Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 50 (week ending 17 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 2023/45 2023/46 2023/47 2023/48 2023/49 2023/50
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - - - 1 - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 12 16 19 17 11 13
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 13 14 12 14 15 24
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 17 15 37 30 20 26
Borrelia sp 7 4 6 4 6 6
Brucella            
Brucella sp 2 - - - - -
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 30 39 40 34 21 27
Campylobacter fetus - - 1 1 1 -
Campylobacter jejuni 323 336 276 233 199 201
Campylobacter lari - - - 1 - -
Campylobacter other named - 1 - 3 - -
Campylobacter sp 991 1,066 997 970 825 833
Campylobacter upsaliensis - 2 1 - 1 -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 - - 1 - -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - 1 1 - - 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 21 38 39 29 26 34
Clostridium tetani - - - 1 - -
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 18 14 23 18 39 44
Human coronavirus 229e - 1 - 1 - 1
Human coronavirus hku1 - - 1 1 2 3
SARS coronavirus - - - 1 1 -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 105 120 132 130 114 182
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 2 2 7 4 - 2
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 3,956 4,427 4,019 4,281 6,054 8,022
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 57 55 45 37 68 51
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 41 36 34 38 30 67
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 191 177 166 174 130 378
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 33 67 24 30 14 35
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 94 114 69 100 67 109
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 1 2 3 1 3 2
Corynebacterium ulcerans - 1 - - - 3
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus 1 - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 126 136 36 21 2 5
Cryptosporidium meleagridis - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 70 53 23 9 20 6
Cryptosporidium sp 57 97 141 137 105 124
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum 2 - 1 - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 1 1 - - - 4
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 13 13 7 11 5 5
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 2 4 8 9 10 4
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 73 80 61 68 69 68
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 15 9 14 15 8 14
Hepatitis B 276 321 338 322 393 330
Hepatitis C 221 327 269 272 233 213
Hepatitis D 3 20 14 10 7 11
Hepatitis E 28 25 22 24 29 21
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 247 317 373 558 1,197 2,022
Influenza B 79 68 57 50 84 100
Influenza indeterminate - 1 - 1 1 2
Influenza ungrouped 4 10 14 29 40 89
Legionella            
Legionella pneumophila 4 6 2 6 4 4
Legionella sp 5 4 2 4 1 2
Leptospira            
Leptospira interrogans - - 1 - 1 -
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 5 4 6 8 6 25
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 72 90 71 75 63 67
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 26 32 31 35 26 36
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 8 10 7 5 2 3
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 6 10 11 10 4 16
Mumps virus 4 7 3 6 1 5
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - 16 - 14 - 1
Plasmodium ovale - 3 - 5 - -
Plasmodium vivax - 3 - - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 55 74 56 49 48 51
Polyomavirus JC 5 11 11 8 13 10
Polyomavirus untyped 12 15 18 7 21 14
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi - - - 1 1 -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 1 4 5 6 2 6
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 55 70 56 54 43 18
Salmonella chester - - 5 - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 75 58 43 29 29 10
Salmonella infantis 6 - - - - -
Salmonella kentucky - - - 6 - -
Salmonella newport 7 5 5 - - -
Salmonella saint-paul 9 10 - - - -
Salmonella sp 13 16 18 17 58 89
Salmonella stanley - 5 - 5 - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 16 12 26 30 17 9
Salmonella typhimurium 30 38 22 30 15 10
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 2 2 4 1 1 1
Shigella dysenteriae - - 1 1 3 -
Shigella flexneri 17 23 17 16 18 9
Shigella sonnei 21 33 28 26 28 20
Shigella sp 58 60 48 59 56 52
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 46 59 61 65 59 64
Streptococcus pneumoniae 124 127 121 134 147 179
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 2023/45 2023/46 2023/47 2023/48 2023/49 2023/50
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP 1 - - - - -
  KPC 2 - 1 - - 2
  NDM 3 - - - 2 -
  OXA48 3 2 3 2 1 2
  VIM 2 - - - - -
Cronobacter              
Cronobacter sakazakii KPC - 1 - - - -
Other cronobacter spp KPC 1 1 1 - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 3 2 1 2 2 -
  KPC 10 5 1 4 3 3
  NDM 5 4 9 4 5 1
  OXA48 3 5 6 10 4 1
  VIM - - - - 1 -
  Other 1 - - - 2 -
Other enterobacter spp IMP - 1 - 2 1 -
  NDM 3 - 1 1 2 -
  OXA48 - 1 1 - 1 1
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 1 1 1 - - -
  KPC 4 2 4 7 5 6
  NDM 15 11 16 18 18 5
  OXA48 18 19 22 20 17 11
  VIM 1 - - 1 - -
  Other - 2 1 - - -
Escherichia vulneris KPC - - - 1 - -
Other escherichia spp IMP - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
Hafnia              
Hafnia alvei OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes IMP - - 1 - - -
  KPC 1 - - - - -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP 1 - - - - -
  KPC 5 3 2 5 2 2
  NDM - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 1 2 5 1 - 1
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - - 1 - 2 -
  KPC 14 9 16 6 8 3
  NDM 8 10 11 3 3 2
  OXA48 8 9 13 16 12 1
  VIM - 1 1 3 - -
  Other 1 1 1 3 - 1
Klebsiella serogenes KPC - - - - - 1
Klebsiella variicola KPC - - - - - 1
  OXA48 - - - - - 1
Other klebsiella spp NDM - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - - - - 1 -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Pluralibacter              
Pluralibacter gergoviae KPC - 1 - - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM - - 1 - 1 -
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Other raoultella spp KPC - 1 - - - -
Other raoultella spp OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica 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 2023/45 2023/46 2023/47 2023/48 2023/49 2023/50
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP 1 - - - - -
  NDM 1 - - 1 - 1
  Other - - 1 - - -
Other acinetobacter spp NDM - - 1 - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - 1 - - - -
  NDM - 1 3 1 1 -
  VIM 3 - - - 1 -
  Other 2 1 - 1 1 1
Pseudomonas nitroreducens NDM - - - - 1 -
Pseudomonas putida group NDM 1 - - - - -
  VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Other pseudomonas spp VIM 1 - - - - -
Other              
  Other - 1 - - - -