Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 51 (week ending 23 December 2025)

Updated 23 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.

This report contains statistics of formal notifications of causative agent test results to UKHSA from diagnostic laboratories in England, under Regulation 4 of the Health Protection (Notifications) Regulations 2010.

The number of notifications in this report reflects test results provided from laboratories to UKHSA before UKHSA interprets or applies standardised case definitions to these test results. Individual test results will not always result in a confirmed diagnosis of a disease, therefore the notifications in this report should not be considered counts of cases and should be interpreted with caution.

Epidemiology reports including confirmed case numbers using standardised case definitions are published separately on a per pathogen or pathogen-group basis.

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 2025/46 2025/47 2025/48 2025/49 2025/50 2025/51
Arboviruses            
West Nile Virus - - - - - 1
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 26 23 21 22 20 15
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 5 1 3 6 4 2
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 39 21 39 22 32 26
Borrelia other named - 1 - - - -
Borrelia sp 3 5 4 6 4 4
Brucella            
Brucella sp 2 3 2 1 2 3
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 31 28 25 19 16 18
Campylobacter fetus - 1 4 - - -
Campylobacter gracilis 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 313 278 221 279 294 248
Campylobacter other named 1 1 1 1 2 -
Campylobacter rectus - 1 1 - - -
Campylobacter sp 978 878 916 824 891 879
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 1 - 1 - 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - - 1 1 1 1
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 3 - 1 1 2 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 36 41 56 38 32 30
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 24 27 32 54 77 95
Human coronavirus 229e 6 - 5 3 5 -
Human coronavirus hku1 - - - - 1 -
Human coronavirus nl63 1 - - - 3 -
Human coronavirus oc43 2 1 1 - 2 1
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 12 6 - - - -
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 805 638 715 791 1,351 623
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 42 24 28 71 50 34
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 8 5 2 6 10 7
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 60 48 49 50 77 38
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 12 4 8 8 - -
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 45 15 37 19 19 7
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 8 2 2 4 6 5
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - - - 1 1
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - - 1 1 -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus 2 2 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 13 8 2 6 10 6
Cryptosporidium meleagridis - 2 - - - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 35 29 19 33 30 12
Cryptosporidium sp 34 42 58 51 43 54
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - - 1 - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 1 4 2 5 4 4
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 14 11 13 11 3 4
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 10 4 6 3 3 3
Giardia            
Giardia intestinalis 1 - - - - 1
Giardia sp 137 143 123 145 124 148
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 66 46 74 68 61 70
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 19 17 32 12 14 12
Hepatitis B 291 243 239 270 251 241
Hepatitis C 236 230 212 268 223 587
Hepatitis D 2 3 3 6 5 4
Hepatitis E 53 21 39 26 33 31
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 3,513 3,871 6,972 9,217 9,518 7,841
Influenza B 43 57 72 46 71 51
Influenza indeterminate 11 15 9 12 18 6
Influenza ungrouped 61 88 148 219 218 315
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - - - 1 - -
Legionella pneumophila 8 5 4 2 7 11
Legionella sp 3 7 4 4 6 4
Leptospira            
Leptospira interrogans 1 - - - - -
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 2 10 4 3 7 2
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 87 103 90 97 81 98
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 35 35 27 40 40 23
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus positive 15 19 12 12 6 8
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 14 7 25 11 11 9
Mumps virus 7 4 2 5 8 5
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - 3 14 - - -
Plasmodium malariae - - 2 - - -
Plasmodium ovale - - 3 - - -
Plasmodium vivax - - 2 - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 60 49 71 73 75 79
Polyomavirus JC 15 14 7 2 18 7
Polyomavirus untyped 17 16 12 10 13 14
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii - - 1 - - -
Rickettsia rickettsii - - 1 - - -
Rickettsia spotted fever - - - 1 - 1
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi - - - - 1 -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 2 1 1 1 1 2
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 54 65 52 64 26 15
Salmonella agona - - - 5 - -
Salmonella bareilly - 7 6 - 6 -
Salmonella chester 5 5 - - - -
Salmonella enterica 5 - 5 - - 5
Salmonella enteritidis 73 71 62 55 21 12
Salmonella infantis 7 6 - - - -
Salmonella java 7 - - - - -
Salmonella kentucky - - 6 - - -
Salmonella newport 8 13 6 - - -
Salmonella saint-paul 6 - 8 - - -
Salmonella sp 16 35 40 27 95 126
Salmonella stanley - - 5 - - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 10 13 14 10 11 5
Salmonella typhimurium 44 23 22 20 19 10
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 2 2 1 1 1 1
Shigella dysenteriae - 1 - 2 1 -
Shigella flexneri 20 21 19 11 21 8
Shigella sonnei 35 35 46 35 26 33
Shigella sp 80 63 59 53 49 48
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 71 57 42 58 55 47
Streptococcus pneumoniae 124 101 102 150 141 187
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - - 1 4 - -

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 2025/46 2025/47 2025/48 2025/49 2025/50 2025/51
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP 1 - - - - -
  KPC 1 1 1 - 1 -
  NDM - 5 1 - 2 1
  OXA48 1 3 - 4 2 -
  Other - 1 - - 1 -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 1 5 2 - 2 -
  KPC 4 4 4 4 4 1
  NDM 4 11 7 6 4 4
  OXA48 2 2 5 8 4 2
  Other - 3 1 1 - -
Other enterobacter spp OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 1 - - 1 - -
  KPC - 4 3 4 3 1
  NDM 33 15 12 21 14 3
  OXA48 32 32 26 28 18 4
  VIM - 1 - 1 - -
  Other 3 3 3 3 1 -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes OXA48 - - - 2 - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 1 1 1 1 3 -
  NDM - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - 1 - 2 1 -
  VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other - - 1 1 - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - 1 - 2 1 -
  KPC 9 12 16 10 4 -
  NDM 13 10 10 7 3 1
  OXA48 15 14 13 10 15 3
  VIM - - - 1 1 -
  Other 3 1 1 3 1 -
Klebsiella variicola KPC - - 1 - - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - - 1 - - -
  NDM - - - 1 - -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM 1 5 1 - 1 -
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -
  Other 1 1 2 - 1 -
Providencia              
Providencia rettgeri (proteus rettgeri) NDM 1 - - - - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica OXA48 - 1 - - 1 -
  Other - - - - 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 2025/46 2025/47 2025/48 2025/49 2025/50 2025/51
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP - - - 1 - -
  NDM - 1 1 - - -
  Other 1 1 - 1 - -
Other acinetobacter spp NDM - 1 - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - 1 1 - 1 -
  NDM - - 1 2 - 1
  VIM 1 - 2 1 - -
  Other 1 2 3 2 3 -
Pseudomonas putida group NDM - - 1 - - -
  VIM 1 - - - - -
Other              
  NDM - - - - - 1
  OXA48 - - 1 - - 1