Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 8 (week ending 26 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 2023/03 2023/04 2023/05 2023/06 2023/07 2023/08
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 16 14 14 19 33 12
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 1 2 1 2 1 3
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 17 10 17 14 19 12
Borrelia sp 7 1 1 2 - 11
Borrelia tillae - - - 1 - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 24 13 12 20 14 11
Campylobacter fetus - - 1 - - 1
Campylobacter gracilis - - - - 1 -
Campylobacter jejuni 178 231 192 219 168 170
Campylobacter lari - - - 1 - -
Campylobacter other named - - 1 1 - 2
Campylobacter sp 729 673 723 640 579 718
Campylobacter upsaliensis - - 1 1 - 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - 1 - - - -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 2 1 2 - - 2
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 32 37 40 32 31 31
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 123 142 173 194 105 163
Human coronavirus 229e - - 1 - - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 331 284 165 90 221 175
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 5 2 2 10 14 5
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 13,357 14,133 20,921 21,594 26,648 24,432
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 289 281 235 419 326 340
SARS-CoV-2 IgA antibody positive 1 - - - - -
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 276 364 226 168 124 211
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 2,078 1,407 955 1,124 976 819
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody negative - 6 - - - -
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 356 184 193 278 316 216
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 1,317 760 692 868 856 572
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 2 2 3 - 1 -
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - 1 1 - -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium hominis 18 10 9 11 7 2
Cryptosporidium parvum 33 28 29 6 12 1
Cryptosporidium sp 26 13 22 22 16 34
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - 1 - 1 - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 1 - 4 - 2 -
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 6 3 3 6 4 2
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 3 - 3 - - 4
Giardia            
Giardia lamblia 1 2 1 1 2 1
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 82 57 61 78 65 80
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 18 14 16 8 16 11
Hepatitis B 288 264 226 312 190 287
Hepatitis C 310 347 268 313 278 335
Hepatitis D 7 5 1 10 1 9
Hepatitis E 32 32 32 19 26 32
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 990 658 485 333 255 1,212
Influenza B 446 470 532 564 636 609
Influenza indeterminate 1 6 16 12 28 14
Influenza ungrouped 31 22 21 16 13 6
Legionella            
Legionella pneumophila 5 2 1 2 3 3
Legionella sp 2 - - 2 1 2
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 3 1 - 7 3 1
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 98 79 65 74 79 101
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 18 13 15 15 9 15
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus - - 1 1 1 1
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 1 - 8 4 3 3
Mumps virus 5 6 6 3 3 1
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 18 4 28 3 4 8
Plasmodium malariae 5 - - - - 1
Plasmodium ovale 4 - 3 - - 1
Plasmodium vivax - - - - - 1
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 35 47 44 42 40 47
Polyomavirus JC 11 8 8 9 1 7
Polyomavirus untyped 3 - - - 1 2
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii 1 - - - - -
Rickettsia sp 1 - - - - -
Rickettsia spotted fever 1 - - - - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 4 2 2 5 5 5
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 43 62 48 37 25 23
Salmonella bredeney - 5 - - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 23 20 15 27 9 8
Salmonella infantis - - - 5 - -
Salmonella mbandaka - - 6 - - -
Salmonella newport - - - 5 - -
Salmonella sp 23 10 17 15 48 72
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 16 9 16 10 10 10
Salmonella typhimurium 20 23 17 13 5 5
Salmonella virchow - - - 5 - -
Salmonella enterica 5 - - - - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii - 2 1 2 1 1
Shigella dysenteriae 1 - - 1 1 -
Shigella flexneri 17 17 13 16 9 14
Shigella sonnei 12 12 16 17 12 12
Shigella sp 69 32 37 34 47 72
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 111 85 94 113 124 96
Streptococcus pneumoniae 106 91 112 132 127 124

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 2023/03 2023/04 2023/05 2023/06 2023/07 2023/08
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC 1 - - 1 1 1
  NDM 1 - 1 - 1 -
  OXA48 - - 1 2 1 -
  VIM 1 - - 1 - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 3 1 - - 1 -
  KPC 1 2 4 1 4 1
  NDM - 5 3 5 1 -
  OXA48 4 3 - - - -
  VIM - - - - 1 -
  Other - - - 1 1 -
Other enterobacter spp NDM - - 1 - 1 -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli KPC 4 4 1 9 5 4
  NDM 3 10 14 6 5 4
  OXA48 6 8 5 5 9 1
  Other - - 2 - - -
Other escherichia spp NDM - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes OXA48 2 - - - - -
Klebsiella other named KPC 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 1 2 1 1 1 1
  NDM 1 - - - 1 -
  OXA48 1 - 1 - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae KPC 9 4 7 4 4 8
  NDM 3 15 7 4 3 2
  OXA48 8 7 3 7 9 -
  VIM 2 1 2 1 - -
  Other 1 6 1 - 1 -
Klebsiella serogenes NDM - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella variicola NDM - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Other klebsiella spp OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - - - - 1 -
  NDM - - - - 1 -
Pluralibacter              
Pluralibacter spp KPC - - - - - 1
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis 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 2023/03 2023/04 2023/05 2023/06 2023/07 2023/08
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM 1 - - - 1 -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP 2 - - - - -
  NDM 1 - - - - -
  VIM - - - 3 - -
  Other 1 1 3 1 3 1
Other pseudomonas spp VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Other              
  NDM 1 - 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.