Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 32 (week ending 13 August 2023)

Updated 2 January 2024

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 2023/27 2023/28 2023/29 2023/30 2023/31 2023/32
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - - - - - 2
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 30 35 27 15 32 16
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 5 9 19 10 3 9
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 28 29 38 37 60 26
Borrelia sp 6 6 2 4 10 5
Borrelia tillae 1 1 1 - 1 4
Brucella            
Brucella sp - - - 1 - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 43 46 47 31 31 39
Campylobacter jejuni 337 366 304 278 267 252
Campylobacter lari 1 1 2 1 - -
Campylobacter other named 1 - - 2 3 2
Campylobacter sp 1,333 1,249 1,101 1,118 1,177 1,055
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 1 - 2 - -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 - 1 - 1 1
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - 4 3 - 1 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 43 24 25 28 36 31
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 14 5 7 10 12 11
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 88 61 69 124 91 74
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 4 2 4 6 6 3
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 2,255 2,795 3,222 4,296 5,405 6,447
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 34 24 21 24 34 70
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 46 56 53 56 45 48
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 133 144 169 154 143 141
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 44 60 65 38 64 59
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 117 155 125 93 150 128
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 4 1 1 4 3 1
Corynebacterium ulcerans 2 1 - - - 1
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - - - - 1
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium felis - 1 - - 3 -
Cryptosporidium hominis 13 19 7 17 8 6
Cryptosporidium meleagridis 1 1 1 1 - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 23 31 13 30 34 18
Cryptosporidium sp 31 28 24 29 32 70
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - - - 2 - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 2 2 - 1 2 2
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 20 16 14 17 15 13
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 2 5 1 3 9 6
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 66 60 43 57 45 58
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 13 11 4 10 10 8
Hepatitis B 236 296 310 261 246 259
Hepatitis C 443 364 389 336 421 322
Hepatitis D 5 4 5 5 1 2
Hepatitis E 36 32 38 31 34 27
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 57 59 52 57 62 52
Influenza B 15 22 16 17 12 21
Influenza indeterminate - 52 - - - -
Influenza ungrouped - 1 1 - 6 5
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae 1 - 3 - - 1
Legionella other named - - - - 1 -
Legionella pneumophila 6 8 13 16 12 6
Legionella sp 3 4 8 9 8 6
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 8 3 4 2 9 2
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 96 76 75 78 68 103
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 20 16 154 22 17 13
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 3 3 2 3 4 2
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 3 4 10 4 2 -
Mumps virus 6 5 3 4 3 6
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 4 2 - 1 11 21
Plasmodium ovale - - - - - 2
Plasmodium vivax - - - - - 3
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 41 40 48 39 48 43
Polyomavirus JC 19 9 9 8 4 8
Polyomavirus untyped 1 - - 1 - -
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia mooseri - - 1 - - -
Rickettsia prowazekii - - - - 2 -
Rickettsia spotted fever - - - - 1 -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 1 2 1 3 2 1
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 58 59 59 60 36 18
Salmonella agona 5 5 - - - -
Salmonella chester - - - - - 5
Salmonella enteritidis 64 65 41 37 36 27
Salmonella infantis 7 9 7 7 - 6
Salmonella newport 6 - - - - -
Salmonella sp 19 43 63 40 120 197
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 7 13 9 7 6 7
Salmonella typhimurium 36 43 36 27 22 14
Salmonella virchow - - - - 5 -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii - - 1 - - -
Shigella dysenteriae - 1 2 1 1 -
Shigella flexneri 11 9 6 9 6 8
Shigella sonnei 20 22 22 26 25 12
Shigella sp 50 46 30 50 65 56
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 56 69 64 56 66 65
Streptococcus pneumoniae 70 65 236 64 74 59
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - 1 1 2 1 2

Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE)

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.

Note: the numbers presented here do not include specimens that have been referred to the AMRHAI Reference Unit.

Week notification received 2023/27 2023/28 2023/29 2023/30 2023/31 2023/32
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC 1 3 1 1 1 -
  NDM 1 1 - - - -
  OXA48 1 2 2 5 - 1
  VIM 1 - - - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 4 - - 1 - -
  KPC 2 2 10 9 3 5
  NDM 2 - 4 3 3 -
  OXA48 2 3 2 2 3 -
  VIM 1 - 1 1 - -
  Other 2 - 3 1 1 -
Other enterobacter spp IMP - - - - 1 -
  KPC - 1 - - - -
  NDM - 1 1 2 - -
  OXA48 - 2 - - - -
  VIM - - - 1 - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli KPC 4 3 8 7 6 3
  NDM 17 12 23 10 8 1
  OXA48 10 6 13 6 12 1
  Other 1 - 2 - 1 -
Escherichia hermannii KPC - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC - 1 2 3 2 1
  NDM - - - 1 2 -
  OXA48 - 1 1 1 1 1
  VIM 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae KPC 13 5 8 6 4 3
  NDM 8 9 7 5 2 1
  OXA48 5 10 9 9 6 -
  VIM - 1 2 - - -
  Other 1 1 2 - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp ozenae NDM 1 - - - - -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella variicola NDM - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Pantoea              
Pantoea agglomerans KPC - 1 - - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM - - - 2 - -
  OXA48 - - - 1 1 -
Providencia              
Providencia spp NDM - - - - 1 -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica KPC - - - - 1 -
Other raoultella spp OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Other serratia spp NDM - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -

Other carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative organisms

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.

Note: the numbers presented here do not include specimens that have been referred to the AMRHAI Reference Unit.

Week notification received 2023/27 2023/28 2023/29 2023/30 2023/31 2023/32
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP - - - - 1 -
  NDM - - - 1 - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa NDM 1 - - 3 1 -
  VIM 1 1 - 1 - -
  Other 1 1 1 1 2 -
Pseudomonas nitroreducens VIM - - - 1 - -
Pseudomonas putida group VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Other pseudomonas spp VIM - - - - 1 1
Other              
  Other 1 - - - - -