Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 6 (week ending 12 February 2023)

Updated 2 January 2024

NOIDs weekly report

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 2023/01 2023/02 2023/03 2023/04 2023/05 2023/06
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - 1 - - - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 15 22 16 14 14 17
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis - 1 1 2 1 2
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 10 13 17 10 17 14
Borrelia sp - - 7 1 1 2
Borrelia tillae - 1 - - - 1
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 21 17 24 13 12 17
Campylobacter fetus - - - - 1 -
Campylobacter jejuni 177 213 178 231 191 190
Campylobacter lari 1 1 - - - 1
Campylobacter other named 1 - - - 1 1
Campylobacter sp 446 627 729 673 721 669
Campylobacter upsaliensis - 2 - - 1 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - - - 1 - -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - 1 2 1 2 -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 35 20 32 37 40 31
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 197 197 123 141 172 188
Human coronavirus 229e - - - - 1 -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 206 170 331 284 165 90
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 6 10 5 2 2 10
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 29,467 16,706 13,358 14,129 20,927 21,672
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 433 407 289 281 234 415
SARS-CoV-2 IgA antibody positive - - 1 - - -
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 165 194 276 364 226 168
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 689 1,148 2,078 1,407 955 1,124
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody negative - - - 6 - -
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 158 237 356 184 193 278
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 722 1,024 1,317 760 691 864
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 2 4 2 2 3 -
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - - - 1 1
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - - - 1 -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium hominis 11 16 18 9 8 3
Cryptosporidium parvum 10 23 33 28 25 1
Cryptosporidium sp 7 17 26 14 27 35
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum 1 2 - 1 - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 2 1 1 - 4 -
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 5 4 6 3 3 5
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 1 11 3 - 3 -
Giardia            
Giardia lamblia - 3 1 2 1 1
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 91 89 82 57 61 76
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 6 5 18 14 15 8
Hepatitis B 204 250 276 256 220 288
Hepatitis C 222 316 307 337 255 284
Hepatitis D 2 3 7 4 1 10
Hepatitis E 24 37 32 32 32 19
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 7,664 2,614 989 658 484 333
Influenza B 754 546 442 466 532 562
Influenza indeterminate 22 4 1 6 15 12
Influenza ungrouped 243 82 31 22 21 16
Legionella            
Legionella pneumophila 5 6 5 2 1 1
Legionella sp 4 3 2 - - 2
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 3 5 3 1 - 7
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 41 62 95 75 60 67
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 42 36 18 13 14 15
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus - 1 - - 1 1
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 1 2 1 - 8 4
Mumps virus 2 6 5 6 6 3
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 1 3 18 4 28 2
Plasmodium malariae - - 5 - - -
Plasmodium ovale - - 4 - 3 -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 28 74 35 47 44 42
Polyomavirus JC 4 4 11 8 8 9
Polyomavirus untyped - - 3 - - -
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii - - 1 - - -
Rickettsia sp - - 1 - - -
Rickettsia spotted fever - - 1 - - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 3 4 4 2 2 5
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 34 52 40 51 24 12
Salmonella enteritidis 20 24 23 14 5 6
Salmonella infantis 5 - - - - -
Salmonella mbandaka - 7 - - - -
Salmonella sp 10 17 29 39 67 85
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi - 8 16 9 16 9
Salmonella typhimurium 12 21 17 16 7 7
Salmonella virchow 6 - - - - -
Salmonella weltevreden 6 - - - - -
Salmonella enterica - - 5 - - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 1 2 - 2 1 2
Shigella dysenteriae - - 1 - - -
Shigella flexneri 14 20 16 16 8 9
Shigella sonnei 8 14 12 12 12 10
Shigella sp 30 24 73 33 46 49
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 193 191 111 84 93 111
Streptococcus pneumoniae 237 143 106 90 112 130

Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE)*

Please note: the numbers presented here do not include specimens that have been referred to the AMRHAI Reference Unit.

Week notification received 2023/01 2023/02 2023/03 2023/04 2023/05 2023/06
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC 1 - 1 - - 1
  NDM 2 1 1 - 1 -
  OXA48 2 - - - 1 -
  VIM - - 1 - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 1 1 1 1 - -
  KPC 2 5 1 2 4 -
  NDM 4 4 - 5 2 1
  OXA48 2 1 4 2 - -
  Other 1 1 - - - -
Other enterobacter spp NDM - - - - 1 -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 1 2 - - - -
  KPC 3 6 4 4 1 9
  NDM 6 12 3 7 12 3
  OXA48 11 8 6 6 5 2
  VIM 1 1 - - - -
  Other - 1 - - 2 -
Other escherichia spp NDM - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 1 - 2 - - -
Klebsiella other named KPC - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC - 1 1 2 1 1
  NDM - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - 2 1 - - -
  VIM - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 3 - - - - -
  KPC 7 8 9 4 5 3
  NDM 3 8 3 14 6 2
  OXA48 6 8 8 6 2 3
  VIM 3 1 2 1 2 -
  Other 1 1 1 6 1 -
Klebsiella serogenes NDM - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella variicola NDM - - - - - 1
  OXA48 - - - - - 1
Other klebsiella spp NDM 1 - - - - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - 1 - - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii NDM - 1 - - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis OXA48 2 - 1 - - -
Other proteus spp OXA48 1 - - - - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica OXA48 - - - - - 1

Other carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative organisms*

Please note: The numbers presented here do not include specimens that have been referred to the AMRHAI Reference Unit

Week notification received 2023/01 2023/02 2023/03 2023/04 2023/05 2023/06
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM - - 1 - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - - 2 - - -
  NDM 1 - 1 - - -
  VIM - - - - - 1
  Other 1 1 1 1 3 1
Other pseudomonas spp VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Other              
  IMP 1 - - - - -
  NDM - - 1 - 1 -
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -

*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.