Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 42 (week ending 22 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 2023/37 2023/38 2023/39 2023/40 2023/41 2023/42
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - 1 - - - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 30 29 30 25 28 34
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 17 13 18 15 14 6
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 50 62 42 34 50 38
Borrelia other named - 1 - - - -
Borrelia sp 10 5 3 4 12 3
Brucella            
Brucella canis - - - 1 - -
Brucella sp 1 1 1 1 - -
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia mallei - - 1 - - -
Burkholderia pseudomallei - - 1 - - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 40 51 53 27 43 29
Campylobacter fetus 1 1 - - - -
Campylobacter gracilis - - - - - 1
Campylobacter jejuni 298 291 303 251 319 211
Campylobacter other named 1 - - 1 4 -
Campylobacter rectus - - 1 - - -
Campylobacter sp 1,211 1,141 1,080 934 954 1,096
Campylobacter upsaliensis 2 1 - - - 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - - 1 - - -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 3 1 1 1 - 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 36 33 27 30 26 24
Clostridium tetani - - - - - 1
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 15 14 27 29 16 22
Human coronavirus 229e - 1 - - - -
SARS coronavirus - 1 1 - - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 139 92 108 124 126 114
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 5 - 4 6 8 2
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 10,894 12,542 16,284 15,900 12,041 8,884
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 56 68 81 136 124 167
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 88 57 63 72 62 58
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 400 233 183 230 208 236
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 74 68 79 55 105 49
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 209 199 223 178 260 145
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 11 3 1 4 - 2
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus 2 1 2 - 1 -
Cryptosporidium felis - - 2 1 - 1
Cryptosporidium hominis 183 238 191 159 175 80
Cryptosporidium meleagridis - - 1 1 - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 81 100 80 63 80 42
Cryptosporidium sp 202 135 115 90 104 204
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum 1 1 1 - 1 -
Cryptosporidium viatorum - - 1 - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica - 4 - 2 - 2
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 19 18 25 20 16 33
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 4 9 4 4 5 2
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 54 37 55 45 59 53
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 24 17 18 12 22 21
Hepatitis B 264 303 257 217 301 246
Hepatitis C 412 310 330 312 272 242
Hepatitis D 9 10 4 6 7 6
Hepatitis E 23 30 37 30 26 26
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 84 111 97 102 131 120
Influenza B 19 21 23 56 68 49
Influenza ungrouped 5 3 5 6 - 5
Legionella            
Legionella other named 1 1 - 1 - -
Legionella pneumophila 6 6 3 4 7 5
Legionella sp 4 9 2 8 5 3
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 3 4 8 4 5 7
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 62 107 83 82 86 61
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 16 22 13 10 20 32
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 4 4 3 2 3 6
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 1 1 6 4 5 2
Mumps virus 5 8 2 2 8 -
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 3 3 3 30 19 15
Plasmodium malariae - - - 1 - 1
Plasmodium ovale - - - - 2 1
Plasmodium vivax - - 1 2 3 2
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 52 58 45 46 86 53
Polyomavirus JC 6 12 7 5 11 11
Polyomavirus untyped 8 8 16 7 19 21
Rabies virus            
Rabies virus - - - 1 - -
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia spotted fever - - 1 - - -
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi - 1 - - - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 3 - 3 3 4 24
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 81 76 62 54 57 38
Salmonella bovis-morbificans - - 5 - - -
Salmonella braenderup 6 9 - - - -
Salmonella chester 14 13 8 6 - -
Salmonella enterica - - - 6 - -
Salmonella enteritidis 130 118 80 74 64 37
Salmonella infantis 9 9 - - 6 -
Salmonella java - - - - 5 -
Salmonella kentucky - 8 - - - -
Salmonella newport 10 - 8 7 6 5
Salmonella poona 5 - - - - -
Salmonella saint-paul 5 5 12 19 5 -
Salmonella sp 36 32 49 32 144 190
Salmonella stanley 6 - - - 5 -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 32 32 26 24 18 19
Salmonella typhimurium 46 45 44 29 26 16
Salmonella virchow - 7 - 5 - -
Salmonella enterica - 9 - - 7 -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 1 - - 1 - -
Shigella dysenteriae - 1 1 - 1 -
Shigella flexneri 11 6 16 10 12 7
Shigella sonnei 34 34 26 19 26 29
Shigella sp 83 77 60 48 51 77
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 57 49 43 33 43 53
Streptococcus pneumoniae 57 52 69 76 102 111
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - 1 1 1 - 3

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 2023/37 2023/38 2023/39 2023/40 2023/41 2023/42
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - - - 1 - -
  KPC - 2 - 1 - -
  NDM 1 1 1 1 3 -
  OXA48 - 8 3 1 3 -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Cronobacter              
Cronobacter spp KPC - - - - 1 -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 2 6 2 1 - -
  KPC 4 7 2 7 9 4
  NDM 11 15 11 8 10 2
  OXA48 3 7 5 4 5 -
  Other - 1 - - 1 -
Enterobacter other named NDM - - 1 1 - -
Other enterobacter spp IMP 1 - - - - -
  NDM 1 - 2 2 2 -
  OXA48 - - 1 1 1 -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - 1 1 - - -
  KPC 6 3 3 6 9 2
  NDM 17 14 6 10 10 1
  OXA48 12 13 19 13 12 2
  VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other - - 1 1 - -
Escherichia hermannii KPC 1 2 - - 1 -
Escherichia vulneris KPC - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 1 - - 2 - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 3 5 2 1 6 3
  NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 - 1 1 4 2 -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - 2 3 3 - -
  KPC 10 17 10 7 11 4
  NDM 12 5 12 11 6 1
  OXA48 8 9 8 6 5 1
  VIM 1 1 2 - - -
  Other 1 1 1 1 2 -
Klebsiella variicola KPC - - 1 - - -
  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 agglomerans KPC - - - - - 1
Other pantoea spp NDM - - - 1 - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis IMP - - 1 - - -
  NDM - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 1 1 - - - -
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

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 2023/37 2023/38 2023/39 2023/40 2023/41 2023/42
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM - 1 1 - - -
  Other - 1 1 - - -
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus/baumannii complex NDM - - - 1 - -
Other acinetobacter spp NDM - 1 - - - -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa NDM 2 1 1 - 1 -
  VIM - - 1 1 - -
  Other 1 1 3 2 - 1
Pseudomonas koreensis VIM - - - - - 1
  Other - - - - - 1
Pseudomonas putida group NDM - 2 - - - -
  VIM - 2 1 - - -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Other pseudomonas spp VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Other              
  NDM - - - 1 - -