Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 36 (week ending 10 September 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 2023/31 2023/32 2023/33 2023/34 2023/35 2023/36
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - 2 - - - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 34 18 28 27 15 24
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 6 8 14 15 10 8
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 67 35 48 52 52 34
Borrelia other named - - 1 - - -
Borrelia sp 14 14 16 11 10 8
Brucella            
Brucella sp - - - 1 - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 36 45 53 38 37 37
Campylobacter fetus - - 1 - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 296 339 319 308 260 301
Campylobacter lari 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter other named 3 2 1 1 1 -
Campylobacter sp 1,238 1,086 1,123 1,135 904 1,157
Campylobacter upsaliensis - - 2 - - -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 1 2 - - 1
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 1 1 1 1 1 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 37 32 22 32 30 33
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 12 11 8 12 6 9
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 91 75 85 83 76 53
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 6 3 5 3 1 8
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 5,550 6,715 7,134 7,258 9,486 11,795
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 36 76 73 66 174 68
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 47 49 45 41 31 68
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 149 144 164 198 151 161
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 64 62 62 65 65 69
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 151 139 148 162 165 185
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 3 1 6 2 3 5
Corynebacterium ulcerans - 1 - - - 2
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii 1 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - 1 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium felis 3 - - - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 11 27 42 67 50 20
Cryptosporidium meleagridis - - 1 1 - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 38 49 60 70 40 18
Cryptosporidium sp 32 27 44 57 120 284
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - - 1 1 - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 2 2 2 2 - 3
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 17 16 5 16 21 16
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 9 7 3 6 5 2
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 46 68 59 48 36 64
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 10 10 6 12 7 11
Hepatitis B 261 309 282 273 221 208
Hepatitis C 444 351 374 357 302 285
Hepatitis D 1 2 9 5 3 4
Hepatitis E 36 33 21 26 28 23
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 65 53 49 44 52 68
Influenza B 12 22 10 23 9 23
Influenza ungrouped 6 5 2 2 - 5
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - 1 1 - - -
Legionella other named 1 - - - - -
Legionella pneumophila 13 6 5 12 7 5
Legionella sp 7 7 9 3 6 2
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 9 2 3 4 2 3
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 77 115 101 74 56 62
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 17 14 15 184 12 21
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 4 3 1 2 3 9
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 2 - 1 1 1 3
Mumps virus 3 7 2 - 5 6
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 11 21 - 1 4 21
Plasmodium malariae - - - - - 2
Plasmodium ovale - 2 - - - 5
Plasmodium vivax - 3 - - - 6
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 50 45 64 50 25 47
Polyomavirus JC 5 7 15 11 6 11
Polyomavirus untyped - - - - 2 -
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii 2 - - - 1 -
Rickettsia sp - - 1 - - -
Rickettsia spotted fever 1 - - - - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 2 1 - 3 2 3
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 73 66 75 58 25 34
Salmonella agona 5 - - - - -
Salmonella chester - 10 - 6 - -
Salmonella enteritidis 61 106 77 73 30 16
Salmonella haifa - 5 - - - -
Salmonella infantis 12 9 20 10 - -
Salmonella java 8 5 - 5 - -
Salmonella newport - - 12 - - -
Salmonella saint-paul - - - 5 - -
Salmonella sp 25 27 18 85 146 237
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 6 11 16 7 13 26
Salmonella typhimurium 39 43 48 39 17 24
Salmonella virchow 6 - - - - -
Salmonella enterica - 5 - - - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii - - - 4 1 1
Shigella dysenteriae 1 - 1 1 1 1
Shigella flexneri 11 11 12 13 9 11
Shigella sonnei 31 17 27 30 19 26
Shigella sp 56 53 54 72 67 91
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 68 70 51 65 61 43
Streptococcus pneumoniae 81 72 66 64 51 55
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 1 2 4 2 6 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 2023/31 2023/32 2023/33 2023/34 2023/35 2023/36
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - - 1 1 1 -
  KPC 2 3 1 - 3 -
  NDM 1 - 2 2 - -
  OXA48 2 4 2 3 - 1
  VIM 1 - 1 - - -
  Other - - 1 1 - -
Cronobacter              
Cronobacter spp KPC - - 1 - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 1 2 1 1 1 1
  KPC 3 7 5 8 6 2
  NDM 4 5 6 8 8 2
  OXA48 3 - 2 1 5 -
  VIM - - - 2 1 -
  Other 1 - 2 1 - -
Other enterobacter spp IMP 1 - 1 1 - -
  NDM - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - - 1 1 1 -
  VIM - - - 3 - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - 1 - - 1 -
  KPC 6 6 4 2 5 1
  NDM 9 10 14 14 10 3
  OXA48 13 10 24 19 16 1
  VIM - - - - 1 -
  Other 1 - 1 1 2 -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - - - 1 - -
  NDM - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - 2 - - - -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP - - - 1 - -
  KPC 2 5 - - - 1
  NDM 2 - - - - -
  OXA48 1 4 1 - 4 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - - 1 2 1 -
  KPC 6 8 16 11 16 10
  NDM 3 7 10 3 3 1
  OXA48 7 7 6 11 7 2
  VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other - - 1 1 1 -
Klebsiella variicola OXA48 - 1 - 1 - -
Other klebsiella spp OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii KPC - - 1 - - -
  NDM - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
  VIM - - 1 - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis IMP - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 1 - - 1 - -
Providencia              
Providencia spp NDM 1 - - - - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica KPC 1 - - - - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica OXA48 - 1 - - - -
  Other - 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 2023/31 2023/32 2023/33 2023/34 2023/35 2023/36
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP 1 - - - - -
  NDM - 2 - - - -
Other acinetobacter spp Other - 1 - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - 1 - 1 - 1
  NDM 1 - 2 - - -
  Other 2 1 1 1 1 1
Pseudomonas fluorescens group VIM - - 1 - - -
Other pseudomonas spp VIM 1 1 - - - -
Other              
  OXA48 - 2 - - - -