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NOIDs causative agents: week 31 (week ending 1 August 2026)

Updated 3 August 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 2026/26 2026/27 2026/28 2026/29 2026/30 2026/31
Arboviruses            
West Nile Virus 1 - 1 - 1 -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 19 61 51 63 71 68
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 3 5 2 4 4 7
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 55 68 80 197 78 89
Borrelia other named - 1 - 2 - -
Borrelia sp 10 11 16 12 13 8
Brucella            
Brucella canis - - - 1 - -
Brucella sp - 5 - 2 - -
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei - 1 - 1 - 2
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 42 58 56 64 36 52
Campylobacter fetus 1 1 - 1 1 -
Campylobacter gracilis - - 1 1 - -
Campylobacter jejuni 365 441 332 321 328 318
Campylobacter lari - - 1 1 - -
Campylobacter other named 2 5 1 3 7 3
Campylobacter rectus 2 1 - - - -
Campylobacter sp 1,282 1,475 1,363 1,193 1,355 1,284
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 - - 1 1 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - - - 3 2 -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 1 - 2 - 3 2
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 47 44 34 42 50 31
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 28 13 21 19 24 26
Human coronavirus 229e - - 1 1 - -
Human coronavirus hku1 1 - 1 1 - -
Human coronavirus nl63 2 - 1 1 - -
Human coronavirus oc43 1 - - - - -
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 95 83 109 111 120 200
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate - - 1 - 4 7
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 2 1 - 1 - -
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 15 33 21 22 22 20
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 6 13 1 8 4 8
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 4 4 1 7 5 9
Corynebacterium ulcerans - 1 - 1 - 1
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - - 1 - 2
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus 1 - - - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 3 4 7 2 1 -
Cryptosporidium parvum 38 54 58 19 16 9
Cryptosporidium sp 35 32 55 53 70 70
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum 1 1 1 - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 1 3 7 5 3 1
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 15 19 14 23 24 14
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 3 11 11 4 4 7
Giardia            
Giardia intestinalis 1 2 5 1 1 1
Giardia sp 106 139 120 118 117 85
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 65 84 100 59 62 54
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 12 16 13 18 13 7
Hepatitis B 314 287 278 304 278 179
Hepatitis C 244 239 223 226 230 225
Hepatitis D 7 7 12 5 4 5
Hepatitis E 44 39 42 572 43 37
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 88 85 68 95 114 150
Influenza B 59 39 41 44 36 28
Influenza indeterminate 3 6 - - 1 2
Influenza ungrouped - - 1 3 4 2
Legionella            
Legionella other named - 1 - - - -
Legionella pneumophila 8 10 14 7 12 3
Legionella sp 6 4 7 1 6 8
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 6 5 10 5 11 5
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 108 104 121 90 120 110
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 19 25 15 25 21 16
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus positive 4 7 5 18 8 5
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 31 31 24 6 9 10
Mumps virus 4 8 8 3 7 5
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 1 1 4 3 - -
Plasmodium malariae - 1 - - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 69 74 97 67 78 72
Polyomavirus JC 13 4 12 6 14 8
Polyomavirus untyped 13 12 21 5 28 12
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii - - - - - 1
Rickettsia spotted fever - 1 2 1 - 1
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 2 4 4 7 1 1
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 67 71 80 73 41 29
Salmonella agona 5 - - 5 - -
Salmonella braenderup - 8 - - - -
Salmonella enterica 9 7 - - 8 -
Salmonella enteritidis 104 110 107 104 98 31
Salmonella java - - 5 - - -
Salmonella kentucky - - 5 - - -
Salmonella mikawasima - - 8 - - -
Salmonella newport - 5 - - 6 5
Salmonella oranienburg - 6 22 6 - -
Salmonella sp 23 40 61 56 192 255
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 11 12 13 8 - 7
Salmonella typhimurium 26 35 46 58 28 15
Shigella            
Shigella boydii - 1 - - 1 -
Shigella dysenteriae - 1 - - - -
Shigella flexneri 14 14 11 11 11 9
Shigella sonnei 9 10 14 12 17 9
Shigella sp 31 41 43 25 45 49
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 57 72 97 50 62 57
Streptococcus pneumoniae 90 75 81 65 66 76
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 1 - 2 - - 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 2026/26 2026/27 2026/28 2026/29 2026/30 2026/31
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - - - 1 - -
  KPC 1 - 2 - - -
  NDM 5 - 7 6 1 -
  OXA48 5 6 7 6 4 -
  VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other 1 2 1 1 1 -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 6 2 5 4 4 -
  KPC 3 7 7 6 3 1
  NDM 21 26 13 20 13 4
  OXA48 11 9 4 4 3 1
  VIM 1 - 1 1 - -
  Other 2 3 1 5 4 1
Other enterobacter spp IMP - 1 - 1 - 1
  NDM - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - 2 3 1 - -
  KPC 4 5 2 2 - -
  NDM 21 17 17 21 19 4
  OXA48 29 39 24 23 21 1
  Other 3 6 6 6 4 -
Escherichia hermannii NDM - - 1 - - -
Escherichia vulneris KPC - - - 1 - -
Other escherichia spp NDM - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes OXA48 - - - 3 - -
  Other - - - - 2 -
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP - 1 1 - - -
  KPC - 1 - 2 1 -
  NDM 1 - - 1 - 1
  OXA48 2 1 3 1 - -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 4 2 1 1 - -
  KPC 5 10 13 9 7 3
  NDM 11 10 15 13 6 3
  OXA48 14 13 8 14 16 6
  VIM 3 - 2 - - -
  Other 2 1 2 2 2 1
Klebsiella variicola OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Other klebsiella spp KPC 1 2 - - - -
Mixta              
Mixta calida KPC 1 - - - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii NDM 1 - - - - -
Pantoea              
Pantoea septica KPC - - - 1 - -
Other pantoea spp NDM - - 1 - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM 3 - 2 1 1 -
  VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other 2 - 1 2 - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Other raoultella spp KPC - 1 - - - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica IMP 1 - - - - -
  NDM - 1 - 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 2026/26 2026/27 2026/28 2026/29 2026/30 2026/31
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM - - - 1 - -
Other acinetobacter spp NDM - - 1 - 2 -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP 1 1 1 - - -
  NDM - 1 1 - 1 -
  VIM - - 1 1 - -
  Other 1 2 2 2 2 1
Pseudomonas putida group VIM 1 - - - - -
Other              
  KPC 1 - 1 - - -
  NDM - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 1 1 - 1 - -
  Other - 1 - - - -