Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 38 (week ending 24 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 2023/33 2023/34 2023/35 2023/36 2023/37 2023/38
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - - - - - 1
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 28 27 15 24 29 28
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 14 15 10 8 17 11
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 48 52 55 34 50 62
Borrelia other named 1 - - - - 1
Borrelia sp 16 11 7 8 10 6
Brucella            
Brucella sp - 1 - - 1 1
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 53 38 38 45 37 35
Campylobacter fetus 1 - - - 1 1
Campylobacter jejuni 320 308 274 353 278 219
Campylobacter other named 1 1 1 - 1 -
Campylobacter sp 1,126 1,139 894 1,136 1,208 1,180
Campylobacter upsaliensis 2 - - - 2 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 2 - - 1 - -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 1 1 2 1 3 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 22 32 30 28 36 34
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 8 12 6 9 14 13
Human coronavirus 229e - - - - - 1
SARS coronavirus - - - 1 - 1
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 85 83 76 61 139 92
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 5 3 1 8 5 -
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 7,134 7,259 9,470 11,766 10,904 12,598
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 77 66 174 68 56 68
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 45 41 31 68 88 57
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 164 198 151 161 400 233
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 62 65 65 69 74 68
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 148 162 165 185 208 195
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 6 2 3 6 4 3
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - - 2 - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus 1 - - - 1 -
Cryptosporidium hominis 42 69 84 133 158 117
Cryptosporidium meleagridis 1 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 61 72 56 76 75 55
Cryptosporidium sp 44 53 76 129 222 271
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum 1 1 - - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 2 2 - 3 - 4
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 6 16 22 20 16 11
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 3 6 5 3 4 7
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 59 48 36 64 54 35
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 6 12 7 11 24 16
Hepatitis B 290 286 231 240 250 271
Hepatitis C 376 360 312 300 390 288
Hepatitis D 9 5 3 4 9 10
Hepatitis E 22 26 28 25 21 28
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 49 44 52 70 84 111
Influenza B 10 23 9 24 19 20
Influenza ungrouped 2 2 - 5 5 3
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae 1 - - - - -
Legionella other named - 1 - - 1 1
Legionella pneumophila 5 13 7 7 6 6
Legionella sp 9 1 6 1 4 8
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 3 4 2 3 3 4
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 102 77 67 69 49 95
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 15 184 12 21 16 22
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 1 2 3 9 4 4
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 1 1 1 3 1 1
Mumps virus 2 - 5 6 5 8
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - 1 4 21 3 3
Plasmodium malariae - - - 2 - -
Plasmodium ovale - - - 5 - -
Plasmodium vivax - - - 6 - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 64 50 25 47 51 59
Polyomavirus JC 15 11 6 11 6 13
Polyomavirus untyped - - 2 - 1 2
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii - - 1 - - -
Rickettsia sp 1 - - - - -
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi - - - - - 1
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus - 3 2 3 3 -
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 75 53 46 70 43 39
Salmonella agona - 6 - - - -
Salmonella chester - 7 6 10 9 5
Salmonella enteritidis 79 107 80 88 57 32
Salmonella infantis 21 12 - 5 - -
Salmonella java - 7 6 6 - -
Salmonella newport 12 6 - - - -
Salmonella oranienburg - - 5 - - -
Salmonella saint-paul - 6 7 - - -
Salmonella sp 15 22 19 67 221 234
Salmonella stanley - 5 - - - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 17 7 13 32 30 23
Salmonella typhimurium 48 46 45 61 18 12
Salmonella virchow - 5 - 5 - -
Salmonella enterica - - 5 - - 7
Shigella            
Shigella boydii - 4 2 1 1 -
Shigella dysenteriae 1 1 1 1 - 1
Shigella flexneri 12 15 12 12 9 1
Shigella sonnei 27 31 21 30 29 23
Shigella sp 55 72 63 88 90 91
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 51 65 61 45 57 48
Streptococcus pneumoniae 66 64 53 55 57 51
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 4 2 6 2 - 1

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 2023/33 2023/34 2023/35 2023/36 2023/37 2023/38
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP 1 1 1 - - -
  KPC 1 1 2 1 - -
  NDM 2 2 - 1 1 -
  OXA48 2 3 - 1 - 2
  VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other 1 1 - - - -
Cronobacter              
Cronobacter spp KPC 1 - - - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 2 2 2 3 2 2
  KPC 5 8 7 2 3 6
  NDM 6 8 9 15 10 5
  OXA48 3 1 5 3 3 3
  VIM - 2 2 - - -
  Other 2 1 - 2 - 1
Other enterobacter spp IMP 1 1 - - 1 -
  OXA48 1 1 1 1 - -
  VIM - 3 - - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - - 1 - - -
  KPC 4 2 5 2 6 3
  NDM 14 16 10 17 16 3
  OXA48 24 19 18 9 12 3
  VIM - - 1 1 1 -
  Other 1 1 2 1 - -
Escherichia hermannii KPC - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - 1 - - 1 -
  NDM - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella OXA48 - - - - 1 -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP - 1 - - - -
  KPC - - - 2 3 3
  NDM - - - 1 1 -
  OXA48 1 - 4 1 - 1
  VIM - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 1 2 1 1 - 2
  KPC 16 12 15 16 9 13
  NDM 10 3 3 8 10 2
  OXA48 6 11 9 10 7 2
  VIM 1 - - 2 1 -
  Other 1 1 1 1 1 1
Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp ozenae KPC - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella variicola OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii KPC 1 - - - - -
  NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 1 - - 1 - -
  VIM 1 - - - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis IMP - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - 1 - - 1 -
  Other - - - 5 - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella spp KPC - - - - - 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 2023/33 2023/34 2023/35 2023/36 2023/37 2023/38
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM - - - - - 1
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - 1 - 1 - -
  NDM 2 - - 1 2 1
  Other 1 1 1 3 1 1
Pseudomonas fluorescens group VIM 1 - - - - -
Pseudomonas putida group NDM - - - - - 1
  VIM - - - - - 2
  Other - - - - - 1
Other pseudomonas spp NDM - - - 1 - -
  VIM - - - - 1 -
  Other - - - - 1 -