Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 42 (week ending 19 October 2025)

Updated 27 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 2025/37 2025/38 2025/39 2025/40 2025/41 2025/42
Arboviruses            
West Nile Virus - 1 - - - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 27 24 15 31 21 29
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 2 3 1 7 4 -
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 37 55 53 63 50 51
Borrelia sp 9 5 1 - 2 2
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis 1 - - - - -
Brucella sp 3 3 - 2 - 1
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 46 52 38 38 35 24
Campylobacter jejuni 299 290 304 283 242 215
Campylobacter other named 2 1 - 2 5 4
Campylobacter sp 1,083 989 1,014 954 855 951
Campylobacter upsaliensis - 2 1 1 1 -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - - - 1 - 1
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - 1 - 1 - 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 40 34 40 37 40 51
Clostridium tetani - - - - 1 -
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 21 16 40 25 26 24
Human coronavirus 229e - 1 - - - 3
Human coronavirus oc43 1 - 1 - 1 -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 16 - - 8 8 -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 6 16 30 20 28 34
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 1,783 2,187 2,665 3,304 3,063 2,729
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 81 118 105 145 142 156
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 10 18 33 10 36 8
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 83 87 84 65 117 58
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 4 8 8 16 20 12
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 33 26 40 54 62 41
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 1 3 3 5 2 4
Corynebacterium ulcerans 2 2 - 1 1 -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus 2 2 - - - -
Cryptosporidium felis - 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 70 50 34 32 23 9
Cryptosporidium parvum 58 36 24 28 37 17
Cryptosporidium sp 58 60 51 40 21 77
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 1 2 2 1 3 4
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 37 23 25 18 12 20
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 6 9 5 6 6 3
Giardia            
Giardia intestinalis 1 1 4 2 1 -
Giardia sp 146 130 136 136 136 109
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 46 39 51 38 46 39
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 22 26 28 20 22 19
Hepatitis B 314 253 282 248 283 275
Hepatitis C 238 217 244 258 299 275
Hepatitis D 9 3 5 5 3 7
Hepatitis E 37 39 47 27 54 27
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 151 233 425 778 1,175 1,650
Influenza B 10 16 54 44 40 41
Influenza indeterminate 5 11 4 33 23 29
Influenza ungrouped 2 1 11 - 90 51
Legionella            
Legionella pneumophila 5 15 12 10 6 6
Legionella sp 7 2 6 7 6 5
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 4 1 5 6 3 2
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 102 71 85 79 65 78
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 17 19 27 26 32 41
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus positive 4 5 2 5 3 3
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 4 8 4 8 13 11
Mumps virus 5 11 4 4 4 4
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 13 - - - - -
Plasmodium ovale 1 - - - - -
Plasmodium vivax 3 - - - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 67 60 53 67 73 67
Polyomavirus JC 16 11 13 12 11 14
Polyomavirus untyped 19 21 - - - -
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia spotted fever 2 3 - 2 - 1
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi 1 - - - - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 4 5 3 5 3 1
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 92 70 67 87 70 44
Salmonella agona 7 6 7 - - -
Salmonella blockley - 5 - - - -
Salmonella braenderup 8 - - - - -
Salmonella chester 6 5 9 - 5 -
Salmonella enterica 10 9 6 10 6 -
Salmonella enteritidis 104 130 112 79 69 24
Salmonella infantis - 5 5 - - -
Salmonella java - - 7 - 6 -
Salmonella kentucky - 5 5 - - -
Salmonella kingston - - - 5 - -
Salmonella kottbus - 7 - - - -
Salmonella mikawasima 5 5 6 8 6 -
Salmonella montevideo - - 5 - - -
Salmonella newport - 11 5 7 - -
Salmonella oranienburg - - 5 - - -
Salmonella saint-paul 10 11 8 7 8 -
Salmonella sp 23 56 30 37 104 182
Salmonella stanley 6 - - - - -
Salmonella stanleyville - 7 - - - -
Salmonella strathcona - 5 7 5 7 -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 45 38 30 22 26 8
Salmonella typhimurium 52 47 37 39 32 21
Salmonella virchow - 8 - 6 - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 3 4 3 2 1 -
Shigella dysenteriae 1 2 3 - - -
Shigella flexneri 18 22 19 14 14 8
Shigella sonnei 33 41 31 22 51 38
Shigella sp 144 95 95 71 79 74
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 49 47 66 53 54 52
Streptococcus pneumoniae 72 60 76 93 83 119
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 2 4 2 - 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).

Week notification received 2025/37 2025/38 2025/39 2025/40 2025/41 2025/42
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - 1 - - - 1
  KPC - - 3 1 1 -
  NDM 2 2 4 - - -
  OXA48 3 4 1 2 2 -
  Other 1 - 1 1 - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 4 4 4 3 - -
  KPC 4 8 3 3 1 1
  NDM 6 7 11 10 8 -
  OXA48 3 5 2 3 2 1
  VIM - - 1 - 2 -
  Other 1 1 2 1 1 -
Other enterobacter spp KPC 1 - - 1 - -
  NDM 1 4 1 1 1 -
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -
  VIM - 1 - - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - 1 2 1 - -
  KPC 1 1 6 2 - 1
  NDM 12 17 20 16 14 2
  OXA48 31 35 27 22 17 3
  Other 2 2 3 1 2 1
Escherichia hermannii OXA48 - 1 1 1 - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes NDM - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 2 2 2 3 1 -
  VIM - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 1 - 1 - - -
  KPC 10 7 4 7 7 -
  NDM 13 8 11 10 5 1
  OXA48 12 14 20 8 7 3
  VIM - 1 - 1 - -
  Other 2 1 2 1 1 -
Klebsiella variicola OXA48 1 - - - - -
Other klebsiella spp KPC - 1 - - - -
Kluyvera              
Kluyvera ascorbata IMP - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii OXA48 - - - 1 1 -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis KPC 1 - - - - -
  NDM - 1 1 2 - 1
  Other - - - 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 2025/37 2025/38 2025/39 2025/40 2025/41 2025/42
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP - - - 1 - -
  NDM 2 2 - 1 1 -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP 2 - - - 1 -
  NDM 1 1 1 1 1 -
  VIM 1 1 - 1 - -
  Other 1 1 1 1 2 1
Pseudomonas putida group VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Other pseudomonas spp VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Other              
  IMP - 1 - - - -
  KPC - - - - - 1
  OXA48 2 - - 1 - -