Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 4 (week ending 29 January 2023)

Updated 2 January 2024

NOIDs weekly report

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 2022/51 2022/52 2023/01 2023/02 2023/03 2023/04
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - - - 1 - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 11 10 15 22 16 14
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 1 - - 1 1 2
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 20 8 10 13 17 10
Borrelia sp 1 2 - - 7 1
Borrelia tillae 2 - - 1 - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 29 13 21 17 24 11
Campylobacter jejuni 283 130 177 211 170 187
Campylobacter lari - - 1 1 - -
Campylobacter other named - - 1 - - -
Campylobacter sp 640 361 446 629 733 693
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 - - 2 - -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 2 - - - - 1
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - - - 1 2 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 50 33 34 20 32 37
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 165 206 196 197 123 141
SARS coronavirus - 1 - - - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 276 195 206 170 331 284
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 14 6 6 10 5 2
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 42,366 37,404 29,466 16,710 13,363 14,158
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 414 374 433 407 290 281
SARS-CoV-2 IgA antibody positive - - - - 1 -
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 804 110 165 194 276 364
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 1,800 453 689 1,148 2,078 1,407
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody negative - - - - - 6
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody positive - 1 - - - -
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 405 83 158 237 356 179
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 1,328 292 722 1,024 1,317 718
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 5 3 2 4 2 2
Corynebacterium ulcerans - 1 - - - -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus 1 - - - - -
Cryptosporidium felis 1 - - - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 35 7 11 16 16 4
Cryptosporidium parvum 61 14 10 23 33 17
Cryptosporidium sp 27 8 7 19 28 31
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum 1 2 1 - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 2 - 2 1 1 -
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 8 1 5 4 4 1
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus - - 1 11 3 -
Giardia            
Giardia lamblia 2 2 - 3 1 2
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 76 62 91 89 82 54
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 14 2 6 4 18 14
Hepatitis B 277 143 202 247 264 218
Hepatitis C 332 216 221 315 290 303
Hepatitis D 4 2 2 3 7 4
Hepatitis E 52 26 24 37 32 29
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 22,580 14,717 7,662 2,611 987 646
Influenza B 769 852 754 546 442 460
Influenza indeterminate 17 50 22 4 1 6
Influenza ungrouped 663 539 243 82 31 21
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - 1 - - - -
Legionella pneumophila 3 3 5 6 5 2
Legionella sp - 3 4 3 2 -
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 5 4 3 5 3 1
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 76 40 41 62 87 66
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 26 26 42 36 18 13
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 4 - - 1 - -
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 3 - 1 2 1 -
Mumps virus 7 3 2 6 5 6
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - - 1 3 18 4
Plasmodium malariae - - - - 5 -
Plasmodium ovale - - - - 4 -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 44 28 28 74 35 46
Polyomavirus JC 2 5 4 4 11 8
Polyomavirus untyped - - - - 3 -
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii - - - - 1 -
Rickettsia sp - - - - 1 -
Rickettsia spotted fever - 1 - - 1 -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus - 4 3 4 4 2
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 64 41 34 47 24 23
Salmonella agona 8 - - - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 29 12 20 23 13 8
Salmonella infantis - 6 5 - - -
Salmonella mbandaka - - - 6 - -
Salmonella sp 22 - 11 24 63 83
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi - 6 - 8 16 5
Salmonella typhimurium 25 15 12 21 13 8
Salmonella virchow - 7 5 - - -
Salmonella weltevreden - - 6 - - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii - 1 1 2 - -
Shigella dysenteriae - 1 - - - -
Shigella flexneri 7 9 14 19 9 9
Shigella sonnei 19 16 8 14 12 10
Shigella sp 43 12 30 25 81 43
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 214 197 193 191 110 83
Streptococcus pneumoniae 238 303 237 143 105 89

Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE)*

Please note: the numbers presented here do not include specimens that have been referred to the AMRHAI Reference Unit.

Week notification received 2022/51 2022/52 2023/01 2023/02 2023/03 2023/04
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC 1 3 1 - 1 -
  NDM - - 2 1 1 -
  OXA48 - - 2 - - -
  VIM - - - - 1 -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP - - 1 1 1 1
  KPC 4 4 2 5 1 1
  NDM - 3 4 3 - 2
  OXA48 3 - 2 - 3 1
  Other 1 - - 1 - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - - 1 2 - -
  KPC 7 4 3 6 4 4
  NDM 6 7 5 12 3 2
  OXA48 7 6 11 6 5 2
  VIM 1 - 1 1 - -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Escherichia hermannii OXA48 1 1 - - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 1 - 1 - 2 -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 1 1 - 1 1 2
  NDM 1 1 - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
  VIM - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - - 3 - - -
  KPC 8 3 7 8 8 3
  NDM 3 6 2 8 3 2
  OXA48 6 3 6 8 6 2
Klebsiella pneumoniae VIM - - 3 1 2 -
  Other 1 1 1 1 1 1
Klebsiella variicola KPC - 1 - - - -
Other klebsiella spp KPC 1 - - - - -
  NDM - - 1 - - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - - - 1 - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii NDM - - - 1 - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis OXA48 - - 2 - 1 -
Other proteus spp OXA48 - - 1 - - -

Other carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative organisms*

Please note: The numbers presented here do not include specimens that have been referred to the AMRHAI Reference Unit

Week notification received 2022/51 2022/52 2023/01 2023/02 2023/03 2023/04
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM 1 - - - 1 -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - - - - 2 -
  NDM 2 - 1 - 1 -
  VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other 1 1 1 1 3 1
Other pseudomonas spp NDM - 1 - - - -
  VIM - - 1 - - -
Other              
  IMP - - 1 - - -
  NDM - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 1 - - 1 - -

*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.