Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 45 (week ending 9 November 2025)

Updated 18 November 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 2025/40 2025/41 2025/42 2025/43 2025/44 2025/45
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 31 21 29 28 15 12
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 7 4 - 3 2 3
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 63 50 53 39 33 40
Borrelia sp - 2 2 1 24 6
Brucella            
Brucella sp 2 - 2 1 1 2
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 39 38 33 26 43 26
Campylobacter curvus - - - 1 - -
Campylobacter fetus - - - 1 - 1
Campylobacter gracilis - - - - - 1
Campylobacter jejuni 300 243 265 255 297 281
Campylobacter other named 2 5 4 1 3 1
Campylobacter rectus - - - 2 - -
Campylobacter sp 989 886 945 904 1,028 1,043
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 1 - 1 1 -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 - 1 1 - 1
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 1 - 1 - - -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 37 40 51 44 40 42
Clostridium tetani - 1 - - - -
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 25 26 24 50 20 30
Human coronavirus 229e - - 3 1 - -
Human coronavirus oc43 - 1 - - - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 8 8 - - 6 4
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 20 28 34 8 10 20
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 3,312 3,072 2,727 1,905 1,524 1,348
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 145 142 156 283 66 36
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 10 36 8 13 12 5
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 65 117 58 64 71 48
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 16 20 12 20 4 8
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 60 69 48 38 32 36
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 5 2 4 1 3 7
Corynebacterium ulcerans 1 1 - - 1 1
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - - - 1 -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - - - - 1 -
Cryptosporidium hominis 33 24 29 31 27 12
Cryptosporidium parvum 27 37 36 30 36 13
Cryptosporidium sp 42 19 39 43 53 67
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 1 3 4 4 1 5
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 18 14 20 22 13 7
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 6 6 3 5 3 11
Giardia            
Giardia intestinalis 2 1 3 - 1 -
Giardia sp 138 135 110 127 145 138
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 38 46 40 53 57 72
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 20 22 19 18 19 17
Hepatitis B 252 285 296 228 245 210
Hepatitis C 263 305 295 255 224 233
Hepatitis D 5 3 7 7 10 10
Hepatitis E 27 55 27 41 33 25
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 782 1,188 1,668 2,307 3,268 3,692
Influenza B 44 40 43 86 42 50
Influenza indeterminate 33 23 29 9 6 5
Influenza ungrouped - 90 51 54 79 92
Legionella            
Legionella pneumophila 10 6 6 8 7 9
Legionella sp 7 6 5 7 3 7
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 6 3 2 2 2 3
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 88 85 103 109 111 79
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 27 34 42 49 31 28
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus positive 5 3 3 3 10 7
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 8 13 11 8 10 7
Mumps virus 4 4 4 7 8 5
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - - - 36 - -
Plasmodium malariae - - - 1 - -
Plasmodium ovale - - - 5 - -
Plasmodium vivax - - - 4 - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 67 73 72 42 67 55
Polyomavirus JC 12 11 14 12 10 13
Polyomavirus untyped - - - 22 66 6
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia spotted fever 2 - 1 - - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 5 3 1 3 3 4
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 80 79 78 66 36 30
Salmonella agona 5 - - - - -
Salmonella bareilly - - - - 5 -
Salmonella chester - 8 - - - -
Salmonella enterica 10 8 6 7 5 -
Salmonella enteritidis 82 94 79 76 44 29
Salmonella infantis - - 5 - - -
Salmonella java 5 6 - - 6 -
Salmonella kingston 5 - - - - -
Salmonella mikawasima 7 8 - 5 6 -
Salmonella muenchen - 5 - - - -
Salmonella newport 8 5 5 6 5 -
Salmonella oslo - - 5 - - -
Salmonella saint-paul 8 10 - 7 5 -
Salmonella sp 28 29 33 30 119 146
Salmonella strathcona 5 13 5 - - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 22 26 10 13 15 7
Salmonella typhimurium 38 49 55 43 26 9
Salmonella virchow 6 - - - - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 2 2 1 3 1 4
Shigella dysenteriae - - - - 2 -
Shigella flexneri 15 19 12 23 12 10
Shigella sonnei 22 52 55 47 38 43
Shigella sp 70 73 53 82 106 115
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 53 56 54 52 41 36
Streptococcus pneumoniae 93 82 121 122 134 119
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - 2 4 3 1 1

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 2025/40 2025/41 2025/42 2025/43 2025/44 2025/45
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - - 1 - - -
  KPC 1 1 - - 1 -
  NDM - - - 1 5 1
  OXA48 2 3 - 1 3 -
  VIM - - - - 1 -
  Other 1 - - 1 - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 4 - - 1 2 -
  KPC 3 1 3 4 5 -
  NDM 11 9 3 5 8 -
  OXA48 3 2 3 4 6 -
  VIM - 3 - - 1 -
  Other 1 1 1 1 1 -
Other enterobacter spp KPC 1 - - - - -
  NDM 1 2 - - 1 -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 1 - 1 - - -
  KPC 2 1 4 5 1 1
  NDM 16 16 19 17 12 6
  OXA48 25 19 24 24 14 5
  Other 2 3 3 1 1 -
Escherichia hermannii OXA48 1 - - - - -
Hafnia              
Hafnia alvei OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes OXA48 - - - - - 1
  Other - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 3 1 1 3 1 -
  NDM - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - - - 2 - -
  VIM - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - - 1 - - -
  KPC 7 7 6 9 8 3
  NDM 10 7 7 14 9 2
  OXA48 9 7 11 11 13 -
  VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other 1 1 1 1 2 1
Klebsiella variicola NDM - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - - - - - 1
Other klebsiella spp OXA48 - - - 1 - -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii OXA48 1 1 - - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM 2 - 4 2 - -
  Other 3 - - - - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica KPC - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - - - - - 1
  Other - - - - - 1
Other raoultella spp KPC - - - - 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 2025/40 2025/41 2025/42 2025/43 2025/44 2025/45
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP 1 - - 3 1 -
  NDM 1 1 1 - 1 -
  Other - 1 - 1 - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - 1 1 - - -
  NDM 1 1 1 1 - -
  VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other 1 3 2 1 1 1
Pseudomonas putida group VIM 1 - - - - 1
  Other 1 - - - - -
Other pseudomonas spp IMP - - 1 - - -
  NDM - - - - 1 -
Other              
  KPC - - 1 - - -
  NDM - - - - - 1
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
  Other - - - - 1 -