Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 49 (week ending 10 December 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 2023/44 2023/45 2023/46 2023/47 2023/48 2023/49
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - - - - 1 -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 22 12 16 19 17 9
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 10 13 14 12 14 13
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 36 17 14 36 30 20
Borrelia sp 7 7 4 6 4 6
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis 1 - - - - -
Brucella sp - 2 - - - -
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei - - 1 - - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 32 27 35 40 33 20
Campylobacter fetus - - - 1 1 -
Campylobacter jejuni 284 303 314 272 226 182
Campylobacter lari - - - - 1 -
Campylobacter other named 2 - 1 - 3 -
Campylobacter sp 1,017 977 1,046 986 949 835
Campylobacter upsaliensis 2 - 2 1 - 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - 1 - - 1 -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 2 - 1 1 - -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 25 21 38 39 29 26
Clostridium tetani - - - - 1 -
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 14 18 14 23 18 39
Human coronavirus 229e - - 1 - 1 -
Human coronavirus hku1 - - - 1 1 2
SARS coronavirus - - - - 1 1
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 129 105 120 132 130 114
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 2 2 2 7 4 -
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 5,857 3,954 4,425 4,015 4,296 6,091
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 70 57 55 45 37 68
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 41 41 36 34 38 30
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 158 191 177 166 174 130
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 43 33 67 24 30 14
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 116 94 114 69 100 67
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 8 1 1 2 1 3
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 87 116 124 33 19 1
Cryptosporidium meleagridis - - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 41 64 43 21 9 18
Cryptosporidium sp 108 63 106 147 135 108
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - 2 - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium viatorum 1 - - - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica - 1 1 - - -
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 17 13 13 6 9 4
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 2 2 4 8 9 10
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 61 73 79 61 67 64
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 13 14 9 13 15 8
Hepatitis B 321 276 320 338 319 367
Hepatitis C 245 221 327 268 264 212
Hepatitis D 6 3 20 14 10 7
Hepatitis E 20 28 25 22 24 29
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 205 247 313 370 548 1,178
Influenza B 62 79 68 56 49 84
Influenza indeterminate - - 1 - 1 1
Influenza ungrouped 17 4 10 14 29 40
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae 1 - - - - -
Legionella pneumophila 5 4 6 2 6 4
Legionella sp 3 5 3 1 4 1
Leptospira            
Leptospira interrogans - - - 1 - 1
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 6 5 4 6 8 6
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 72 71 89 70 68 60
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 25 26 33 31 35 26
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 20 8 10 7 5 2
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 3 6 10 11 10 4
Mumps virus 5 4 7 3 6 1
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 1 - 16 - 14 -
Plasmodium ovale - - 3 - 5 -
Plasmodium vivax - - 3 - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 45 55 74 56 50 48
Polyomavirus JC 6 5 11 11 8 13
Polyomavirus untyped 18 12 15 18 7 21
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia spotted fever 2 - - - - -
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi - - - - 1 1
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 6 1 4 5 6 2
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 64 55 70 55 40 26
Salmonella chester - - - 6 - -
Salmonella enteritidis 76 75 54 43 25 13
Salmonella infantis 9 6 - - - -
Salmonella newport 6 7 5 5 - -
Salmonella saint-paul 14 9 9 - - -
Salmonella sp 27 13 17 20 60 96
Salmonella stanley 8 - 5 - - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 8 16 12 26 30 15
Salmonella typhimurium 36 30 37 21 19 9
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 1 2 1 4 1 1
Shigella dysenteriae - - - 1 1 3
Shigella flexneri 10 17 22 14 11 15
Shigella sonnei 33 20 33 29 25 26
Shigella sp 48 58 61 52 66 61
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 52 45 59 61 65 57
Streptococcus pneumoniae 134 122 125 119 134 146
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - - 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 2023/44 2023/45 2023/46 2023/47 2023/48 2023/49
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - 1 - - - -
  KPC 1 2 - 1 - -
  NDM 4 3 - - - 1
  OXA48 2 3 2 3 2 -
  VIM 1 2 - - - -
Cronobacter              
Cronobacter sakazakii KPC - - 1 - - -
Other cronobacter spp KPC 1 1 1 1 - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 3 3 2 1 2 2
  KPC 14 10 5 1 2 2
  NDM 7 5 4 9 3 4
  OXA48 1 3 5 6 6 4
  Other - 1 - - - -
Other enterobacter spp IMP - - 1 - 2 1
  NDM - 3 - 1 1 1
  OXA48 1 - 1 1 - 1
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - 1 1 1 - -
  KPC 4 4 2 4 7 3
  NDM 7 15 11 16 18 6
  OXA48 12 18 19 20 19 5
  VIM - 1 - - 1 -
  Other 1 - 2 1 - -
Escherichia hermannii KPC 1 - - - - -
Escherichia vulneris KPC 1 - - - 1 -
Other escherichia spp IMP - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Hafnia              
Hafnia alvei OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes IMP - - - 1 - -
  KPC - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
  Other 1 - - - - 1
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP - 1 - - - -
  KPC 3 5 3 2 5 1
  NDM - - - - - 1
  OXA48 - 1 2 5 1 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 2 - - 1 - 1
  KPC 8 14 9 16 6 2
  NDM 10 8 10 11 3 -
  OXA48 15 8 8 12 13 3
  VIM 1 - 1 1 3 -
  Other - 1 1 1 2 -
Other klebsiella spp NDM - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Pluralibacter              
Pluralibacter gergoviae KPC - - 1 - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM 3 - - - - -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Other raoultella spp KPC - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Serratia              
Serratia spp NDM 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 2023/44 2023/45 2023/46 2023/47 2023/48 2023/49
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP - 1 - - - -
  NDM - 1 - - 1 -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Other acinetobacter spp NDM - - - 1 - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - - 1 - - -
  NDM 1 - 1 3 1 -
  VIM - 3 - - - -
  Other 1 2 1 - 1 1
Pseudomonas nitroreducens NDM - - - - - 1
Pseudomonas putida group NDM - 1 - - - -
  VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Other pseudomonas spp VIM - 1 - - - -
Other              
  NDM 1 - - - - -
  Other - - 1 - - -