Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 52 (week ending 31 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 2023/47 2023/48 2023/49 2023/50 2023/51 2023/52
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - 1 - - - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 19 17 11 13 14 6
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 12 14 15 24 32 13
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 37 30 21 26 12 7
Borrelia sp 6 4 6 6 2 2
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis - - - - 1 -
Brucella sp - - - - 1 -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 40 34 21 30 12 13
Campylobacter fetus 1 1 1 - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 277 233 200 218 204 133
Campylobacter lari - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter other named - 3 - - 1 1
Campylobacter sp 1,000 973 827 823 802 430
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 - 1 - - -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - 1 - - - 2
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 1 - - 1 - -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 39 29 26 34 34 27
Clostridium tetani - 1 - - - -
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 23 18 39 45 56 46
Human coronavirus 229e - 1 - 1 2 -
Human coronavirus hku1 1 1 2 3 - -
SARS coronavirus - 1 1 - 2 -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 132 130 114 182 163 191
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 7 4 - 2 11 2
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 4,015 4,281 6,048 7,972 9,034 8,011
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 45 37 68 51 84 83
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 34 38 30 67 41 20
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 166 174 130 378 196 84
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 28 30 14 35 36 30
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 78 114 71 115 104 113
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 3 1 3 2 3 -
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - - 3 - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus 1 - - - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 36 21 5 11 - -
Cryptosporidium meleagridis 1 - - - - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 23 9 21 8 10 2
Cryptosporidium sp 142 137 101 118 107 45
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum 1 - - - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica - - - 4 - 1
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 7 11 6 5 4 6
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 8 9 10 5 6 2
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 61 68 69 71 72 49
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 14 15 8 14 16 8
Hepatitis B 342 327 405 356 334 179
Hepatitis C 271 279 240 222 236 125
Hepatitis D 14 11 8 11 7 3
Hepatitis E 22 24 30 21 31 17
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 373 558 1,202 2,036 3,241 3,216
Influenza B 57 50 84 101 112 118
Influenza indeterminate - 1 1 2 1 -
Influenza ungrouped 14 29 40 89 92 116
Legionella            
Legionella other named - - - - 1 -
Legionella pneumophila 2 6 4 5 6 2
Legionella sp 2 4 1 1 5 -
Leptospira            
Leptospira interrogans 1 - 1 - - -
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 6 8 6 26 11 4
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 74 76 71 75 75 42
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 31 35 26 36 48 16
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 7 5 2 3 3 -
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 11 10 4 16 29 29
Mumps virus 3 6 1 5 4 6
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - 14 - 1 9 1
Plasmodium ovale - 5 - - 1 -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 56 49 48 51 55 49
Polyomavirus JC 11 8 13 10 12 4
Polyomavirus untyped 18 7 21 14 19 8
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi - 1 1 - - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 5 6 2 6 2 -
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 57 59 58 45 29 7
Salmonella chester 5 - 5 - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 43 29 37 21 14 7
Salmonella infantis - - 5 - - -
Salmonella kentucky - 6 - - - -
Salmonella newport 5 - - 5 - -
Salmonella saint-paul - - - 7 - -
Salmonella sp 17 11 18 29 72 40
Salmonella stanley - 5 - - - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 26 30 17 13 22 10
Salmonella typhimurium 23 31 23 18 10 5
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 4 1 2 2 - 1
Shigella dysenteriae 1 1 4 - - -
Shigella flexneri 17 16 24 18 19 6
Shigella sonnei 28 28 30 26 25 14
Shigella sp 48 55 47 37 55 28
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 61 65 59 66 67 65
Streptococcus pneumoniae 121 134 149 184 174 181
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 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 2023/47 2023/48 2023/49 2023/50 2023/51 2023/52
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC 1 - - 2 3 1
  NDM - - 2 - 1 -
  OXA48 3 2 1 3 1 2
Cronobacter              
Cronobacter spp KPC 1 - - - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 1 2 2 - - -
  KPC 1 5 4 5 1 2
  NDM 9 4 5 6 7 -
  OXA48 6 10 4 2 4 -
  VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other - - 2 2 2 -
Other enterobacter spp IMP - 2 1 - - -
  NDM 1 1 2 2 3 -
  OXA48 1 - 1 1 1 -
  VIM - - - 2 - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 1 - - - 1 -
  KPC 4 7 5 6 4 4
  NDM 16 19 20 16 17 3
  OXA48 22 20 19 22 19 3
  VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other 1 - - 1 1 -
Escherichia vulneris KPC - 1 - - - -
Other escherichia spp IMP - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes IMP 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 2 5 2 3 1 3
  NDM - - 1 1 - -
  OXA48 5 1 - 3 2 -
  VIM 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 1 - 2 - - -
  KPC 16 7 8 8 5 4
  NDM 11 3 3 7 9 2
  OXA48 13 16 12 7 15 2
  VIM 1 3 - 1 - -
  Other 1 3 - 2 1 -
Klebsiella serogenes KPC - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella variicola KPC - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Other klebsiella spp NDM - 1 - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - - 1 - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Pantoea              
Pantoea agglomerans KPC - - - - 1 -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis IMP - - - 1 1 -
  NDM 1 - 1 - - -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica 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 2023/47 2023/48 2023/49 2023/50 2023/51 2023/52
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM - 1 - 2 - 1
  Other 1 - - - - -
Other acinetobacter spp NDM 1 - - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa NDM 3 1 1 - - -
  VIM 1 - 1 - - -
  Other - 1 2 1 2 -
Pseudomonas nitroreducens NDM - - 1 - - -
Pseudomonas putida group VIM - - - - 1 -
  Other - - - - 1 -