Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 37 (week ending 17 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 2023/32 2023/33 2023/34 2023/35 2023/36 2023/37
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus 2 - - - - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 18 28 27 15 24 28
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 8 14 15 10 8 17
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 35 48 52 52 34 48
Borrelia other named - 1 - - - -
Borrelia sp 14 16 11 10 8 10
Brucella            
Brucella sp - - 1 - - 1
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 45 53 38 38 45 34
Campylobacter fetus - 1 - - - 1
Campylobacter jejuni 339 319 308 274 351 242
Campylobacter other named 2 1 1 1 - 1
Campylobacter sp 1,086 1,124 1,137 894 1,136 1,237
Campylobacter upsaliensis - 2 - - - 2
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 2 - - 1 -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 1 1 1 1 1 3
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 32 22 32 30 28 36
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 11 8 12 6 9 14
SARS coronavirus - - - - 1 -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 75 85 83 76 61 139
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 3 5 3 1 8 5
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 6,714 7,134 7,258 9,482 11,753 10,844
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 76 73 66 174 68 52
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 49 45 41 31 68 88
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 144 164 198 151 161 400
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 62 62 65 65 69 74
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 139 148 162 165 185 205
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 1 6 2 3 5 4
Corynebacterium ulcerans 1 - - - 2 -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii 1 - - - - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus 1 1 - - - 1
Cryptosporidium hominis 27 42 69 84 132 78
Cryptosporidium meleagridis - 1 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 49 61 72 56 73 53
Cryptosporidium sp 27 44 53 76 129 324
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - 1 1 - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 2 2 2 - 3 -
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 16 6 16 22 20 13
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 7 3 6 5 2 3
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 68 59 48 36 64 52
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 10 6 12 7 11 24
Hepatitis B 315 288 281 229 229 236
Hepatitis C 351 374 360 310 294 375
Hepatitis D 2 9 5 3 4 9
Hepatitis E 33 21 26 28 23 21
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 53 49 44 52 70 85
Influenza B 22 10 23 9 24 19
Influenza ungrouped 5 2 2 - 5 5
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae 1 1 - - - -
Legionella other named - - 1 - - 1
Legionella pneumophila 6 5 13 7 5 5
Legionella sp 7 9 1 6 2 4
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 2 3 4 2 3 3
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 116 102 76 65 66 49
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 14 15 184 12 21 16
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 3 1 2 3 9 4
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus - 1 1 1 3 1
Mumps virus 7 2 - 5 6 5
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 21 - 1 4 21 3
Plasmodium malariae - - - - 2 -
Plasmodium ovale 2 - - - 5 -
Plasmodium vivax 3 - - - 6 -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 45 64 50 25 47 51
Polyomavirus JC 7 15 11 6 11 6
Polyomavirus untyped - - - 2 - 1
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii - - - 1 - -
Rickettsia sp - 1 - - - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 1 - 3 2 3 3
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 67 75 53 43 47 29
Salmonella agona - - 6 - - -
Salmonella chester 10 - 7 6 5 5
Salmonella enteritidis 107 79 105 77 34 37
Salmonella haifa 5 - - - - -
Salmonella infantis 9 21 12 - - -
Salmonella java 5 - 7 6 - -
Salmonella newport - 12 6 - - -
Salmonella oranienburg - - - 5 - -
Salmonella saint-paul - - 6 7 - -
Salmonella sp 25 15 23 27 193 266
Salmonella stanley - - 5 - - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 11 17 7 13 31 23
Salmonella typhimurium 43 48 46 42 34 17
Salmonella virchow - - 5 - - -
Salmonella enterica 5 - - 5 - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii - - 4 2 1 1
Shigella dysenteriae - 1 1 1 1 -
Shigella flexneri 11 12 15 11 11 10
Shigella sonnei 17 27 30 20 29 25
Shigella sp 53 54 70 63 90 93
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 70 51 65 61 44 56
Streptococcus pneumoniae 72 66 64 53 55 57
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 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 2023/32 2023/33 2023/34 2023/35 2023/36 2023/37
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - 1 1 1 - -
  KPC 3 1 - 3 1 -
  NDM - 2 2 - 1 -
  OXA48 4 2 3 - 1 -
  VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other - 1 1 - - -
Cronobacter              
Cronobacter spp KPC - 1 - - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 2 1 1 2 3 1
  KPC 7 5 8 6 2 2
  NDM 5 6 8 9 15 2
  OXA48 - 2 1 5 3 -
  VIM - - 2 2 - -
  Other - 2 1 - - -
Other enterobacter spp IMP - 1 1 - - -
  NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 - 1 1 1 1 -
  VIM - - 3 - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 1 - - 1 - -
  KPC 6 4 2 5 2 4
  NDM 10 14 16 10 15 4
  OXA48 10 24 19 18 7 1
  VIM - - - 1 1 -
  Other - 1 1 2 1 -
Escherichia hermannii KPC - - - - - 1
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - - 1 - - 1
  NDM - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 2 - - - - -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP - - 1 - - -
  KPC 5 - - - 2 3
  NDM - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 4 1 - 4 1 -
  VIM - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - 1 2 1 1 -
  KPC 8 16 11 16 15 3
  NDM 7 10 3 3 6 4
  OXA48 7 6 11 8 8 1
  VIM - 1 - - 1 -
  Other - 1 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 - - -
  Other - - - - 5 -
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 2023/32 2023/33 2023/34 2023/35 2023/36 2023/37
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM 2 - - - - -
Other acinetobacter spp Other 1 - - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP 1 - 1 - 1 -
  NDM - 2 - - 1 -
  Other 1 1 1 1 1 -
Pseudomonas fluorescens group VIM - 1 - - - -
Other pseudomonas spp NDM - - - - 1 -
  VIM 1 - - - - 1
  Other - - - - - 1
Other              
  OXA48 2 - - - - -