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NOIDs causative agents: week 33 (week ending 15 August 2026)

Updated 19 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 2026/28 2026/29 2026/30 2026/31 2026/32 2026/33
Arboviruses            
West Nile Virus 1 - 1 - - 1
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 51 64 71 68 61 70
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 2 4 4 7 4 5
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 80 195 79 94 91 62
Borrelia other named - 2 - - - 1
Borrelia sp 16 12 12 5 21 11
Brucella            
Brucella canis - 1 - - - -
Brucella sp - 2 - - 1 1
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei - 1 - 2 1 -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 56 64 36 67 61 52
Campylobacter concisus - - - - 1 -
Campylobacter fetus - 1 1 - 1 -
Campylobacter gracilis 1 1 - - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 332 321 329 362 295 327
Campylobacter lari 1 1 - - - -
Campylobacter other named 1 3 7 3 2 3
Campylobacter sp 1,363 1,193 1,357 1,238 1,204 1,297g
Campylobacter upsaliensis - 1 1 1 1 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - 3 2 - 1 -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 2 - 3 2 - 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 34 42 50 31 30 35
Clostridium tetani - - - - - 1
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 21 19 24 26 16 19
Human coronavirus 229e 1 1 - - - -
Human coronavirus hku1 1 1 - - - -
Human coronavirus nl63 1 1 - - - -
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 109 111 121 200 239 301
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 1 - 4 7 7 2
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative - 1 - - - -
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 21 22 22 20 18 17
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 1 8 4 8 9 5
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 1 7 5 9 5 8
Corynebacterium ulcerans - 1 - 1 1 1
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - 1 - 2 1 -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium hominis 7 2 1 - 3 -
Cryptosporidium parvum 58 19 19 11 8 10
Cryptosporidium sp 55 53 67 70 49 59
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum 1 - - - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 7 5 3 1 5 2
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 14 23 27 21 23 22
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 11 4 4 7 7 3
Giardia            
Giardia intestinalis 5 1 1 1 6 3
Giardia sp 120 118 117 85 106 135
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 100 59 62 55 48 53
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 13 18 13 7 13 14
Hepatitis B 278 313 301 214 313 245
Hepatitis C 227 231 253 247 225 212
Hepatitis D 12 5 4 5 4 2
Hepatitis E 42 572 43 37 34 35
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 68 95 116 152 152 232
Influenza B 41 44 37 29 36 47
Influenza indeterminate - - 1 2 - -
Influenza ungrouped 1 3 4 2 2 3
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - - - - 1 -
Legionella pneumophila 14 7 13 3 7 -
Legionella sp 7 1 5 8 6 4
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 10 5 12 5 3 3
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 123 92 128 117 106 88
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 15 25 21 16 24 22
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus positive 5 18 8 5 8 10
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 24 6 9 9 7 9
Mumps virus 8 3 7 5 5 5
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 4 3 - - 31 -
Plasmodium malariae - - - - 2 -
Plasmodium ovale - - - - 1 -
Plasmodium vivax - - - - 1 -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 97 67 78 72 83 87
Polyomavirus JC 12 6 14 8 11 9
Polyomavirus untyped 21 5 28 12 12 17
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii - - - 1 - -
Rickettsia spotted fever 2 1 - 1 - 2
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 4 7 1 1 6 1
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 80 79 66 79 31 20
Salmonella agona - 5 - - - -
Salmonella enterica - - 10 9 5 -
Salmonella enteritidis 107 115 166 132 69 37
Salmonella infantis - - - 5 - -
Salmonella java 5 - - - - -
Salmonella kentucky 5 - 6 - - -
Salmonella mikawasima 8 - - - - -
Salmonella newport - - 9 9 - -
Salmonella oranienburg 22 6 - - - -
Salmonella poona - - - - 5 -
Salmonella sp 61 39 72 60 180 309
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 13 8 - 9 11 10
Salmonella typhimurium 46 59 45 39 16 7
Shigella            
Shigella boydii - - 2 - - 2
Shigella flexneri 11 11 14 16 8 9
Shigella sonnei 14 13 18 11 11 14
Shigella sp 43 24 40 41 40 54
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 97 50 63 61 56 59
Streptococcus pneumoniae 81 65 67 81 53 79
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 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 2026/28 2026/29 2026/30 2026/31 2026/32 2026/33
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - 1 - - - -
  KPC 2 - - 1 1 -
  NDM 7 6 2 1 2 -
  OXA48 7 6 4 3 1 -
  Other 1 1 1 - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 5 4 6 1 3 1
  KPC 7 6 3 6 7 2
  NDM 13 20 15 20 22 10
  OXA48 4 4 3 6 2 1
  VIM 1 1 - - - -
  Other 1 5 4 2 1 -
Other enterobacter spp IMP - 1 1 - - -
  NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
  VIM - - - - - 1
  Other 1 - - - - 1
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 3 1 - - 1 -
  KPC 2 2 - 2 1 2
  NDM 17 23 21 15 24 9
  OXA48 24 24 22 23 17 9
  Other 6 6 4 1 3 3
Escherichia hermannii NDM 1 - - 1 - -
Escherichia vulneris KPC - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes NDM - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - 3 - 1 - -
  Other - - 2 - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP 1 - - - - -
  KPC - 2 1 - 1 1
  NDM - 1 - 1 - -
  OXA48 3 1 - - 1 -
  VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 1 1 - 3 1 -
  KPC 14 9 8 13 9 -
  NDM 16 13 6 12 8 2
  OXA48 8 15 16 19 13 7
  VIM 2 - - - 1 -
  Other 2 2 3 3 3 1
Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp ozenae NDM - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella variicola OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Other klebsiella spp NDM - 1 - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Pantoea              
Pantoea septica KPC - 1 - - - -
Other pantoea spp NDM 1 - - - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM 2 1 1 1 3 -
  Other 1 2 - - - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica NDM - 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 2026/28 2026/29 2026/30 2026/31 2026/32 2026/33
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM - 1 - - - -
  Other - - - 1 - 1
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus/baumannii complex NDM - - - 1 - -
Acinetobacter variabilis NDM - - - - 1 -
Other acinetobacter spp NDM 1 - 2 - 1 -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP 1 - - 1 - -
  NDM 1 - 2 1 - 1
  VIM 1 1 1 - - -
  Other 2 2 3 2 1 1
Pseudomonas stutzeri group VIM - - 1 - - -
Other              
  KPC 1 - - - - -
  NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -