Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 41 (week ending 12 October 2025)

Updated 13 October 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 2025/36 2025/37 2025/38 2025/39 2025/40 2025/41
Arboviruses            
West Nile Virus - - 1 - - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 36 27 24 15 31 21
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 10 2 3 1 7 4
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 50 37 54 53 62 47
Borrelia other named 1 - - - - -
Borrelia sp 3 9 5 1 1 2
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis 1 1 - - - -
Brucella sp - 3 1 - 2 -
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 51 46 52 38 38 32
Campylobacter jejuni 290 299 290 300 275 200
Campylobacter other named 2 2 1 - 2 5
Campylobacter sp 1,126 1,079 987 1,013 949 897
Campylobacter upsaliensis - - 1 1 1 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 2 - - - 1 -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - - 1 - 1 -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 37 40 34 40 36 39
Clostridium tetani - - - - - 1
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 34 21 16 40 25 26
Human coronavirus 229e 1 - 1 - - -
Human coronavirus oc43 - 1 - 1 - 1
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate - 16 - - 8 8
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 28 6 16 30 20 28
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 1,708 1,781 2,187 2,665 3,301 3,066
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 41 81 117 102 142 141
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 32 10 18 33 8 36
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 66 83 87 84 63 117
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 16 4 8 8 16 20
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 37 33 26 40 54 62
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae - 1 3 3 5 2
Corynebacterium ulcerans 2 2 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus 1 2 2 - - -
Cryptosporidium felis - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 38 70 50 34 30 5
Cryptosporidium meleagridis 1 - - - - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 37 58 36 24 24 14
Cryptosporidium sp 65 58 60 51 46 61
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 4 1 2 2 1 3
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 29 36 22 25 18 10
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 6 6 9 5 6 6
Giardia            
Giardia intestinalis - 1 1 4 - 1
Giardia sp 141 146 130 136 135 136
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 38 46 39 51 37 46
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 17 22 26 28 20 22
Hepatitis B 250 314 253 280 247 267
Hepatitis C 232 238 218 241 255 287
Hepatitis D 7 9 3 5 5 3
Hepatitis E 44 37 39 47 26 54
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 168 151 233 424 778 1,174
Influenza B 37 10 16 54 44 40
Influenza indeterminate 1 5 11 4 33 23
Influenza ungrouped 6 2 1 10 - 90
Legionella            
Legionella pneumophila 9 5 15 12 10 6
Legionella sp 3 7 2 6 7 6
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 2 4 1 5 6 3
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 95 102 71 80 78 60
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 20 16 19 27 26 31
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus positive 6 4 5 2 5 3
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 7 4 8 4 8 13
Mumps virus 7 5 11 4 4 4
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 2 13 - - - -
Plasmodium ovale - 1 - - - -
Plasmodium vivax - 3 - - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 56 67 60 53 67 73
Polyomavirus JC 14 16 11 13 12 11
Polyomavirus untyped 12 19 21 - - -
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia spotted fever - 2 3 - 2 -
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi - 1 - - - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 8 4 5 3 5 3
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 87 92 70 67 69 38
Salmonella agona 6 7 6 7 - -
Salmonella blockley - - 5 - - -
Salmonella braenderup - 8 - - - -
Salmonella chester - 6 5 9 - -
Salmonella enterica 11 10 9 6 9 5
Salmonella enteritidis 133 101 129 107 55 35
Salmonella heidelberg 5 - - - - -
Salmonella infantis 9 - 5 5 - -
Salmonella java 7 - - 7 - -
Salmonella kentucky - - 5 5 - -
Salmonella kottbus - - 7 - - -
Salmonella mikawasima - 5 5 6 7 -
Salmonella montevideo - - - 5 - -
Salmonella newport 7 - 11 5 - -
Salmonella saint-paul 6 10 11 6 - -
Salmonella sp 34 26 56 41 120 215
Salmonella stanley - 6 - - - -
Salmonella stanleyville - - 7 - - -
Salmonella strathcona 6 - 5 7 - 5
Salmonella thompson 7 - - - - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 32 45 38 30 21 23
Salmonella typhimurium 65 52 47 37 24 19
Salmonella virchow 5 - 8 - 5 -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 1 3 4 3 1 1
Shigella dysenteriae 5 1 2 3 - -
Shigella flexneri 17 17 22 19 10 6
Shigella sonnei 29 33 41 28 16 39
Shigella sp 138 145 95 93 80 96
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 39 49 47 63 51 55
Streptococcus pneumoniae 68 72 60 76 90 82
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 2 2 4 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).

Week notification received 2025/36 2025/37 2025/38 2025/39 2025/40 2025/41
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - - 1 - - -
  KPC - - - 2 1 -
  NDM 3 2 2 3 - -
  OXA48 7 3 4 1 2 -
  Other 1 1 - 1 1 -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 3 4 4 4 3 -
  KPC 2 4 8 3 3 -
  NDM 6 6 7 11 9 3
  OXA48 3 3 5 2 2 1
  VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other 1 1 2 1 1 1
Other enterobacter spp KPC - 1 - - - -
  NDM 2 1 4 1 - -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 1 - 1 2 1 -
  KPC 2 1 1 6 1 -
  NDM 26 12 17 20 15 1
  OXA48 28 31 34 27 21 3
  Other 4 2 2 3 1 -
Escherichia hermannii OXA48 - - 1 1 1 -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes NDM - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 1 - - 1 - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC - 2 2 2 3 -
  NDM 2 - - - - -
  OXA48 2 - - - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 1 1 - 1 - -
  KPC 7 10 6 4 6 1
  NDM 8 13 7 11 10 1
  OXA48 14 12 12 19 8 -
  VIM - - 1 - 1 -
  Other 2 2 1 2 1 -
Klebsiella variicola OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Other klebsiella spp KPC - - 1 - - -
Kluyvera              
Kluyvera ascorbata IMP - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Mixta              
Mixta calida KPC 1 - - - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii KPC 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis KPC - 1 - - - -
  NDM 3 - 1 1 2 -
  Other 1 - - - 3 -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica KPC 1 - - 1 - -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Raoultella planticola (klebsiella planticola) NDM - - 1 - - -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Other raoultella spp 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 2025/36 2025/37 2025/38 2025/39 2025/40 2025/41
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP - - - - 1 -
  NDM - 2 2 - 1 -
  Other - - - - - 1
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - 2 - - - -
  NDM 2 1 1 1 1 -
  VIM 1 1 1 - 1 -
  Other 4 1 1 1 1 -
Pseudomonas putida group VIM - - - - 1 -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Other pseudomonas spp VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Other              
  IMP - - 1 - - -
  NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 - 2 - - 1 -
  Other 1 - - - - -