola KPC - - 1 - - -
Other klebsiella spp KPC - 1 - - - -
  NDM - - - 1 - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - - - - 1 -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis OXA48 - - - 2 - 1
Other proteus spp OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica 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 2022/50 2022/51 2022/52 2023/01 2023/02 2023/03
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM 1 1 - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa NDM - 2 - 1 - -
  VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other - 1 1 1 1 1
Other pseudomonas spp NDM - - 1 - - -
  VIM - - - 1 - -
Other              
  IMP - - - 1 - -
  NDM 1 - - - - 1
  OXA48 - 1 - - 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.