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NOIDs causative agents: week 34 (week ending 22 August 2026)

Updated 25 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 2026/29 2026/30 2026/31 2026/32 2026/33 2026/34
Arboviruses            
West Nile Virus - 1 - 1 1 1
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 64 72 68 61 72 57
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 4 4 7 2 5 1
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 195 80 96 92 65 56
Borrelia other named 2 - - - 1 -
Borrelia sp 12 11 5 20 8 16
Brucella            
Brucella canis 1 - - - - -
Brucella sp 2 - 1 1 1 -
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei 1 - 2 1 - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 64 36 67 61 60 55
Campylobacter concisus - - - 1 - -
Campylobacter fetus 1 1 - 1 - -
Campylobacter gracilis 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 322 329 363 295 367 284
Campylobacter lari 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter other named 3 7 3 2 3 1
Campylobacter sp 1,194 1,357 1,235 1,207 1,261 1,314
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 1 2 1 1 3
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 3 2 - 1 - 1
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - 3 2 - 1 5
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 42 50 31 30 35 42
Clostridium tetani - - - - 1 -
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 19 24 26 15 19 18
Human coronavirus 229e 1 - - - - -
Human coronavirus hku1 1 - - - - -
Human coronavirus nl63 1 - - - - -
Human coronavirus oc43 - - - - - 1
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 111 121 200 239 301 292
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate - 4 7 7 2 1
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 1 - - - - -
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 22 22 20 18 17 21
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 8 4 8 9 5 11
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 7 5 9 5 8 7
Corynebacterium ulcerans 1 - 1 1 1 -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii 1 - 2 1 - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - - - - 1 -
Cryptosporidium hominis 2 1 - 3 4 3
Cryptosporidium meleagridis - - - - 1 -
Cryptosporidium parvum 19 19 12 9 27 21
Cryptosporidium sp 52 67 69 48 36 79
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum 1 - - - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 5 3 1 5 2 5
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 23 27 21 23 28 25
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 4 4 7 7 3 15
Giardia            
Giardia intestinalis 1 1 1 6 3 1
Giardia sp 118 117 85 106 134 144
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 59 62 55 48 53 54
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 18 13 7 13 14 14
Hepatitis B 313 301 215 313 257 264
Hepatitis C 232 254 247 227 218 230
Hepatitis D 5 4 5 4 2 3
Hepatitis E 572 43 37 34 35 37
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 95 116 152 153 232 312
Influenza B 44 37 29 36 48 52
Influenza indeterminate - 1 2 - - 2
Influenza ungrouped 3 4 2 2 3 5
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - - - 1 - -
Legionella pneumophila 7 13 4 7 - 4
Legionella sp 1 5 7 5 4 2
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 5 12 5 3 3 9
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 95 132 125 111 92 117
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 25 21 16 24 22 12
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus positive 18 8 5 8 10 23
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 6 9 9 7 9 11
Mumps virus 3 7 5 5 6 3
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 3 - - 31 - 1
Plasmodium malariae - - - 2 - -
Plasmodium ovale - - - 1 - -
Plasmodium vivax - - - 1 - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 67 78 72 83 87 56
Polyomavirus JC 6 14 8 11 9 7
Polyomavirus untyped 5 28 12 12 17 11
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii - - 1 - - 1
Rickettsia spotted fever 1 - 1 - 2 1
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi - - - - - 1
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 7 1 1 6 1 1
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 79 68 78 65 42 31
Salmonella agona 5 - - - - -
Salmonella chester - - - 6 - -
Salmonella enterica - 10 9 8 - -
Salmonella enteritidis 115 168 137 142 79 41
Salmonella infantis - - 5 - - -
Salmonella kentucky - 6 - 5 - -
Salmonella newport - 9 9 5 - -
Salmonella oranienburg 6 - - - - -
Salmonella panama - - 5 - - -
Salmonella poona - - - 5 - -
Salmonella sp 38 68 50 44 232 328
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 8 - 9 12 13 8
Salmonella typhimurium 59 45 40 25 16 14
Shigella            
Shigella boydii - 2 - - 2 2
Shigella flexneri 11 15 16 9 12 4
Shigella sonnei 12 18 11 11 16 8
Shigella sp 24 39 41 39 50 72
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 50 63 61 56 60 152
Streptococcus pneumoniae 65 67 81 53 81 64
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - - 2 - - 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) Division.

Week notification received 2026/29 2026/30 2026/31 2026/32 2026/33 2026/34
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP 1 - - - - -
  KPC - - 1 1 1 -
  NDM 6 2 1 2 4 -
  OXA48 6 4 3 1 2 1
  Other 1 1 - - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 4 6 1 5 2 -
  KPC 6 3 6 7 2 4
  NDM 20 15 20 24 16 1
  OXA48 4 3 6 4 5 1
  VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other 5 4 2 1 1 1
Other enterobacter spp IMP 1 1 - - - -
  VIM - - - - 1 -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 1 - - 1 1 -
  KPC 2 - 2 1 4 2
  NDM 23 21 15 26 31 5
  OXA48 24 22 23 21 27 5
  VIM - - - - 1 -
  Other 6 4 1 3 3 1
Escherichia hermannii NDM - - 1 - - -
Escherichia vulneris KPC 1 - - - - -
Ewingella              
Ewingella americana Other - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes NDM - - 1 - 1 -
  OXA48 3 - 1 1 - -
  Other - 2 - - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 2 1 - 1 1 2
  NDM 1 - 1 - - -
  OXA48 1 - - 1 1 -
  VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 1 - 3 1 2 -
  KPC 9 8 13 9 5 3
  NDM 13 7 12 11 11 4
  OXA48 15 16 19 17 22 4
  VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other 2 3 3 3 2 1
Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp ozenae NDM - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella variicola OXA48 1 - - - - -
Other klebsiella spp KPC - - 1 - - -
  NDM 1 - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Pantoea              
Pantoea septica KPC 1 - - - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM 1 1 1 3 1 -
  Other 2 - - - 2 -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Raoultella terrigena 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 2026/29 2026/30 2026/31 2026/32 2026/33 2026/34
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM 1 - - - - -
  Other - - 1 - 1 -
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus/baumannii complex NDM - - 1 - - -
Acinetobacter variabilis NDM - - - 1 - -
Other acinetobacter spp NDM - 2 - 1 - -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - - 1 - 1 -
  NDM - 2 1 - 1 -
  VIM 1 1 - - 2 -
  Other 2 3 2 1 1 1
Pseudomonas putida group VIM - - - - 1 -
Pseudomonas stutzeri group VIM - 1 - - - -
Other              
  OXA48 1 - - - - -