Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 31 (week ending 3 August 2025)

Updated 7 August 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 2025/26 2025/27 2025/28 2025/29 2025/30 2025/31
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 36 41 31 30 25 35
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 7 10 4 5 1 2
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 39 50 60 63 35 58
Borrelia other named - - 1 - - -
Borrelia sp 5 6 3 10 6 8
Brucella            
Brucella sp 1 - - 2 - 1
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei - - 1 - - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 39 46 41 49 35 33
Campylobacter fetus - - - 2 - -
Campylobacter jejuni 320 333 326 389 349 268
Campylobacter lari - - - 1 1 1
Campylobacter other named 2 1 2 2 3 2
Campylobacter sp 1,156 1,108 1,287 1,277 1,234 1,210
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 - 2 1 - -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - - - - - 1
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - 1 - 3 2 -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 43 35 29 50 35 49
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 31 19 27 16 9 10
Human coronavirus 229e - - 1 - - -
Human coronavirus oc43 - 1 - - 1 -
Mers coronavirus 1 - - - - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate - - 14 8 - 1
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 24 36 14 26 18 20
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 1,043 927 1,046 1,114 1,016 1,100
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 32 30 33 55 41 46
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 27 20 35 9 34 35
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 86 70 94 66 100 102
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 13 8 8 4 - 4
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 26 36 27 49 30 14
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 7 4 6 3 5 2
Corynebacterium ulcerans 3 - - 1 1 1
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii 1 1 1 1 - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium hominis 11 6 17 17 17 3
Cryptosporidium parvum 30 22 32 45 34 20
Cryptosporidium sp 28 35 46 33 34 61
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 1 3 3 1 2 3
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 14 15 17 24 18 17
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 6 3 4 6 2 3
Giardia            
Giardia intestinalis - - 17 3 2 1
Giardia sp 110 99 103 119 121 106
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 59 63 55 64 49 64
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 19 21 19 21 10 13
Hepatitis B 329 318 271 262 276 270
Hepatitis C 299 269 253 253 250 266
Hepatitis D 10 6 9 10 6 9
Hepatitis E 33 27 28 24 40 24
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 200 156 160 110 92 183
Influenza B 21 17 32 17 14 18
Influenza indeterminate - - - - 1 -
Influenza ungrouped - 1 6 - 2 3
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - 1 - - - -
Legionella pneumophila 7 5 7 8 6 6
Legionella sp 2 - 5 2 6 6
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 5 6 4 4 3 1
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 114 94 108 103 73 56
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 19 31 13 24 18 35
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus positive 5 4 9 3 1 5
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 27 28 26 29 41 18
Mumps virus 10 7 7 8 7 3
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - 1 - 1 13 -
Plasmodium malariae 1 - - - - -
Plasmodium ovale - - - 1 4 -
Plasmodium vivax - - - - 2 -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 27 56 42 71 50 53
Polyomavirus JC 14 13 20 20 7 1
Polyomavirus untyped 23 10 9 25 21 7
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii - - 1 - - -
Rickettsia spotted fever 2 1 - - - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 1 7 1 9 1 1
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 75 65 73 60 39 25
Salmonella bareilly - - - 7 - -
Salmonella bredeney - - - 5 - -
Salmonella chester - 9 - - - -
Salmonella enterica 5 5 15 9 - 7
Salmonella enteritidis 87 98 80 78 57 26
Salmonella infantis 9 6 - 8 5 -
Salmonella java 7 8 11 6 - -
Salmonella newport 5 9 10 14 - -
Salmonella poona - 5 - - - -
Salmonella saint-paul 9 - - - - -
Salmonella sp 20 29 22 32 115 184
Salmonella stanley - - 5 - - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 10 18 13 10 9 -
Salmonella typhimurium 35 41 38 46 28 31
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 2 1 1 - 2 -
Shigella dysenteriae - - - 1 - -
Shigella flexneri 15 22 14 16 11 13
Shigella sonnei 10 20 24 15 9 9
Shigella sp 44 71 48 47 62 63
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 65 60 51 63 46 43
Streptococcus pneumoniae 104 75 80 65 84 71
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 1 2 3 - - 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).

Week notification received 2025/26 2025/27 2025/28 2025/29 2025/30 2025/31
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - 2 1 - 1 -
  KPC 3 2 - - - -
  NDM 1 - 1 - 2 -
  OXA48 2 1 5 1 2 -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 2 3 1 3 3 -
  KPC 8 1 3 4 6 1
  NDM 8 10 14 7 5 1
  OXA48 6 1 4 5 3 -
  VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other 2 1 3 - 2 -
Other enterobacter spp KPC - - - - - 1
  NDM - 1 - - - 1
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - 1 - - 1 -
  KPC 1 - 3 2 - -
  NDM 21 19 19 24 25 6
  OXA48 18 29 16 23 24 3
  Other 1 2 2 1 2 1
Escherichia other named IMP - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 1 - 1 - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP - 1 - - - -
  KPC - 3 1 3 1 -
  NDM - 1 - 1 - -
  OXA48 - 1 1 2 3 -
  VIM - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - 2 1 2 - 1
  KPC 8 6 8 9 7 -
  NDM 7 11 12 10 3 2
  OXA48 15 8 8 15 14 4
  VIM - - 1 2 2 -
  Other 1 2 2 3 2 1
Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp ozenae NDM 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella variicola OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata OXA48 1 - - - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii NDM - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM 1 1 1 - 1 -
  OXA48 - 1 - 1 - -
  Other 2 1 - - - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella spp KPC - 1 - - - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica KPC 1 - - - - -
  NDM - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - - - 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 2025/26 2025/27 2025/28 2025/29 2025/30 2025/31
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM - - - - 1 -
  Other - - - 1 1 -
Other acinetobacter spp NDM 1 - - - - -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP 2 - - - - -
  NDM 1 - - 3 1 -
  VIM - - 1 1 1 -
  Other 2 3 2 1 2 4
Pseudomonas putida group VIM - 1 - - - -
Other pseudomonas spp VIM - - - - 1 -
Other              
  NDM - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - 1 - 1 - -