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NOIDs causative agents: week 22 (week ending 31 May 2026)

Updated 10 June 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 2026/17 2026/18 2026/19 2026/20 2026/21 2026/22
Arboviruses            
West Nile Virus - - - 2 - 1
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 27 21 33 28 18 27
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 4 5 4 4 5 3
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 19 30 19 21 39 22
Borrelia other named - 1 - - - -
Borrelia sp 5 5 5 1 2 6
Brucella            
Brucella sp - - 2 1 - 1
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 26 25 30 27 37 20
Campylobacter curvus - - - 1 - -
Campylobacter fetus 1 - 1 - - -
Campylobacter gracilis - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 296 333 266 352 417 263
Campylobacter lari - - - 1 - -
Campylobacter other named 5 - 1 2 6 2
Campylobacter rectus - - - - 1 -
Campylobacter sp 1,144 1,021 874 1,080 1,105 1,100
Campylobacter upsaliensis 3 - 2 - 1 -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 3 - - 1 1 3
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 2 3 2 1 - 2
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 44 45 40 50 40 28
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 81 98 79 70 67 47
Human coronavirus 229e 5 1 4 - 3 -
Human coronavirus hku1 2 3 2 - - 1
Human coronavirus nl63 2 7 2 2 3 3
Human coronavirus oc43 2 9 - - 1 1
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void - - - 2 - 2
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 196 183 262 170 173 138
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 9 10 5 8 2 4
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative - - - 4 1 3
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 33 12 20 31 36 23
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 7 7 4 6 9 9
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 4 2 7 8 6 3
Corynebacterium ulcerans - 1 - 2 2 -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - 1 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 4 4 2 6 4 2
Cryptosporidium meleagridis - - 1 2 - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 80 83 53 37 26 12
Cryptosporidium sp 78 58 51 45 46 54
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 3 3 4 4 3 3
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 13 11 12 12 3 11
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 5 3 5 7 5 3
Giardia            
Giardia intestinalis 15 5 - - 1 4
Giardia sp 139 126 104 136 165 112
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 55 60 54 57 65 36
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 11 7 12 17 15 13
Hepatitis B 248 284 209 290 320 226
Hepatitis C 245 229 215 247 227 203
Hepatitis D 12 4 6 5 10 6
Hepatitis E 30 33 27 43 45 40
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 187 170 167 123 134 120
Influenza B 71 65 79 71 77 69
Influenza indeterminate 2 3 - 2 1 4
Influenza ungrouped 4 3 4 - 10 -
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - - - - 1 -
Legionella other named - - - 1 - -
Legionella pneumophila 6 5 14 4 6 12
Legionella sp 4 1 6 7 3 7
Leptospira            
Leptospira interrogans - 1 - - - 1
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 1 6 2 2 3 4
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 94 128 107 124 87 105
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 33 42 32 29 25 8
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus positive 12 10 11 11 10 12
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 30 21 35 30 51 50
Mumps virus 5 10 7 2 4 7
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - - - 21 - 2
Plasmodium malariae - - - 2 - -
Plasmodium ovale - - - 3 - -
Plasmodium vivax - - - 1 - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 71 75 58 91 78 75
Polyomavirus JC 9 13 7 12 18 5
Polyomavirus untyped 14 14 12 29 19 12
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii - - 1 - - 1
Rickettsia rickettsii - 1 1 1 - -
Rickettsia spotted fever 1 2 - - - -
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi 1 1 - - 1 -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 4 1 5 3 3 2
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 65 64 71 53 34 14
Salmonella bovis-morbificans 10 - 5 - - -
Salmonella enterica 6 - 5 9 - -
Salmonella enteritidis 63 62 56 65 39 15
Salmonella heidelberg - 7 - - - -
Salmonella infantis 6 5 - 5 6 -
Salmonella java - - - 5 - -
Salmonella newport 15 11 6 6 - -
Salmonella sp 26 21 29 33 126 158
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 27 19 15 7 17 -
Salmonella typhimurium 31 26 30 25 16 9
Salmonella virchow 5 6 - 6 - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 1 1 - 1 1 1
Shigella dysenteriae 1 - - 2 - -
Shigella flexneri 23 14 18 16 17 8
Shigella sonnei 19 13 17 16 15 10
Shigella sp 52 65 24 43 45 40
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 73 43 65 60 40 65
Streptococcus pneumoniae 124 100 129 107 118 111
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - 1 1 1 3 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 2026/17 2026/18 2026/19 2026/20 2026/21 2026/22
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC 1 1 1 - - -
  NDM - 1 1 4 - -
  OXA48 4 - 1 1 1 -
  Other 3 - - - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 1 1 2 - 2 1
  KPC 3 2 6 4 1 1
  NDM 6 8 6 6 10 4
  OXA48 3 4 7 5 3 -
  Other 3 2 1 2 1 -
Other enterobacter spp NDM - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 1 1 - 1 1 -
  KPC 1 1 - 4 3 -
  NDM 24 15 13 20 18 3
  OXA48 21 22 22 27 21 5
  VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other 4 4 1 2 2 -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP - - - - 1 -
  KPC 1 - 4 1 - -
  NDM 2 1 1 - - -
  OXA48 5 1 1 - 1 -
  Other 1 1 1 - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 1 2 - 1 - -
  KPC 10 6 4 2 7 -
  NDM 8 5 4 13 5 1
  OXA48 7 16 6 6 12 2
  VIM - 2 - - - -
  Other 1 1 1 2 1 1
Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp ozenae KPC - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella variicola NDM - - - 1 - -
Other klebsiella spp NDM - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - - 2 - - -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - - 1 - - -
  NDM - - 1 - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii OXA48 - - - 2 - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM 1 3 2 - 2 -
  Other 1 2 1 - - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica 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 2026/17 2026/18 2026/19 2026/20 2026/21 2026/22
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP - - - - 1 -
  NDM - 1 1 - 1 -
  Other - - 1 - 1 -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa NDM 1 1 2 3 - -
  VIM 1 - - 2 1 -
  Other 2 4 1 1 1 -
Pseudomonas putida group VIM - - 1 1 - -
Other              
  NDM 1 1 - - - -