Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 32 (week ending 10 August 2025)

Updated 13 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. These 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 2025/27 2025/28 2025/29 2025/30 2025/31 2025/32
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 41 31 30 25 35 28
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 10 4 5 1 2 7
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 50 60 63 36 58 53
Borrelia other named - 1 - - - -
Borrelia sp 6 3 10 5 8 11
Brucella            
Brucella sp - - 2 - 1 -
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 46 41 49 35 46 38
Campylobacter fetus - - 2 - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 333 326 389 349 320 291
Campylobacter lari - - 1 1 1 -
Campylobacter other named 1 2 2 3 2 1
Campylobacter sp 1,108 1,287 1,277 1,234 1,148 1,136
Campylobacter upsaliensis - 2 1 - - -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - - - - 1 -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 1 - 3 2 - 3
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 35 29 50 35 49 51
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 19 27 16 9 10 23
Human coronavirus 229e - 1 - - - -
Human coronavirus oc43 1 - - 1 - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate - 14 8 - 1 10
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 36 14 26 18 20 10
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 927 1,046 1,114 1,016 1,099 1,306
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 30 33 55 41 46 38
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 20 35 9 34 35 15
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 70 94 66 100 102 49
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 8 8 4 - 4 -
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 36 27 49 30 14 32
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 4 6 3 5 2 3
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - 1 1 1 -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii 1 1 1 - - 1
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium felis - - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 6 17 17 19 14 17
Cryptosporidium meleagridis - - - - 1 -
Cryptosporidium parvum 22 32 45 39 39 16
Cryptosporidium sp 35 46 33 26 31 72
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 3 3 1 2 3 3
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 15 17 24 20 17 22
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 3 4 6 2 3 3
Giardia            
Giardia intestinalis - 17 3 2 1 1
Giardia sp 99 103 119 121 106 122
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 63 55 64 49 64 46
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 21 19 21 10 13 13
Hepatitis B 325 271 267 284 288 261
Hepatitis C 269 253 253 251 277 268
Hepatitis D 6 9 10 6 9 5
Hepatitis E 27 28 24 40 25 45
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 156 160 110 92 183 112
Influenza B 17 32 17 14 18 23
Influenza indeterminate - - - 1 - 2
Influenza ungrouped 1 6 - 2 3 -
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae 1 - - - - -
Legionella pneumophila 5 7 8 6 8 15
Legionella sp - 5 2 6 4 4
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 6 4 4 3 1 4
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 97 111 115 75 58 74
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 31 13 24 18 35 31
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus positive 4 9 3 1 5 5
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 28 26 29 41 18 16
Mumps virus 7 7 8 7 3 8
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 1 - 1 13 - 3
Plasmodium ovale - - 1 4 - -
Plasmodium vivax - - - 2 - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 56 42 71 50 53 58
Polyomavirus JC 13 20 20 6 1 17
Polyomavirus untyped 10 9 25 22 7 14
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii - 1 - - - 1
Rickettsia spotted fever 1 - - - - 1
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 7 1 9 1 1 3
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 61 73 62 62 61 32
Salmonella bareilly - - 7 - - -
Salmonella bredeney - - 5 - - -
Salmonella chester 9 - - - - -
Salmonella enterica 5 15 9 6 9 -
Salmonella enteritidis 98 80 78 92 57 25
Salmonella infantis 6 - 8 6 - -
Salmonella java 8 11 6 - - -
Salmonella newport 9 10 14 6 - -
Salmonella poona 5 - - - - -
Salmonella sp 28 22 28 33 96 221
Salmonella stanley - 5 - - - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 18 13 10 9 6 9
Salmonella typhimurium 41 39 48 39 46 13
Salmonella weltevreden 5 - - - - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 1 1 - 2 - 1
Shigella dysenteriae - - 1 - 1 -
Shigella flexneri 22 14 16 12 13 6
Shigella sonnei 20 25 14 11 12 5
Shigella sp 71 48 47 59 59 72
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 60 51 64 48 45 47
Streptococcus pneumoniae 75 81 65 84 71 54
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 2 3 - - 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).

Week notification received 2025/27 2025/28 2025/29 2025/30 2025/31 2025/32
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP 2 1 - 1 - -
  KPC 2 - - - 1 -
  NDM - 1 - 2 2 -
  OXA48 1 5 2 2 4 -
  VIM - - - - 1 -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 3 2 3 3 - -
  KPC 1 3 4 6 6 3
  NDM 10 14 8 6 11 2
  OXA48 1 4 5 3 5 -
  VIM - - 1 - 1 -
  Other 1 3 - 2 1 -
Enterobacter other named IMP - - 1 - - -
Other enterobacter spp KPC - - - - 1 -
  NDM 1 - - - 1 1
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 1 - - 1 1 -
  KPC - 3 2 - 2 -
  NDM 20 19 24 29 17 6
  OXA48 29 17 23 24 18 5
  Other 2 2 1 2 1 -
Escherichia other named IMP 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - - - - - 1
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP 1 - - - 1 -
  KPC 3 1 3 1 2 -
  NDM 1 - 1 - - -
  OXA48 1 1 2 3 2 -
  VIM 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 2 1 2 - 1 1
  KPC 6 9 9 7 6 3
  NDM 14 16 11 4 9 3
  OXA48 11 8 16 17 13 3
  VIM - 1 2 2 2 -
  Other 2 2 3 2 2 -
Klebsiella variicola OXA48 - - 1 1 - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia spp KPC - - 1 - - -
  NDM - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii NDM - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM 1 1 - 1 - -
  OXA48 1 - 1 - - -
  Other 1 - - - 1 -
Raoultella              
Raoultella spp KPC 1 - - - - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica 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 2025/27 2025/28 2025/29 2025/30 2025/31 2025/32
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM - - - 1 - -
  Other - - 1 1 - -
Other acinetobacter spp Other - 1 - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - - - - 1 1
  NDM - - 3 1 - -
  VIM - 1 1 1 1 -
  Other 3 2 1 2 5 1
Pseudomonas putida group NDM - - - - 1 -
  VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Other pseudomonas spp VIM - - - 1 - -
Other              
  NDM - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 1 - 1 - - -