Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 2 (week ending 11 January 2026)

Updated 12 January 2026

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 2025/49 2025/50 2025/51 2025/52 2026/01 2026/02
Arboviruses            
West Nile Virus - - 1 1 - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 23 20 15 17 13 12
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 6 4 2 2 2 3
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 23 32 26 19 26 20
Borrelia sp 6 4 4 8 6 3
Brucella            
Brucella sp 1 2 3 1 - 3
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia mallei - - - 1 - -
Burkholderia pseudomallei - - - - - 1
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 19 17 21 13 12 12
Campylobacter fetus - - - 1 - -
Campylobacter jejuni 279 296 284 241 168 156
Campylobacter other named 1 2 - 3 2 1
Campylobacter sp 825 895 849 640 621 771
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 - 1 1 1 -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 1 1 1 - 2
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 1 2 2 - 1 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 38 32 31 51 34 51
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 54 77 95 95 113 152
Human coronavirus 229e 3 5 - 2 3 4
Human coronavirus hku1 - 1 - - 1 2
Human coronavirus nl63 - 3 - 1 2 -
Human coronavirus oc43 - 2 1 5 3 10
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void - - - 2 2 -
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 791 1,351 623 544 650 668
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 71 50 35 10 14 27
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 6 10 7 4 4 -
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 50 77 38 26 24 28
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 8 - - 12 12 8
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 19 19 7 43 15 44
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 4 6 5 4 3 3
Corynebacterium ulcerans - 1 1 - - -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii 1 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - 2 - - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 6 10 11 6 3 3
Cryptosporidium parvum 34 37 35 27 13 4
Cryptosporidium sp 50 32 24 16 20 38
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - 2 2 2 - 1
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 5 4 4 3 2 1
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 11 4 6 3 3 4
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 3 3 3 4 1 6
Giardia            
Giardia intestinalis - - 2 2 - -
Giardia sp 145 124 148 84 84 112
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 68 62 71 53 60 60
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 12 14 12 12 3 13
Hepatitis B 274 256 267 167 219 179
Hepatitis C 270 235 601 157 190 202
Hepatitis D 6 5 4 2 4 4
Hepatitis E 26 33 31 24 23 30
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 9,227 9,527 7,852 6,036 6,034 5,486
Influenza B 46 71 51 47 56 49
Influenza indeterminate 12 18 7 23 38 15
Influenza ungrouped 219 218 321 228 140 111
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae 1 - - - - -
Legionella pneumophila 2 7 12 3 2 6
Legionella sp 4 6 3 - 5 4
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 3 7 2 6 4 2
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 99 91 110 75 70 75
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 40 40 25 28 26 37
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus positive 12 6 8 2 4 6
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 11 11 9 7 8 8
Mumps virus 5 9 5 3 3 2
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - - - - 1 -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 73 75 79 53 40 65
Polyomavirus JC 2 18 7 15 8 10
Polyomavirus untyped 10 13 14 9 8 8
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia spotted fever 1 - 1 1 - -
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi - 1 - 1 - 1
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 1 1 2 1 2 5
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 65 58 48 39 29 14
Salmonella agona 5 - - - - -
Salmonella bareilly - 8 - - - -
Salmonella enterica - - 5 - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 56 45 42 29 13 10
Salmonella newport - - 8 - - -
Salmonella sp 23 28 39 23 60 116
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 10 12 7 5 9 13
Salmonella typhimurium 22 29 20 23 - -
Salmonella virchow - - 5 - - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 1 1 1 2 1 1
Shigella dysenteriae 2 1 - - 1 -
Shigella flexneri 12 28 12 11 14 12
Shigella sonnei 36 26 42 14 13 16
Shigella sp 52 41 35 33 36 57
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 58 57 50 57 62 69
Streptococcus pneumoniae 151 143 191 164 226 195
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 4 - - - - 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 2025/49 2025/50 2025/51 2025/52 2026/01 2026/02
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC - 1 - 1 - -
  NDM - 2 2 1 1 -
  OXA48 4 2 1 2 2 -
  Other - 1 - 1 - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP - 3 2 3 3 -
  KPC 5 4 4 3 2 -
  NDM 6 4 15 7 2 1
  OXA48 8 6 4 11 4 -
  VIM - - 1 - - 1
  Other 1 - 2 1 1 -
Other enterobacter spp KPC - - 2 - - -
  NDM - - 1 - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 1 - - - 1 1
  KPC 4 3 3 3 7 3
  NDM 25 15 16 17 13 7
  OXA48 30 22 21 16 24 4
  VIM 1 - - - 2 -
  Other 3 1 1 2 4 2
Escherichia marmotae NDM - - 1 - - -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes NDM - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 2 - 1 1 - -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP - - - 1 - -
  KPC 1 3 1 - - -
  NDM - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 2 1 - - - -
  VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 2 2 - - - -
  KPC 12 5 3 6 4 3
  NDM 7 5 11 10 14 2
  OXA48 10 15 13 6 13 3
  VIM 1 1 - - 1 -
  Other 3 2 2 - 1 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp ozenae KPC - - - 2 - 1
Klebsiella variicola OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata NDM 1 - - - - -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii NDM - - - - 2 -
  OXA48 1 - - 1 - -
Pantoea              
Pantoea septica OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM - 2 - 1 1 1
  Other - 1 - - 2 -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica OXA48 - 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 2025/49 2025/50 2025/51 2025/52 2026/01 2026/02
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP 1 - - - - -
  NDM - - 1 - - 1
  Other 1 - 1 - - 1
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - 1 - - - -
  NDM 2 - 1 1 1 -
  VIM 1 - 1 - 2 -
  Other 1 3 1 2 2 1
Pseudomonas alcaligenes VIM - - - 1 - -
Other              
  KPC - - - 1 - -
  NDM - - 1 - 1 -
  OXA48 - - 1 - 1 -