Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 29 (week ending 21 July 2025)

Updated 21 July 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 2025/24 2025/25 2025/26 2025/27 2025/28 2025/29
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 15 23 36 41 30 29
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 5 9 7 10 4 6
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 31 34 39 50 59 63
Borrelia other named - - - - 1 -
Borrelia sp - 2 5 6 3 10
Brucella            
Brucella sp - - - - - 2
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 48 46 39 46 41 40
Campylobacter fetus - - - - - 2
Campylobacter jejuni 355 360 320 333 320 337
Campylobacter lari 2 - - - - -
Campylobacter other named 1 4 2 1 2 2
Campylobacter sp 1,258 1,166 1,154 1,107 1,292 1,333
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 1 1 - 2 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 4 2 - - - -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - 2 - 1 - 3
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 45 30 43 35 29 49
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 40 32 31 19 27 14
Human coronavirus 229e - 3 - - 1 -
Human coronavirus nl63 1 - - - - -
Human coronavirus oc43 1 1 - 1 - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate - - - - 14 8
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 26 40 24 36 14 26
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 1,291 1,329 1,043 928 1,047 1,108
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 58 56 32 30 33 55
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 25 19 27 20 35 9
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 70 78 86 70 94 66
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 4 4 13 8 8 4
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 27 9 26 36 27 49
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae - 2 7 4 6 3
Corynebacterium ulcerans 10 3 1 - - 1
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - 1 1 1 1
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 12 14 13 6 15 5
Cryptosporidium meleagridis - 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 32 26 30 22 28 23
Cryptosporidium sp 30 34 28 34 51 67
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 4 5 1 3 3 1
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 10 22 14 15 16 18
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 1 9 6 3 4 6
Giardia            
Giardia intestinalis 1 2 - - 17 3
Giardia sp 91 114 109 99 102 119
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 69 46 59 63 55 64
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 28 35 19 21 19 18
Hepatitis B 245 308 329 314 266 238
Hepatitis C 288 243 298 269 253 236
Hepatitis D 7 11 10 6 9 10
Hepatitis E 40 47 33 26 28 22
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 265 188 200 155 160 110
Influenza B 18 28 21 17 30 17
Influenza indeterminate 1 3 - - - -
Influenza ungrouped 5 2 - 1 6 -
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae 1 - - 1 - -
Legionella pneumophila 9 7 7 5 7 8
Legionella sp 1 7 2 - 5 2
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 11 3 5 6 4 4
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 127 120 112 89 101 99
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 24 16 19 31 13 24
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus positive 2 10 5 4 9 3
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 28 24 27 28 26 29
Mumps virus 12 6 10 7 7 8
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - - - 1 - 1
Plasmodium malariae - - 1 - - -
Plasmodium ovale - - - - - 1
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 51 66 27 56 42 71
Polyomavirus JC 16 10 14 13 20 20
Polyomavirus untyped 6 11 23 10 9 25
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii - 1 - - 1 -
Rickettsia spotted fever - 1 2 1 - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 2 - 1 7 1 9
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 70 61 75 63 42 24
Salmonella bareilly - 6 - - - -
Salmonella chester 5 5 - 9 - -
Salmonella enterica - - 5 5 14 7
Salmonella enteritidis 71 62 88 92 46 23
Salmonella infantis 11 5 9 6 - -
Salmonella java 6 5 7 8 7 -
Salmonella newport - 6 5 8 5 8
Salmonella poona - - - 5 - -
Salmonella saint-paul 5 10 8 - - -
Salmonella sp 23 25 21 39 122 185
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 13 12 10 17 13 7
Salmonella typhimurium 36 36 35 40 18 18
Shigella            
Shigella boydii - 1 2 1 1 -
Shigella dysenteriae - 2 - - - -
Shigella flexneri 15 14 15 21 11 8
Shigella sonnei 11 10 10 21 24 11
Shigella sp 50 56 44 71 50 60
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 47 68 66 55 51 63
Streptococcus pneumoniae 107 85 102 75 80 65
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 2 - 1 2 3 -

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 2025/24 2025/25 2025/26 2025/27 2025/28 2025/29
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP 2 2 - 2 1 -
  KPC 1 2 3 1 - -
  NDM 1 - 1 - 1 -
  OXA48 - 4 2 1 3 -
  VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other 1 1 - - 1 -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 7 1 2 3 - -
  KPC 7 9 8 1 3 1
  NDM 8 17 7 8 11 -
  OXA48 6 3 6 1 3 -
  VIM - - - - - 1
  Other 1 - 2 1 3 -
Other enterobacter spp NDM - - - 1 - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 1 1 - 1 - -
  KPC 1 5 1 - 2 -
  NDM 23 31 21 18 17 7
  OXA48 28 23 18 29 13 2
  VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other 2 1 1 2 2 -
Escherichia other named IMP - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - - 1 - 1 -
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP - - - 1 - -
  KPC 2 - - 3 1 1
  NDM 1 - - 1 - 1
  OXA48 - 1 - 1 - 1
  VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 3 1 - 2 1 1
  KPC 12 11 8 5 6 -
  NDM 9 11 6 11 8 3
  OXA48 10 14 15 8 6 4
  VIM 1 1 - - 1 -
  Other 1 1 1 2 2 1
Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp ozenae NDM - - 1 - - -
Other klebsiella spp NDM - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii NDM - - - - - 1
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM 1 - 1 1 1 -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
  Other - - 2 1 - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella spp KPC - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica KPC - 1 1 - - -
  NDM - - - - 1 -
  Other - - - - 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 2025/24 2025/25 2025/26 2025/27 2025/28 2025/29
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM 2 1 - - - -
Other acinetobacter spp NDM - - 1 - - -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - 1 2 - - -
  NDM 1 2 1 - - 3
  VIM 1 - - - 1 -
  Other 1 2 2 3 2 1
Pseudomonas nitroreducens VIM - 1 - - - -
Pseudomonas putida group VIM - - - 1 - -
Other              
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -