Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 44 (week ending 5 November 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 2023/39 2023/40 2023/41 2023/42 2023/43 2023/44
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 30 25 28 34 17 20
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 18 15 14 7 12 10
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 44 35 51 38 39 36
Borrelia sp 3 4 12 3 5 7
Brucella            
Brucella canis - 1 - - - -
Brucella melitensis - - - - - 1
Brucella sp 1 1 - - - -
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia mallei 1 - - - - -
Burkholderia pseudomallei 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 53 28 46 28 34 29
Campylobacter gracilis - - - 1 - -
Campylobacter jejuni 305 253 333 238 300 262
Campylobacter other named - 1 4 - 2 2
Campylobacter rectus 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter sp 1,078 930 970 1,102 1,042 1,034
Campylobacter upsaliensis - - - 1 1 2
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 - - 1 3 -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 2 1 - 1 1 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 27 30 26 24 19 25
Clostridium tetani - - - 1 1 -
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 27 29 16 22 20 14
SARS coronavirus 1 - - - - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 108 124 126 114 133 129
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 4 6 8 2 6 -
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 16,283 15,899 12,027 8,839 6,897 5,903
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 81 136 124 167 96 70
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 63 72 60 58 25 45
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 183 230 207 236 163 162
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 79 55 105 49 60 46
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 223 178 260 145 139 115
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 1 4 - 2 2 8
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - - - 1 -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus 3 - 1 1 - -
Cryptosporidium felis 2 1 - 2 - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 213 171 192 128 97 35
Cryptosporidium meleagridis 1 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 87 66 87 64 50 16
Cryptosporidium sp 85 75 91 156 99 181
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum 1 - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium viatorum 1 - - - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica - 2 - 2 1 -
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 26 21 18 37 20 11
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 4 4 5 2 6 2
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 55 45 60 53 61 83
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 18 12 22 21 15 15
Hepatitis B 264 246 328 293 302 295
Hepatitis C 332 312 282 272 261 233
Hepatitis D 4 6 8 6 10 6
Hepatitis E 37 31 28 28 31 18
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 97 101 130 122 157 207
Influenza B 23 55 69 50 53 65
Influenza ungrouped 5 6 - 5 2 17
Legionella            
Legionella other named - 1 - - - -
Legionella pneumophila 3 4 10 6 7 6
Legionella sp 2 8 4 3 4 4
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 8 4 5 6 6 5
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 83 82 96 67 80 69
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 13 10 20 32 19 25
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 3 2 3 6 2 20
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 6 4 5 3 3 3
Mumps virus 2 2 8 - 4 5
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 3 30 19 15 8 1
Plasmodium malariae - 1 - 1 - -
Plasmodium ovale - - 2 1 3 -
Plasmodium vivax 1 2 3 2 2 -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 45 46 87 53 48 45
Polyomavirus JC 7 5 11 11 8 6
Polyomavirus untyped 16 7 19 25 15 18
Rabies virus            
Rabies virus - 1 - - - -
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia spotted fever 1 - - - - 2
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 3 3 4 24 10 18
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 62 54 81 56 44 22
Salmonella agona - 5 - 6 - -
Salmonella bareilly - - - 5 - -
Salmonella bovis-morbificans 5 - - - - -
Salmonella chester 8 7 6 6 5 -
Salmonella enterica - 6 - - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 81 81 104 97 37 17
Salmonella infantis - - 9 7 - -
Salmonella java - - 8 - - -
Salmonella kentucky - - - - 5 -
Salmonella newport 8 9 7 10 6 -
Salmonella oranienburg - - - 5 - -
Salmonella saint-paul 12 20 15 15 13 6
Salmonella sp 47 13 24 35 100 185
Salmonella stanley - - 9 11 5 5
Salmonella thompson - - 5 - - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 26 25 18 22 8 6
Salmonella typhimurium 44 32 47 29 23 8
Salmonella unnamed - - - - - 5
Salmonella virchow - 5 - - 5 -
Salmonella enterica - - 9 5 - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii - 1 - - 1 1
Shigella dysenteriae 1 - 1 - - -
Shigella flexneri 16 11 15 12 8 3
Shigella sonnei 26 20 31 35 23 28
Shigella sp 60 46 43 66 66 61
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 42 33 43 55 49 51
Streptococcus pneumoniae 70 77 104 111 112 132
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 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 2023/39 2023/40 2023/41 2023/42 2023/43 2023/44
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - 1 - - - -
  KPC - 1 - - 2 1
  NDM 1 1 3 2 - 2
  OXA48 3 1 3 1 1 -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Cronobacter              
Cronobacter sakazakii KPC - - - - 1 -
Other cronobacter spp KPC - - 1 - - 1
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 2 1 - 1 2 1
  KPC 2 7 9 6 6 4
  NDM 11 8 12 4 6 -
  OXA48 5 4 5 1 2 -
  Other - - 1 - 1 -
Enterobacter other named NDM 1 1 - - - -
Other enterobacter spp NDM 2 2 3 - - -
  OXA48 1 1 1 - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 1 1 - - - -
  KPC 3 6 9 4 1 4
  NDM 7 10 12 14 13 -
  OXA48 19 13 15 5 13 5
  VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other 1 1 - 1 1 -
Escherichia hermannii KPC - - 1 - - -
Escherichia vulneris KPC 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes OXA48 - 2 - - - -
  Other - - - - - 1
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 2 1 7 5 8 1
  OXA48 1 4 2 1 6 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 3 3 - - - 2
  KPC 10 8 11 15 6 4
  NDM 14 11 8 8 4 1
  OXA48 8 6 5 17 14 3
  VIM 2 - - 1 1 -
  Other 1 1 3 2 1 -
Klebsiella variicola IMP - - - - 1 -
  KPC 1 - - - - -
  NDM - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Other klebsiella spp KPC - - - 1 - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC 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 - - 2 - - -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Other proteus spp OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica NDM - 1 - - 1 -
  OXA48 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 2023/39 2023/40 2023/41 2023/42 2023/43 2023/44
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM 1 - - - 1 -
  Other 1 - - 1 - -
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus/baumannii complex NDM - 1 - - - -
Other acinetobacter spp NDM - - - 1 - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - 1 - - 2 -
  NDM 1 - 1 - 2 -
  VIM 1 1 - 2 1 -
  Other 3 2 1 2 3 -
Pseudomonas koreensis VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Pseudomonas putida group VIM 1 - - - - -
Pseudomonas stutzeri group Other - - - 1 - -
Other              
  NDM - 1 - - - -