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NOIDs causative agents: week 35 (week ending 29 August 2026)

Updated 1 September 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 2026/30 2026/31 2026/32 2026/33 2026/34 2026/35
Arboviruses            
West Nile Virus 1 - - 1 1 -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 72 68 61 72 58 46
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 4 7 2 5 1 7
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 81 96 92 66 56 46
Borrelia other named - - - 1 - -
Borrelia sp 10 5 20 7 16 7
Brucella            
Brucella sp - 1 1 1 - 3
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei - 2 1 - - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 36 67 61 60 62 42
Campylobacter concisus - - 1 - - -
Campylobacter fetus 1 - 1 - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 338 363 295 368 314 229
Campylobacter lari - - - - - 1
Campylobacter other named 7 3 2 3 1 2
Campylobacter rectus - - - - - 1
Campylobacter sp 1,348 1,235 1,207 1,260 1,276 1,174
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 2 1 1 3 -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 2 - 1 - 1 2
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 3 2 - 1 5 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 50 31 30 35 41 45
Clostridium tetani - - - 1 - -
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 24 26 15 19 18 22
Human coronavirus nl63 - - - - - 2
Human coronavirus oc43 - - - - 1 -
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 121 200 239 296 287 377
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 4 7 7 2 1 -
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 22 20 18 17 21 39
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 4 8 9 5 11 9
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 5 9 5 8 7 7
Corynebacterium ulcerans - 1 1 1 - 1
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - 2 1 - - 1
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 1 - 3 4 3 -
Cryptosporidium meleagridis - - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 19 12 9 27 20 15
Cryptosporidium sp 67 69 48 36 81 91
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - - - - - 1
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 3 1 5 2 5 2
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 27 21 23 30 36 26
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 4 7 7 3 16 8
Giardia            
Giardia intestinalis 1 1 6 3 5 5
Giardia sp 117 85 106 134 143 108
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 62 55 48 53 54 54
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 13 7 13 14 15 9
Hepatitis B 304 216 316 268 280 242
Hepatitis C 254 247 227 223 245 242
Hepatitis D 4 5 4 2 3 6
Hepatitis E 44 37 34 35 38 53
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 116 152 153 232 304 310
Influenza B 37 29 36 48 52 39
Influenza indeterminate 1 2 - - 2 2
Influenza ungrouped 4 2 2 3 5 12
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - - 1 - - -
Legionella pneumophila 13 4 7 - 4 13
Legionella sp 5 7 5 4 2 3
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 12 5 3 3 8 2
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 133 126 112 96 119 90
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 21 16 24 22 12 9
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus positive 8 5 8 10 16 16
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 9 9 7 9 11 4
Mumps virus 7 5 5 6 3 2
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - - 31 - 1 -
Plasmodium malariae - - 2 - - -
Plasmodium ovale - - 1 - - -
Plasmodium vivax - - 1 - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 78 72 83 87 56 69
Polyomavirus JC 14 8 11 9 7 13
Polyomavirus untyped 28 12 12 17 11 18
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii - 1 - - 1 -
Rickettsia spotted fever - 1 - 2 1 -
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi - - - - 1 1
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 1 1 6 1 1 2
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 68 78 63 67 33 23
Salmonella chester - - 6 6 - -
Salmonella enterica 10 9 8 - 6 -
Salmonella enteritidis 168 137 150 149 72 38
Salmonella infantis - 5 - 5 - -
Salmonella java - - - 5 - -
Salmonella kentucky 6 - 5 - - -
Salmonella newport 9 9 6 7 - -
Salmonella ohio - - - - 5 -
Salmonella panama - 5 - - - -
Salmonella poona - - 6 - - -
Salmonella saint-paul - - 5 7 - -
Salmonella sp 68 49 31 88 263 340
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi - 9 12 13 12 8
Salmonella typhimurium 45 41 25 35 24 10
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 2 - - 1 2 1
Shigella flexneri 15 16 10 15 7 11
Shigella sonnei 18 11 11 19 9 12
Shigella sp 39 41 38 43 65 66
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 63 61 56 61 150 57
Streptococcus pneumoniae 67 81 53 81 63 71
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - 2 - - 1 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 2026/30 2026/31 2026/32 2026/33 2026/34 2026/35
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC - 1 1 1 - -
  NDM 2 1 2 4 2 -
  OXA48 4 3 1 2 2 3
  VIM - - - - - 1
  Other 1 - - - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 7 1 5 3 - -
  KPC 3 6 7 3 6 1
  NDM 16 22 25 18 9 3
  OXA48 3 6 4 5 5 -
  VIM - - - - 1 -
  Other 4 2 1 1 1 1
Enterobacter roggenkampii NDM - - - - 1 -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Other enterobacter spp IMP 1 - - - - -
  KPC - - 1 - - -
  VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - - 1 2 - -
  KPC - 2 2 4 5 -
  NDM 21 15 26 31 16 4
  OXA48 22 23 21 29 17 5
  VIM - 1 - 1 - -
  Other 4 1 3 3 5 1
Escherichia hermannii NDM - 1 - - - -
Ewingella              
Ewingella americana Other - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes NDM - 1 - 1 - -
  OXA48 - 1 1 - - -
  Other 2 - - - - 1
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 1 - 1 1 3 1
  NDM - 1 - - - 1
  OXA48 - - 1 1 1 -
  VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - 3 2 2 - -
  KPC 9 14 10 5 6 3
  NDM 8 12 11 12 9 1
  OXA48 16 19 17 22 10 3
  VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other 3 3 3 2 1 1
Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp ozenae NDM - - 1 - - -
Other klebsiella spp KPC - 1 - - - -
  NDM - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata NDM - - - - 1 -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM 1 1 3 1 - -
  Other - - - 2 - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica KPC - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
Raoultella terrigena 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 2026/30 2026/31 2026/32 2026/33 2026/34 2026/35
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii Other - 1 - 1 - 1
Acinetobacter bereziniae Other - - - - 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 - - 2 - 1
  Other 3 2 1 1 1 2
Pseudomonas putida group VIM - - - 1 - -
Pseudomonas stutzeri group VIM 1 - - - - -
Other              
  KPC - - - - 1 -