Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 24 (week ending 16 June 2025)

Updated 16 June 2025

The list of causative agents that laboratories must notify the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) about has been expanded to include additional  notifiable organisms which became reportable under the Health Protection (Notification) (Amendment) Regulations from 6 April 2025.

Publication of the additional causative agents will begin at a later date, once reporting development work has been undertaken to include them.

Laboratories in England have a statutory duty to notify 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 spp
  • 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 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 2025/19 2025/20 2025/21 2025/22 2025/23 2025/24
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 28 28 29 22 26 14
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 7 5 3 9 7 4
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 16 34 22 18 20 30
Borrelia sp 4 1 2 5 1 -
Brucella            
Brucella canis - - 1 - - -
Brucella melitensis - - - - 1 -
Brucella sp - 1 - 2 - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 31 36 39 57 52 41
Campylobacter fetus 1 2 1 - - -
Campylobacter hyointestinalis 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 273 369 395 314 345 315
Campylobacter lari - - 1 1 - 2
Campylobacter other named 3 - 3 2 3 1
Campylobacter sp 888 1,207 1,258 1,125 1,271 1,262
Campylobacter upsaliensis - 3 1 1 3 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 1 1 - - 4
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 2 - 3 - 3 -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 42 37 37 29 47 45
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 61 53 49 33 41 36
Human coronavirus 229e - 1 2 2 2 -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 14 12 28 26 12 26
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 958 1,127 1,042 1,191 1,217 1,277
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 63 51 36 27 22 58
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 15 11 18 41 32 25
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 77 71 62 104 86 70
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 8 - - - - 4
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 13 22 19 4 15 23
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 3 4 3 7 1 -
Corynebacterium ulcerans 1 - - - 1 10
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - 2 - - 1 -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium hominis 9 14 10 7 8 4
Cryptosporidium parvum 68 78 28 24 21 18
Cryptosporidium sp 39 60 36 25 35 51
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum 1 - - - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 6 7 6 4 4 4
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 6 11 11 6 16 7
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 6 2 6 6 6 1
Giardia            
Giardia intestinalis - - - - 1 -
Giardia sp 78 148 103 80 104 90
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 64 74 56 62 68 67
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 17 18 16 15 18 14
Hepatitis B 263 297 327 245 255 226
Hepatitis C 214 326 293 257 278 277
Hepatitis D 6 3 8 4 8 7
Hepatitis E 39 44 33 39 28 38
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 354 313 272 237 146 226
Influenza B 104 71 58 60 19 17
Influenza indeterminate - 4 3 1 - -
Influenza ungrouped 5 10 13 11 2 5
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - 1 - - 1 1
Legionella pneumophila 5 9 9 9 7 8
Legionella sp 2 5 3 5 5 2
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 3 6 10 8 4 12
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 80 93 105 90 79 101
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 24 26 35 22 25 24
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus positive 8 7 1 7 10 2
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 28 27 23 26 27 28
Mumps virus 9 8 5 3 6 12
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - 11 - - 4 -
Plasmodium malariae - 1 - - 1 -
Plasmodium ovale - 1 - - - -
Plasmodium vivax - 1 - - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 42 51 63 49 41 51
Polyomavirus JC 10 13 15 10 12 16
Polyomavirus untyped 9 15 20 7 21 6
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii - - 1 - - -
Rickettsia spotted fever - - 1 - - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 3 1 3 2 1 2
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 56 67 60 51 45 17
Salmonella chester - - - 5 - -
Salmonella enteritidis 46 55 49 57 29 7
Salmonella java - 7 5 - - -
Salmonella newport - - 6 - - -
Salmonella saint-paul - 8 5 - - -
Salmonella sp 37 26 20 31 117 194
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 16 19 25 23 23 9
Salmonella typhimurium 31 29 39 28 13 9
Slmonella enterica - 7 7 - - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii - 2 1 1 1 -
Shigella dysenteriae - - - - 1 -
Shigella flexneri 21 19 14 18 14 10
Shigella sonnei 17 10 18 16 9 8
Shigella sp 60 81 54 50 61 54
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 53 68 60 55 72 44
Streptococcus pneumoniae 95 129 116 139 114 101
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 2 2 1 - 1 2

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 Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections (AMRHAI) Reference Unit.

Week notification received 2025/19 2025/20 2025/21 2025/22 2025/23 2025/24
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP 1 - - 1 1 1
  KPC - - - 1 3 -
  NDM 2 2 1 2 2 1
  OXA48 1 5 2 1 2 -
  Other - - - - 1 1
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 3 2 3 2 2 1
  KPC 5 3 4 3 2 2
  NDM 8 8 7 8 4 -
  OXA48 4 5 2 2 - 1
  VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other 1 - 1 1 1 1
Other enterobacter spp NDM - - 1 - 1 -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - 1 2 3 1 -
  KPC 5 3 2 1 - -
  NDM 24 20 19 27 17 8
  OXA48 19 27 18 13 23 11
  VIM 1 2 - - - -
  Other - 5 2 1 1 1
Other escherichia spp NDM - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Hafnia              
Hafnia alvei KPC 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes NDM - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC - - - - 1 -
  NDM - - 1 2 - 1
  OXA48 2 - 3 - 1 -
  VIM - - - - 1 -
  Other - - - - 1 1
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 1 - 2 - 2 1
  KPC 3 4 7 5 7 2
  NDM 13 9 5 14 5 2
  OXA48 19 15 7 6 9 4
  VIM - - 1 1 1 -
  Other 1 1 1 6 2 1
Klebsiella variicola KPC - 1 - - - -
  NDM - - - 1 - -
Other klebsiella spp KPC - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - 1 1 - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata IMP - - 1 - - -
  KPC - - 1 - - -
  NDM - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Pantoea              
Pantoea septica KPC - - - - 1 -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis KPC - - - 1 - -
  NDM 2 4 4 1 1 1
  Other 1 2 1 1 2 -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica NDM 1 - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - - 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.

Week notification received 2025/19 2025/20 2025/21 2025/22 2025/23 2025/24
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP - - 1 - - -
  NDM - 1 1 - 1 1
  Other - 1 - - - -
Acinetobacter pittii NDM - - - 1 - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa NDM - 2 3 1 1 -
  VIM 1 1 - - - -
  Other 1 1 1 1 1 -
Pseudomonas stutzeri group Other - - - 1 - -
Other pseudomonas spp NDM - - 1 - 1 -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Other              
  OXA48 1 2 - - - -
  Other - - 1 - - -