Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 34 (week ending 27 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 2023/29 2023/30 2023/31 2023/32 2023/33 2023/34
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - - - 2 - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 27 15 34 18 27 26
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 19 10 6 7 14 15
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 38 37 65 35 48 49
Borrelia other named - - - - 1 -
Borrelia sp 2 4 13 8 9 3
Borrelia tillae 1 - 1 6 7 8
Brucella            
Brucella sp - 1 - - - 1
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 47 31 31 44 47 31
Campylobacter fetus - - - - 1 -
Campylobacter jejuni 306 278 274 316 292 238
Campylobacter lari 2 1 1 - - -
Campylobacter other named - 2 3 2 1 1
Campylobacter sp 1,100 1,118 1,220 1,079 1,106 1,134
Campylobacter upsaliensis - 2 - - 2 -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 - 1 1 1 -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 3 - 1 1 1 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 25 28 37 32 22 30
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 7 10 12 11 8 12
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 69 124 91 75 85 83
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 4 6 6 3 5 3
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 3,222 4,298 5,548 6,714 7,134 7,206
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 21 24 36 76 73 64
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 53 56 47 49 45 41
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 169 154 149 144 164 198
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 65 38 64 62 62 65
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 125 94 151 139 148 162
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 1 4 3 1 6 2
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - - 1 - -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - 1 1 - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium felis - - 3 - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 7 17 9 23 38 25
Cryptosporidium meleagridis 1 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 14 29 37 47 53 38
Cryptosporidium sp 24 29 30 28 52 115
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - 2 - - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica - 1 2 2 2 2
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 14 18 16 16 5 13
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 1 3 9 6 3 6
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 43 58 46 68 56 45
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 4 10 10 9 6 11
Hepatitis B 314 270 258 296 260 248
Hepatitis C 394 338 445 339 352 342
Hepatitis D 5 5 1 2 9 5
Hepatitis E 38 31 35 32 20 26
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 52 57 64 53 49 44
Influenza B 16 17 12 22 10 23
Influenza ungrouped 1 - 6 5 2 2
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae 3 - - 1 1 -
Legionella other named - - 1 - - -
Legionella pneumophila 13 17 13 6 5 11
Legionella sp 8 8 7 7 8 2
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 4 2 9 2 3 4
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 78 81 75 112 94 65
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 181 22 17 13 15 185
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 2 3 4 3 1 2
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 10 4 2 - 1 1
Mumps virus 3 4 3 7 2 -
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - 1 11 21 - 1
Plasmodium ovale - - - 2 - -
Plasmodium vivax - - - 3 - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 48 39 50 45 64 46
Polyomavirus JC 9 8 5 7 15 11
Polyomavirus untyped - 1 - - - -
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia mooseri 1 - - - - -
Rickettsia prowazekii 1 - 2 - - -
Rickettsia sp - - - - 1 -
Rickettsia spotted fever - - 1 - - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 1 3 2 1 - 3
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 64 64 70 57 38 21
Salmonella agona - - 5 - - -
Salmonella chester - - - 10 - -
Salmonella enteritidis 44 39 58 99 44 27
Salmonella haifa - - - 5 - -
Salmonella infantis 7 8 10 8 20 7
Salmonella java - - 8 5 - -
Salmonella newport - - - - 5 -
Salmonella sp 55 28 29 48 117 199
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 9 6 6 10 16 7
Salmonella typhimurium 36 33 38 40 25 20
Salmonella virchow - - 6 - - -
Salmonella enterica - - - 5 - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 1 - - - - 4
Shigella dysenteriae 2 1 1 - - -
Shigella flexneri 6 10 11 11 6 8
Shigella sonnei 23 26 31 17 23 22
Shigella sp 29 49 55 53 64 85
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 64 56 68 70 51 63
Streptococcus pneumoniae 268 63 79 70 65 59
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 1 2 1 2 4 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 2023/29 2023/30 2023/31 2023/32 2023/33 2023/34
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - - - - 1 -
  KPC 1 1 2 3 1 -
  NDM - - 1 - 2 1
  OXA48 2 5 2 4 2 -
  VIM - - 1 - 1 -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Cronobacter              
Cronobacter spp KPC - - - - 1 -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP - 1 - 1 1 -
  KPC 11 9 3 7 5 4
  NDM 5 3 4 5 6 1
  OXA48 2 2 3 - 1 -
  VIM 1 1 - - - -
  Other 3 1 1 - 2 1
Enterobacter other named VIM 1 - - - - -
Other enterobacter spp IMP - - 1 - 1 -
  NDM 1 2 - 1 - -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
  VIM - 1 - - - 1
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - - - 1 - -
  KPC 8 7 6 6 4 1
  NDM 24 11 9 7 13 2
  OXA48 13 6 12 10 22 4
  Other 2 - 1 - 1 -
Escherichia hermannii KPC - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - - - 2 - -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 2 3 2 5 - -
  NDM - 1 2 - - -
  OXA48 1 1 1 4 - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - - - - 1 -
  KPC 9 6 6 8 14 2
  NDM 7 6 3 6 9 1
  OXA48 9 9 7 7 4 2
  VIM 2 - - - 1 -
  Other 2 - - - 5 -
Klebsiella variicola OXA48 1 - - 1 - 1
Morganella              
Morganella morganii KPC - - - - 1 -
  NDM - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 - 1 - - 1 -
  VIM - - - - 1 -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM - 2 - - - -
  OXA48 - 1 1 - - 1
Providencia              
Providencia spp NDM - - 1 - - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica KPC - - 1 - - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica OXA48 - 1 - 1 - -
  Other - - - 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 2023/29 2023/30 2023/31 2023/32 2023/33 2023/34
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP - - 1 - - -
  NDM - 1 - - - -
Other acinetobacter spp Other - - - 1 - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - - - 1 - -
  NDM - 4 1 - 2 -
  VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other 1 1 2 1 1 1
Pseudomonas fluorescens group VIM - - - - 1 -
Pseudomonas nitroreducens VIM - 1 - - - -
Pseudomonas putida group VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Other pseudomonas spp VIM - - 1 1 - -
Other              
  OXA48 - - - 2 - -