Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 33 (week ending 17 August 2025)

Updated 18 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 2025/28 2025/29 2025/30 2025/31 2025/32 2025/33
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 31 30 25 35 28 23
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 4 5 1 2 7 5
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 60 63 36 58 53 67
Borrelia other named 1 - - - - -
Borrelia sp 3 10 5 8 11 5
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis - - - - 1 -
Brucella sp - 2 - 1 - 1
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 41 49 36 47 47 26
Campylobacter fetus - 2 - - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 326 391 349 321 324 248
Campylobacter lari - 1 1 1 - 1
Campylobacter other named 2 2 3 2 1 1
Campylobacter sp 1,288 1,282 1,236 1,149 1,096 1,165
Campylobacter upsaliensis 2 1 - - - -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - - - 1 - 1
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - 3 2 - 3 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 29 50 35 49 51 41
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 27 16 9 10 23 19
Human coronavirus 229e 1 - - - - 1
Human coronavirus oc43 - - 1 - - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 14 8 - 1 10 2
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 14 26 18 20 10 14
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 1,046 1,114 1,016 1,099 1,306 1,479
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 33 55 41 46 38 37
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 35 9 34 35 15 23
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 94 66 100 102 49 100
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 8 4 - 4 - 12
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 27 49 30 14 32 37
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 6 3 5 2 3 2
Corynebacterium ulcerans - 1 1 1 - -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii 1 1 - - 1 1
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium felis - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 17 17 19 14 24 1
Cryptosporidium meleagridis - - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 32 45 40 40 35 12
Cryptosporidium sp 46 33 26 30 46 73
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - - - - - 1
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 3 1 2 3 3 3
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 17 24 20 18 28 14
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 5 6 2 3 3 5
Giardia            
Giardia intestinalis 17 3 2 1 1 -
Giardia sp 103 119 122 106 122 99
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 55 64 49 64 48 58
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 19 21 10 13 13 18
Hepatitis B 271 267 284 289 268 225
Hepatitis C 253 253 251 282 271 226
Hepatitis D 9 10 6 9 5 1
Hepatitis E 28 24 40 25 45 18
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 160 110 92 183 112 104
Influenza B 32 17 14 18 23 10
Influenza indeterminate - - 1 - 2 1
Influenza ungrouped 6 - 2 3 - 1
Legionella            
Legionella pneumophila 7 8 6 8 15 12
Legionella sp 5 2 6 4 4 7
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 4 4 3 2 4 2
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 112 118 90 64 75 78
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 13 24 18 35 31 33
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus positive 9 3 1 5 5 5
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 26 29 41 18 16 8
Mumps virus 7 8 7 3 8 4
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - 1 13 - 3 18
Plasmodium malariae - - - - - 1
Plasmodium ovale - 1 4 - - 1
Plasmodium vivax - - 2 - - 2
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 42 71 50 53 58 60
Polyomavirus JC 20 20 6 1 17 13
Polyomavirus untyped 9 25 22 7 14 18
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii 1 - - - 1 -
Rickettsia spotted fever - - - - 1 -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 1 9 1 1 3 5
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 73 63 64 70 69 29
Salmonella bareilly - 7 - - - -
Salmonella bredeney - 5 - - - -
Salmonella enterica 15 9 6 10 - 10
Salmonella enteritidis 81 78 99 88 77 35
Salmonella infantis - 8 8 6 - -
Salmonella java 11 6 - - - -
Salmonella newport 10 14 6 5 7 -
Salmonella sp 23 27 22 32 106 216
Salmonella stanley 5 - - - - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 13 10 9 6 10 14
Salmonella typhimurium 39 49 40 57 33 32
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 1 - 2 1 1 1
Shigella dysenteriae - 1 - 1 - -
Shigella flexneri 14 16 12 17 9 8
Shigella sonnei 25 14 11 14 9 8
Shigella sp 49 47 59 52 65 83
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 51 64 48 45 49 49
Streptococcus pneumoniae 81 65 84 71 58 60
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 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 2025/28 2025/29 2025/30 2025/31 2025/32 2025/33
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP 1 - 1 - 1 -
  KPC - - - 1 - -
  NDM 1 - 2 2 2 -
  OXA48 5 2 2 5 7 2
  VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other 1 - - - - 1
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 2 3 3 - 1 -
  KPC 3 4 6 7 4 1
  NDM 14 9 6 11 15 1
  OXA48 4 5 3 7 7 -
  VIM - 1 - 1 - -
  Other 3 - 2 1 1 -
Enterobacter other named IMP - 1 - - - -
Other enterobacter spp KPC - - - 1 - -
  NDM - - - 1 3 -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - - 1 1 - -
  KPC 3 2 - 3 3 -
  NDM 19 24 30 18 19 3
  OXA48 17 23 24 18 26 1
  VIM - - - - - 1
  Other 2 1 2 1 5 -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 1 - - - 1 -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP - - - 1 1 -
  KPC 1 3 1 2 2 -
  NDM - 1 - - 2 -
  OXA48 1 2 3 2 2 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 1 2 - 1 3 1
  KPC 9 9 7 6 11 -
  NDM 16 11 5 9 17 3
  OXA48 8 16 17 13 16 2
  VIM 1 2 2 2 - -
  Other 2 3 2 2 2 -
Klebsiella variicola NDM - - - - 1 -
  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 1 -
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -
  Other - - - 1 - 1
Salmonella              
Salmonella spp OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -
  Other 1 - - - 1 -
Serratia other named 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 2025/28 2025/29 2025/30 2025/31 2025/32 2025/33
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 1 1
  Other 2 1 2 5 1 -
Pseudomonas putida group NDM - - - 1 - -
  VIM - - - - 1 -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Other pseudomonas spp VIM - - 1 - - -
Other              
  NDM - 1 - - 1 -
  OXA48 - 1 - - 1 -
  VIM - - - - 1 -