Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 47 (week ending 23 November 2025)

Updated 25 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 2025/42 2025/43 2025/44 2025/45 2025/46 2025/47
Arboviruses            
West Nile Virus - - - 2 - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 33 30 15 14 25 22
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis - 3 2 2 5 1
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 53 39 34 41 39 19
Borrelia other named - - - - - 1
Borrelia sp 2 1 24 7 3 6
Brucella            
Brucella sp 2 1 1 2 2 2
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 33 26 43 31 31 28
Campylobacter curvus - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter fetus - 1 - 1 - 1
Campylobacter gracilis - - - 1 1 -
Campylobacter jejuni 265 255 298 327 302 245
Campylobacter other named 4 1 3 1 1 1
Campylobacter rectus - 2 - - - 1
Campylobacter sp 945 904 1,028 1,002 985 903
Campylobacter upsaliensis - 1 1 - 1 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 1 - 1 - -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 1 - 1 1 2 -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 51 44 40 42 36 41
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 24 51 20 31 24 27
Human coronavirus 229e 3 1 - - 6 -
Human coronavirus nl63 1 - - 1 1 -
Human coronavirus oc43 1 - - - 1 1
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate - - 6 4 - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 34 8 10 20 12 6
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 2,753 1,909 1,525 1,395 792 623
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 156 283 66 36 42 24
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 8 13 12 5 8 5
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 58 64 71 48 60 48
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 12 20 4 8 12 4
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 48 38 32 36 45 15
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 5 1 3 7 8 1
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - 1 1 - -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium felis - - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 29 31 27 16 13 8
Cryptosporidium parvum 36 30 37 21 34 23
Cryptosporidium sp 39 43 52 55 36 52
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 4 4 1 4 1 2
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 20 22 13 10 13 7
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 3 6 3 12 9 3
Giardia            
Giardia intestinalis 3 - 1 - 1 -
Giardia sp 110 128 146 138 137 141
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 41 53 58 75 66 46
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 19 18 19 18 19 16
Hepatitis B 297 228 247 230 290 226
Hepatitis C 299 260 223 252 235 218
Hepatitis D 7 7 10 10 2 4
Hepatitis E 27 42 33 26 53 20
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 1,743 2,421 3,411 3,903 3,477 3,815
Influenza B 43 87 43 51 43 56
Influenza indeterminate 29 9 6 5 11 15
Influenza ungrouped 51 54 84 95 60 88
Legionella            
Legionella pneumophila 6 8 7 11 8 5
Legionella sp 6 7 3 7 3 7
Leptospira            
Leptospira interrogans - - - - 1 -
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 2 2 3 3 2 8
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 131 110 114 110 77 92
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 42 49 32 28 35 35
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus positive 3 3 10 7 15 19
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 11 8 10 8 14 7
Mumps virus 4 7 8 5 7 4
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - 36 - - - 3
Plasmodium malariae - 1 - - - -
Plasmodium ovale - 5 - - - -
Plasmodium vivax - 4 - - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 73 42 67 60 60 49
Polyomavirus JC 14 12 10 13 15 14
Polyomavirus untyped - 22 66 6 17 16
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia spotted fever 1 - - - - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 1 3 3 4 2 1
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 78 69 63 59 51 29
Salmonella bareilly - - 7 5 - -
Salmonella chester - - 5 7 - -
Salmonella enterica 6 7 6 - 5 -
Salmonella enteritidis 81 77 75 69 48 28
Salmonella infantis 5 - - - 5 -
Salmonella java - - 7 - - -
Salmonella mikawasima - 5 6 - - -
Salmonella newport 5 6 8 11 5 5
Salmonella oslo 5 - - - - -
Salmonella saint-paul - 7 7 - - -
Salmonella sp 31 27 33 30 85 154
Salmonella strathcona 5 - - - - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 10 13 15 9 9 9
Salmonella typhimurium 55 45 42 31 27 11
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 1 3 2 4 1 1
Shigella dysenteriae - - 2 - - 1
Shigella flexneri 12 25 17 20 17 10
Shigella sonnei 55 52 41 47 31 22
Shigella sp 54 76 98 102 88 88
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 53 54 41 40 70 55
Streptococcus pneumoniae 123 124 137 127 122 97
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 3 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 2025/42 2025/43 2025/44 2025/45 2025/46 2025/47
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP 1 - - 1 1 -
  KPC - - 1 - - -
  NDM - 1 6 2 - -
  OXA48 - 1 3 3 1 -
  VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP - 1 2 - - 1
  KPC 3 4 6 3 3 -
  NDM 6 6 9 3 4 3
  OXA48 3 4 6 1 2 -
  VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other 1 1 1 1 - 1
Other enterobacter spp KPC - 1 - - - -
  NDM - - 1 1 - -
  VIM - 1 - - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 1 - - - 1 -
  KPC 4 5 2 8 - -
  NDM 20 17 14 12 30 4
  OXA48 30 24 16 18 30 11
  Other 5 1 1 1 3 2
Hafnia              
Hafnia alvei OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes IMP - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 2 3 1 - 1 -
  NDM - - - 2 - -
  OXA48 - 3 - - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 1 - - - - -
  KPC 6 11 8 8 7 1
  NDM 7 15 11 9 11 2
  OXA48 13 11 16 11 13 2
  Other 1 1 2 3 3 1
Klebsiella variicola NDM - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Other klebsiella spp OXA48 - 1 - - - -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM 4 2 - 2 1 -
  Other - - - 1 1 -
Providencia              
Providencia rettgeri (proteus rettgeri) NDM - - - - 1 -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica 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 2025/42 2025/43 2025/44 2025/45 2025/46 2025/47
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP - 3 1 - - -
  NDM 1 - 1 - - -
  Other - 1 - - 1 -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP 1 - - 1 - 1
  NDM 1 1 - 2 - -
  VIM 1 - - 2 1 -
  Other 2 1 1 2 1 1
Pseudomonas putida group VIM - - - 1 1 -
Other pseudomonas spp IMP 1 - - - - -
  NDM - - 1 - - -
Other              
  KPC 1 - - - - -
  NDM - - - 1 - -
  Other - - 1 - - -