Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 9 (week ending 5 March 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 2023/04 2023/05 2023/06 2023/07 2023/08 2023/09
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 16 14 20 34 11 19
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 2 1 2 1 3 4
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 10 17 14 19 12 6
Borrelia sp 1 1 2 - 11 4
Borrelia tillae - - 1 - - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 13 13 20 14 11 15
Campylobacter fetus - 1 - - 1 1
Campylobacter gracilis - - - 1 - -
Campylobacter jejuni 231 202 237 181 188 210
Campylobacter lari - - 1 - - -
Campylobacter other named - 1 1 - 2 -
Campylobacter sp 673 720 644 589 720 688
Campylobacter upsaliensis - 1 1 - 1 -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 - - - 1 -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 1 2 - - 2 -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 37 42 34 31 35 32
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 142 173 194 105 163 112
Human coronavirus 229e - 1 - - - -
SARS coronavirus - - - - - 1
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 284 165 90 221 175 138
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 2 2 10 14 5 -
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 14,133 20,919 21,594 26,645 24,326 25,121
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 281 235 419 327 341 374
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 364 226 168 124 211 95
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 1,407 955 1,122 976 819 398
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody negative 6 - - - - -
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 184 193 278 316 216 147
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 760 692 868 856 572 521
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 2 3 - 1 - -
Corynebacterium ulcerans - 1 2 - - -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium hominis 10 9 11 8 9 9
Cryptosporidium parvum 28 31 7 17 14 13
Cryptosporidium sp 13 22 20 14 16 25
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum 1 - 1 - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica - 4 - 2 - 1
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 4 4 7 4 4 5
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus - 3 - - 4 -
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 62 63 81 71 85 69
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 14 16 8 16 12 16
Hepatitis B 265 236 325 200 321 224
Hepatitis C 347 268 315 288 350 342
Hepatitis D 5 1 10 1 9 3
Hepatitis E 32 32 19 27 33 22
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 658 486 345 258 1,212 161
Influenza B 470 532 569 639 616 526
Influenza indeterminate 6 16 12 28 14 11
Influenza ungrouped 22 21 16 13 6 -
Legionella            
Legionella other named - - - - - 1
Legionella pneumophila 2 1 2 4 3 1
Legionella sp - 1 2 1 2 3
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 1 - 6 3 1 4
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 80 69 78 82 117 77
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 14 15 15 10 15 12
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus - 1 1 1 1 -
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus - 8 4 3 3 2
Mumps virus 6 6 3 3 1 5
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 4 28 3 4 8 1
Plasmodium malariae - - - - 1 -
Plasmodium ovale - 3 - - 1 -
Plasmodium vivax - - - - 1 -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 47 44 42 40 47 43
Polyomavirus JC 8 8 9 1 7 10
Polyomavirus untyped - - - 1 2 1
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 2 2 5 5 5 6
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 61 48 37 36 27 13
Salmonella bredeney 5 - - - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 20 15 29 18 8 5
Salmonella infantis - - 7 - - -
Salmonella mbandaka - 6 - - - -
Salmonella newport - - 5 - - -
Salmonella sp 10 19 13 26 65 164
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 9 17 9 10 12 13
Salmonella typhimurium 23 17 14 9 6 6
Salmonella virchow - - 5 - - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 2 1 2 2 1 2
Shigella dysenteriae - - 1 1 - -
Shigella flexneri 17 13 16 12 14 21
Shigella sonnei 12 17 17 13 16 9
Shigella sp 32 37 34 43 67 136
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 88 95 114 125 105 107
Streptococcus pneumoniae 96 117 140 137 132 105
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - - - - - 1

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 2023/04 2023/05 2023/06 2023/07 2023/08 2023/09
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC - - 1 1 1 -
  NDM - 1 - 2 - -
  OXA48 - 1 2 1 - -
  VIM - - 1 - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 2 - - 1 - -
  KPC 2 4 1 4 2 3
  NDM 5 3 5 1 2 -
  OXA48 3 - - - - -
  VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other - - 1 1 - -
Other enterobacter spp NDM - 1 - 1 1 -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli KPC 4 1 9 6 5 5
  NDM 10 14 6 5 12 2
  OXA48 8 5 5 9 10 2
  Other - 2 - - - -
Other escherichia spp NDM 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - - - - - 1
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 2 1 1 1 2 2
  NDM - - - 1 1 -
  OXA48 - 1 1 - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae KPC 4 8 4 5 11 3
  NDM 15 7 4 3 5 4
  OXA48 8 3 7 9 4 1
  VIM 1 2 1 - - -
  Other 6 1 - 1 - -
Klebsiella serogenes NDM 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella variicola NDM - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Other klebsiella spp OXA48 - - 1 - 1 -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - - - 1 - -
  NDM - - - 1 - -
Pluralibacter              
Pluralibacter spp KPC - - - - 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 2023/04 2023/05 2023/06 2023/07 2023/08 2023/09
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP - - - - 1 -
  NDM - - - 1 1 -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - - - - 2 -
  VIM - - 3 - - -
  Other 1 3 1 3 2 1
Other pseudomonas spp VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Other              
  KPC - - - - - 1
  NDM - 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.