Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 48 (week ending 30 November 2025)

Updated 1 December 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 2025/43 2025/44 2025/45 2025/46 2025/47 2025/48
Arboviruses            
West Nile Virus - - 2 - - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 30 15 14 26 23 20
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 3 2 2 5 1 3
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 39 34 41 39 20 38
Borrelia other named - - - - 1 -
Borrelia sp 1 24 7 3 5 5
Brucella            
Brucella sp 1 1 2 2 3 2
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 26 43 31 31 28 23
Campylobacter curvus 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter fetus 1 - 1 - 1 3
Campylobacter gracilis - - 1 1 - -
Campylobacter jejuni 255 298 330 312 274 183
Campylobacter other named 1 3 1 1 1 1
Campylobacter rectus 2 - - - 1 1
Campylobacter sp 904 1,028 1,002 975 879 877
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 1 - 1 1 -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 - 1 - - 1
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - 1 1 2 - 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 44 40 42 36 41 45
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 51 20 31 24 27 32
Human coronavirus 229e 1 - - 6 - 2
Human coronavirus nl63 - - 1 1 - -
Human coronavirus oc43 - - - 1 1 1
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate - 6 4 - - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 8 10 20 12 6 -
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 1,908 1,525 1,400 804 635 598
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 283 66 36 42 24 27
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 13 12 5 8 5 2
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 64 71 48 60 48 49
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 20 4 8 12 4 8
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 38 32 36 45 15 37
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 1 3 7 8 2 2
Corynebacterium ulcerans - 1 1 - - -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - 1 - 2 2 -
Cryptosporidium felis - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 31 27 17 13 8 1
Cryptosporidium parvum 32 36 20 35 28 17
Cryptosporidium sp 43 52 54 34 45 62
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 4 1 4 1 3 2
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 22 13 10 13 11 8
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 6 3 12 9 3 6
Giardia            
Giardia intestinalis - 1 - 1 - -
Giardia sp 128 146 138 137 143 123
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 53 58 75 66 46 73
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 18 19 18 19 15 16
Hepatitis B 228 247 230 290 237 224
Hepatitis C 260 223 252 235 228 196
Hepatitis D 7 10 10 2 3 3
Hepatitis E 42 33 26 53 20 36
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 2,422 3,416 3,903 3,485 3,823 6,724
Influenza B 87 44 51 43 56 66
Influenza c - - 1 2 2 -
Influenza indeterminate 9 6 5 11 15 9
Influenza ungrouped 54 84 95 61 88 148
Legionella            
Legionella pneumophila 8 7 11 8 5 2
Legionella sp 7 3 7 3 7 4
Leptospira            
Leptospira interrogans - - - 1 - -
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 2 3 3 2 8 3
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 111 115 114 79 95 67
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 49 32 28 35 35 27
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus positive 3 10 7 15 19 12
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 8 10 8 14 7 24
Mumps virus 7 8 5 7 4 2
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 36 - - - 3 14
Plasmodium malariae 1 - - - - 2
Plasmodium ovale 5 - - - - 3
Plasmodium vivax 4 - - - - 2
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 42 67 60 60 49 64
Polyomavirus JC 12 10 13 15 14 7
Polyomavirus untyped 22 66 6 17 16 12
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 3 3 6 2 1 1
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 69 64 61 53 55 30
Salmonella bareilly - 7 5 - - -
Salmonella chester - 5 8 5 - -
Salmonella enterica 7 6 - 5 - -
Salmonella enteritidis 77 75 72 69 56 20
Salmonella infantis - - - 7 - -
Salmonella java - 7 - 7 - -
Salmonella mikawasima 5 6 - - - -
Salmonella newport 6 8 11 8 9 -
Salmonella saint-paul 7 7 - 5 - -
Salmonella sp 27 32 24 24 86 151
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 13 15 9 10 13 11
Salmonella typhimurium 45 42 31 42 18 8
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 3 2 4 2 2 -
Shigella dysenteriae - 2 - - 1 -
Shigella flexneri 25 17 21 20 15 11
Shigella sonnei 52 41 49 35 28 27
Shigella sp 76 98 99 80 76 85
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 54 41 42 71 55 40
Streptococcus pneumoniae 124 138 127 123 97 88
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 3 1 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 2025/43 2025/44 2025/45 2025/46 2025/47 2025/48
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - - 1 1 - -
  KPC - 1 - 1 1 -
  NDM 1 6 2 - 3 -
  OXA48 1 3 3 1 2 -
  VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other 1 - - - 1 -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 1 2 - - 4 -
  KPC 4 6 3 4 2 1
  NDM 6 10 3 4 8 1
  OXA48 4 6 1 2 2 -
  VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other 1 1 1 - 3 1
Other enterobacter spp KPC 1 - - - - -
  NDM - 1 1 - - -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
  VIM 1 - - - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - - - 1 - -
  KPC 5 2 8 - 4 1
  NDM 17 14 12 32 15 1
  OXA48 24 16 20 31 31 10
  VIM - - - - 1 -
  Other 1 1 1 3 3 1
Hafnia              
Hafnia alvei OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes IMP - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 3 1 - 1 1 -
  NDM - - 2 - - -
  OXA48 3 - - - 1 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - - - - 1 -
  KPC 12 8 8 8 9 1
  NDM 15 11 9 13 10 2
  OXA48 12 16 12 14 13 2
  Other 1 2 3 3 1 -
Klebsiella variicola NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Other klebsiella spp KPC - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM 2 - 2 1 5 -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
  Other - - 1 1 1 -
Providencia              
Providencia rettgeri (proteus rettgeri) NDM - - - 1 - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica OXA48 - - 1 - 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 2025/43 2025/44 2025/45 2025/46 2025/47 2025/48
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP 3 1 - - - -
  NDM - 1 - - 1 1
  Other 1 - - 1 1 -
Other acinetobacter spp NDM - - - - 1 -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - - 1 - 1 -
  NDM 1 - 2 - - -
  VIM - - 2 1 - 1
  Other 2 1 2 1 2 1
Pseudomonas putida group VIM - - 1 1 - -
Other pseudomonas spp NDM - 1 - - - -
Other              
  NDM - - 1 - - -
  Other - 1 - - - -