Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 39 (week ending 1 October 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 2023/34 2023/35 2023/36 2023/37 2023/38 2023/39
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - - - - 1 -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 27 15 24 29 28 29
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 15 10 8 17 11 16
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 52 55 34 50 62 42
Borrelia other named - - - - 1 -
Borrelia sp 11 7 8 10 6 3
Brucella            
Brucella sp 1 - - 1 1 1
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia mallei - - - - - 1
Burkholderia pseudomallei - - - - - 1
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 38 38 45 37 44 46
Campylobacter fetus - - - 1 1 -
Campylobacter jejuni 308 274 353 280 260 252
Campylobacter other named 1 1 - 1 - -
Campylobacter sp 1,140 894 1,138 1,209 1,133 1,096
Campylobacter upsaliensis - - - 2 1 -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - - 1 - - 1
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 1 2 1 3 1 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 32 30 29 36 33 25
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 12 6 9 14 13 25
Human coronavirus 229e - - - - 1 -
SARS coronavirus - - 1 - 1 -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 83 76 61 139 92 108
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 3 1 8 5 - 4
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 7,259 9,470 11,771 10,891 12,568 16,350
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 66 174 68 56 68 81
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 41 31 68 88 57 63
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 198 151 159 400 233 183
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 65 65 69 74 68 79
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 162 165 185 208 195 222
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 2 3 6 11 3 1
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - 2 - - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - - 1 2 - 1
Cryptosporidium felis - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 70 86 134 165 197 85
Cryptosporidium meleagridis 1 - - - - 1
Cryptosporidium parvum 72 57 79 77 81 39
Cryptosporidium sp 52 73 123 213 166 240
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum 1 1 1 1 - -
Cryptosporidium viatorum - - - - - 1
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 2 - 4 - 4 -
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 16 23 19 17 12 16
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 6 5 3 4 8 4
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 48 36 64 54 36 52
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 12 7 11 24 17 17
Hepatitis B 289 235 246 258 280 213
Hepatitis C 363 318 306 412 300 300
Hepatitis D 5 3 4 9 10 4
Hepatitis E 26 28 26 23 30 37
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 44 52 70 84 111 97
Influenza B 23 9 24 19 20 22
Influenza ungrouped 2 - 5 5 3 5
Legionella            
Legionella other named 1 - - 1 1 -
Legionella pneumophila 13 7 7 6 6 3
Legionella sp 1 6 1 4 8 1
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 4 2 3 3 4 8
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 78 68 73 57 100 75
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 184 12 21 16 22 13
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 2 3 9 4 4 3
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 1 1 3 1 1 6
Mumps virus - 5 6 5 8 2
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 1 4 21 3 3 3
Plasmodium malariae - - 2 - - -
Plasmodium ovale - - 5 - - -
Plasmodium vivax - - 6 - - 1
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 50 25 47 51 59 44
Polyomavirus JC 11 6 11 6 13 7
Polyomavirus untyped 12 10 9 8 8 16
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii - 1 - - - -
Rickettsia spotted fever - - - - - 1
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi - - - - 1 -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 3 2 3 3 - 3
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 55 45 71 61 48 24
Salmonella agona 6 - - - - -
Salmonella braenderup - - - 5 5 -
Salmonella chester 7 6 10 12 7 -
Salmonella enteritidis 108 80 95 93 58 19
Salmonella infantis 8 - 7 8 - -
Salmonella java 7 6 6 - - -
Salmonella newport 7 - - 6 - -
Salmonella oranienburg - 5 - - - -
Salmonella saint-paul 6 7 5 - - -
Salmonella sp 20 19 50 121 173 209
Salmonella stanley 5 - - 6 - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 7 13 32 32 30 23
Salmonella typhimurium 47 46 65 34 21 16
Salmonella virchow 5 - 5 - 5 -
Salmonella enterica - 5 - - 8 -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 4 2 1 1 - -
Shigella dysenteriae 1 1 1 - 1 1
Shigella flexneri 17 12 16 10 2 9
Shigella sonnei 32 23 33 33 26 14
Shigella sp 71 62 84 85 88 78
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 66 62 45 57 49 42
Streptococcus pneumoniae 64 53 55 57 51 67
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 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 2023/34 2023/35 2023/36 2023/37 2023/38 2023/39
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP 1 1 - - - -
  KPC 2 2 1 - 1 -
  NDM 2 - 1 1 - -
  OXA48 3 - 1 - 7 2
  Other 1 - - - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 2 2 3 2 4 -
  KPC 9 7 2 4 6 -
  NDM 8 9 16 11 12 1
  OXA48 1 5 3 3 5 1
  VIM 2 2 - - - -
  Other 1 - 2 - 1 -
Other enterobacter spp IMP 1 - - 1 - -
  NDM - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 1 1 1 - - 1
  VIM 3 - - - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - 1 - - 1 1
  KPC 2 5 2 6 3 1
  NDM 16 10 17 16 11 3
  OXA48 19 18 9 12 11 6
  VIM - 1 1 1 - -
  Other 1 2 1 - - 1
Escherichia hermannii KPC - - - 1 1 -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC 1 - - 1 - -
  NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP 1 - - - - -
  KPC - - 2 3 5 2
  NDM - - 1 1 - -
  OXA48 - 4 1 - 1 -
  VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 2 1 1 - 2 -
  KPC 13 15 16 9 17 7
  NDM 3 3 8 11 5 2
  OXA48 11 9 10 8 9 1
  VIM - - 2 1 1 -
  Other 1 1 1 1 3 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp ozenae KPC - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella variicola OXA48 1 - - - - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - - - - 1 -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Pantoea              
Pantoea spp KPC 1 - - - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis IMP - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 1 - - 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 2023/34 2023/35 2023/36 2023/37 2023/38 2023/39
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM - - - - 1 -
  Other - - - - - 1
Other acinetobacter spp NDM - - - - 1 -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP 1 - 1 - - -
  NDM - - 1 2 1 -
  Other 1 1 3 1 1 2
Pseudomonas putida group NDM - - - - 2 -
  VIM - - - - 2 -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Other pseudomonas spp NDM - - 1 - - -
  VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other - - - 1 - -