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NOIDs causative agents: week 29 (week ending 18 July 2026)

Updated 21 July 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 2026/24 2026/25 2026/26 2026/27 2026/28 2026/29
Arboviruses            
West Nile Virus - 3 1 - 1 -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 31 33 19 61 50 62
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 1 3 3 5 2 4
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 45 56 55 68 78 194
Borrelia other named - - - 1 - 2
Borrelia sp 12 8 10 11 16 14
Brucella            
Brucella canis - - - - - 1
Brucella sp 4 1 - 5 - 2
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei - - - 1 - 1
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 35 28 42 58 56 52
Campylobacter fetus 1 - 1 1 - 1
Campylobacter gracilis - - - - 1 -
Campylobacter jejuni 420 387 365 440 328 268
Campylobacter lari - 2 - - 1 1
Campylobacter other named 2 4 2 5 1 3
Campylobacter rectus 1 - 2 1 - -
Campylobacter sp 1,437 1,235 1,282 1,476 1,366 1,253
Campylobacter upsaliensis - 1 1 - - 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 2 1 - - - 3
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 1 2 1 - 2 -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 31 33 47 44 34 42
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 27 35 28 13 21 19
Human coronavirus 229e 2 2 - - 1 1
Human coronavirus hku1 3 2 1 - 1 1
Human coronavirus nl63 1 2 2 - 1 1
Human coronavirus oc43 1 - 1 - - -
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 98 98 95 83 109 111
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 5 1 - - 1 -
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 1 - 2 1 - 1
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 45 26 15 33 21 22
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 2 - - - - -
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 2 7 6 13 1 8
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 4 4 4 4 1 7
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - - 1 - 1
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - - - - 1
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus 1 1 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 4 6 3 4 5 1
Cryptosporidium meleagridis 1 - - - - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 86 44 38 54 42 12
Cryptosporidium sp 65 41 35 33 73 61
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum 1 - 1 - 1 -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 2 3 1 3 7 5
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 35 15 15 19 11 16
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 3 6 3 11 11 4
Francisella            
Francisella tularensis 1 - - - - -
Giardia            
Giardia intestinalis - - 1 2 5 1
Giardia sp 122 114 106 139 120 118
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 63 61 65 84 100 59
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 14 12 12 16 13 17
Hepatitis B 283 295 311 279 273 287
Hepatitis C 252 202 243 238 222 215
Hepatitis D 7 5 7 7 12 5
Hepatitis E 34 55 44 39 38 571
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 89 59 88 85 68 95
Influenza B 56 57 59 39 40 44
Influenza indeterminate - 1 3 6 - -
Influenza ungrouped - - - - 1 3
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - 3 - - - -
Legionella other named - - - 1 - -
Legionella pneumophila 12 5 8 10 14 7
Legionella sp 8 5 6 4 7 1
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 6 3 6 5 10 5
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 123 116 104 100 112 79
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 33 21 19 25 15 25
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus positive 5 13 4 7 5 18
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 33 25 31 31 24 6
Mumps virus 8 - 4 8 8 3
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 1 - 1 1 4 3
Plasmodium malariae - - - 1 - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 70 74 69 74 97 67
Polyomavirus JC 7 15 13 4 12 6
Polyomavirus untyped 21 15 13 12 21 5
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii - 1 - - - -
Rickettsia spotted fever - 1 - 1 2 1
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi - 2 - - - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 4 5 2 4 4 7
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 60 64 67 68 38 21
Salmonella agona - - 5 - - -
Salmonella bareilly 7 - - - - -
Salmonella braenderup - - - 8 - -
Salmonella enterica 5 5 9 7 - -
Salmonella enteritidis 103 94 104 104 48 15
Salmonella infantis 6 - - - - -
Salmonella java - 6 - - - -
Salmonella mikawasima - - - - 8 -
Salmonella newport 5 - - 5 - -
Salmonella oranienburg - - - 6 22 -
Salmonella saint-paul - 5 - - - -
Salmonella sp 35 27 23 50 203 243
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 13 11 11 12 12 6
Salmonella typhimurium 48 34 26 34 16 25
Shigella            
Shigella boydii - 1 - 1 - -
Shigella dysenteriae 1 - - 1 - -
Shigella flexneri 24 14 14 12 10 8
Shigella sonnei 20 21 9 10 13 11
Shigella sp 53 43 31 43 45 29
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 74 62 57 72 95 48
Streptococcus pneumoniae 85 77 90 75 81 65
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 1 - 1 - 2 -

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) Division.

Week notification received 2026/24 2026/25 2026/26 2026/27 2026/28 2026/29
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC 1 - 1 - - -
  NDM 2 4 5 - 6 3
  OXA48 4 9 5 5 5 3
  VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other - 1 1 2 1 -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 1 2 5 2 4 -
  KPC 4 6 3 7 6 2
  NDM 16 15 20 26 10 7
  OXA48 1 6 11 9 3 2
  VIM - - 1 - 1 1
  Other 1 1 2 3 1 2
Other enterobacter spp IMP - - - 1 - 1
  NDM - 1 - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 1 1 - 2 3 -
  KPC 2 4 4 5 2 1
  NDM 16 35 21 17 16 3
  OXA48 24 31 29 37 23 7
  VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other 2 4 3 6 6 2
Escherichia hermannii NDM - - - - 1 -
Other escherichia spp NDM - - - 1 - -
Hafnia              
Hafnia paralvei Other - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes OXA48 1 - - - - 1
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP 1 - - 1 1 -
  KPC - 2 - 1 - -
  NDM 2 3 1 - - 1
  OXA48 1 3 2 1 3 1
  Other - 1 - 1 - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 2 1 4 2 - -
  KPC 9 6 4 9 11 1
  NDM 9 16 10 9 16 2
  OXA48 18 22 14 13 8 2
  VIM - 1 3 - 2 -
  Other 1 4 2 2 2 1
Klebsiella variicola KPC 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 - - - - - 1
Other klebsiella spp KPC - - 1 2 - -
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
Mixta              
Mixta calida KPC - - 1 - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii NDM - 1 1 - - -
Pantoea              
Pantoea spp NDM - - - - 1 -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM 2 - 3 - 2 1
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -
  VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other 1 1 2 - 1 1
Raoultella              
Raoultella spp KPC - - - 1 - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica IMP - - 1 - - -
  NDM - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - 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 2026/24 2026/25 2026/26 2026/27 2026/28 2026/29
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM 2 - - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - - 1 1 1 -
  NDM 1 - - - 1 -
  VIM 2 - - - 1 -
  Other 1 1 1 2 1 1
Pseudomonas putida group VIM 1 - 1 - - -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Other              
  KPC - - 1 - - -
  NDM 1 - - - 1 -
  OXA48 1 1 1 1 - -
  Other - - - 1 - -