Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 41 (week ending 15 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 2023/36 2023/37 2023/38 2023/39 2023/40 2023/41
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - - 1 - - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 24 30 29 30 25 27
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 8 17 13 18 15 14
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 34 50 62 42 34 50
Borrelia other named - - 1 - - -
Borrelia sp 8 10 5 3 4 12
Brucella            
Brucella canis - - - - 1 -
Brucella sp - 1 1 1 1 -
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia mallei - - - 1 - -
Burkholderia pseudomallei - - - 1 - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 45 40 51 53 27 36
Campylobacter fetus - 1 1 - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 357 297 289 303 250 285
Campylobacter other named - 1 - - 1 4
Campylobacter rectus - - - 1 - -
Campylobacter sp 1,136 1,211 1,139 1,080 934 988
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 2 1 - - -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 - - 1 - -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 1 3 1 1 1 -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 29 36 33 27 30 25
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 9 15 14 27 29 16
Human coronavirus 229e - - 1 - - -
SARS coronavirus 1 - 1 1 - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 61 139 92 108 124 126
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 8 5 - 4 6 8
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 11,770 10,893 12,542 16,283 15,922 12,097
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 72 56 68 81 136 124
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 68 88 57 63 72 62
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 159 400 233 183 230 207
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 69 74 68 79 55 104
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 185 208 195 222 178 255
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 6 11 3 1 4 -
Corynebacterium ulcerans 2 - - - - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus 3 2 1 1 - -
Cryptosporidium felis 1 - - - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 138 183 238 185 138 57
Cryptosporidium meleagridis 1 - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 81 80 99 77 51 35
Cryptosporidium sp 114 203 137 128 122 268
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum 1 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium viatorum - - - 1 - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 4 - 4 - 2 -
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 19 19 18 23 20 14
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 3 4 9 4 4 4
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 64 54 37 55 45 58
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 11 24 17 18 12 21
Hepatitis B 245 263 297 250 213 272
Hepatitis C 306 412 310 326 305 259
Hepatitis D 4 9 10 4 6 7
Hepatitis E 26 23 30 37 29 24
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 70 84 111 97 102 131
Influenza B 24 19 20 23 55 67
Influenza ungrouped 5 5 3 5 6 -
Legionella            
Legionella other named - 1 1 - 1 -
Legionella pneumophila 7 6 6 3 4 6
Legionella sp 1 4 9 2 8 6
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 3 3 4 8 4 5
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 75 61 106 83 79 82
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 21 16 22 13 10 20
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 9 4 4 3 2 3
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 3 1 1 6 4 5
Mumps virus 6 5 8 2 2 8
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 21 3 3 3 30 19
Plasmodium malariae 2 - - - 1 -
Plasmodium ovale 5 - - - - 2
Plasmodium vivax 6 - - 1 2 3
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 47 52 58 45 46 86
Polyomavirus JC 11 6 12 7 5 11
Polyomavirus untyped 9 8 8 16 7 19
Rabies virus            
Rabies virus - - - - 1 -
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia spotted fever - - - 1 - -
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi - - 1 - - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 3 3 - 3 3 4
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 76 81 71 60 44 54
Salmonella bovis-morbificans - - - 5 - -
Salmonella braenderup - 5 9 - - -
Salmonella chester 10 14 13 8 - -
Salmonella enterica - - - - 6 -
Salmonella enteritidis 104 130 117 70 33 38
Salmonella infantis 7 9 9 - - -
Salmonella java 6 - - - - -
Salmonella kentucky - - 8 - - -
Salmonella newport - 10 5 8 - -
Salmonella poona - 5 - - - -
Salmonella saint-paul 5 5 5 11 8 -
Salmonella sp 31 37 34 66 133 214
Salmonella stanley - 6 - - - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 32 32 32 26 24 14
Salmonella typhimurium 69 46 45 40 7 19
Salmonella virchow 5 - 7 - - -
Salmonella enterica - - 9 - - 5
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 1 1 - - - -
Shigella dysenteriae 1 - 1 1 - 1
Shigella flexneri 16 11 6 15 9 9
Shigella sonnei 33 34 34 24 18 21
Shigella sp 84 83 77 63 51 59
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 45 57 49 43 33 41
Streptococcus pneumoniae 55 57 52 69 76 101
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 2 - 1 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 2023/36 2023/37 2023/38 2023/39 2023/40 2023/41
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - - - - 1 -
  KPC 1 - 2 - 1 -
  NDM 1 1 1 1 1 2
  OXA48 1 - 8 3 1 2
  Other - - - - 1 -
Cronobacter              
Cronobacter spp KPC - - - - - 1
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 4 2 6 2 1 -
  KPC 3 4 7 2 7 7
  NDM 17 11 15 11 7 5
  OXA48 3 3 7 5 4 -
  Other 2 - 1 - - 1
Enterobacter other named NDM - - - 1 1 -
Other enterobacter spp IMP - 1 - - - -
  NDM - 1 - 2 2 -
  OXA48 1 - - 1 1 -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - - 1 1 - -
  KPC 2 6 3 3 5 8
  NDM 17 17 14 6 10 4
  OXA48 9 12 13 18 12 5
  VIM 1 1 - - - -
  Other 1 - - 1 1 -
Escherichia hermannii KPC - 1 2 - - -
Escherichia vulneris KPC - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - 1 - - 2 -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 2 3 5 2 1 6
  NDM 1 1 - - - -
  OXA48 1 - 1 1 2 -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 1 - 2 3 3 -
  KPC 16 10 17 9 6 7
  NDM 8 11 5 12 11 1
  OXA48 10 8 9 8 6 2
  VIM 2 1 1 2 - -
  Other 1 1 1 1 1 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp ozenae KPC 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella variicola NDM - - - - - 1
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Other klebsiella spp NDM - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - - 1 1 2 -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii OXA48 1 - - 1 - -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Pantoea              
Pantoea spp NDM - - - - 1 -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis IMP - - - 1 - -
  NDM - - - - - 1
  OXA48 - 1 1 - - -
  Other 5 - - - - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella spp KPC - - 1 - - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica NDM - - 1 - 1 -
  OXA48 - - 1 1 1 -
Other serratia spp NDM - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -

Other carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative organisms

Week notification received 2023/36 2023/37 2023/38 2023/39 2023/40 2023/41
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM - - 1 1 - -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus/baumannii complex NDM - - - - 1 -
Other acinetobacter spp NDM - - 1 - - -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP 1 - - - - -
  NDM 1 2 1 1 - -
  VIM - - - 1 1 -
  Other 3 1 1 3 1 -
Pseudomonas putida group NDM - - 2 - - -
  VIM - - 2 1 - -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Other pseudomonas spp NDM 1 - - - - -
  VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Other              
  NDM - - - - 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.

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