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NOIDs causative agents: week 39 (week ending 27 September 2026)

Updated 2 October 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 2026/34 2026/35 2026/36 2026/37 2026/38 2026/39
Arboviruses                
West Nile Virus 1 - - 1 1 -    
Bacillus                
Bacillus cereus 58 47 40 36 46 45    
Bordetella                
Bordetella pertussis 1 8 5 10 3 5    
Borrelia                
Borrelia burgdorferi 60 47 34 60 59 45    
Borrelia sp 12 7 3 8 7 11    
Brucella                
Brucella melitensis - 1 - - - -    
Brucella sp 1 3 - 2 - -    
Campylobacter                
Campylobacter coli 63 48 40 44 32 25    
Campylobacter fetus - - - - 1 -    
Campylobacter jejuni 325 261 273 270 294 263    
Campylobacter lari - 1 - - - -    
Campylobacter other named 1 2 2 1 1 3    
Campylobacter rectus - 1 - - - 1    
Campylobacter sp 1,267 1,149 933 1,156 1,055 1,218    
Campylobacter upsaliensis 3 - 1 - - -    
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 2 - - 1 1    
Chikungunya virus                
Chikungunya virus 5 1 2 1 2 1    
Clostridium                
Clostridium perfringens 41 45 37 38 29 34    
Coronavirus                
Coronavirus 18 22 23 23 30 56    
Human coronavirus 229e - - - - - 2    
Human coronavirus nl63 - 2 - - - -    
Human coronavirus oc43 1 - 1 - - 1    
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 288 377 504 772 1,147 1,510    
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 1 - 5 162 3 15    
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative - - - 1 - 1    
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 21 39 21 20 27 16    
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 11 9 8 6 13 14    
Corynebacterium                
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 7 7 6 2 3 4    
Corynebacterium ulcerans - 2 3 2 - 3    
Coxiella                
Coxiella burnetii - 1 - - 1 -    
Cryptosporidium                
Cryptosporidium hominis 6 - 2 1 2 3    
Cryptosporidium parvum 27 15 5 12 5 9    
Cryptosporidium sp 71 91 107 137 130 105    
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - 1 - - - -    
Entamoeba                
Entamoeba histolytica 5 2 5 1 1 3    
Escherichia                
Escherichia coli O 157 38 35 24 46 20 14    
Flaviviruses                
Dengue virus 16 8 2 11 7 8    
Giardia                
Giardia intestinalis 6 5 7 3 1 2    
Giardia sp 143 109 119 144 131 151    
Haemophilus                
Haemophilus influenzae 55 55 43 38 53 48    
Hepatitis viruses                
Hepatitis A 15 9 16 24 29 30    
Hepatitis B 293 260 240 265 243 284    
Hepatitis C 245 258 215 212 200 250    
Hepatitis D 3 6 2 5 7 8    
Hepatitis E 38 55 31 33 51 41    
Influenza virus                
Influenza A 305 311 327 506 636 855    
Influenza B 52 39 21 37 54 67    
Influenza indeterminate 2 2 3 2 - 4    
Influenza ungrouped 5 12 4 9 26 44    
Legionella                
Legionella cherrii - - - 1 - 1    
Legionella longbeachae - - 1 - - -    
Legionella pneumophila 4 15 10 16 14 28    
Legionella sp 2 2 2 5 9 16    
Listeria                
Listeria monocytogenes 8 2 4 5 2 -    
Mycobacterium                
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 132 106 104 105 83 87    
Neisseria                
Neisseria meningitidis 12 10 29 20 30 16    
Orthopoxvirus                
Mpox virus positive 16 16 12 24 15 21    
Paramyxoviruses                
Measles virus 11 4 5 11 9 5    
Mumps virus 3 2 2 1 4 5    
Plasmodium                
Plasmodium falciparum 1 - - 3 - 19    
Plasmodium ovale - - - - - 2    
Polyomavirus                
Polyomavirus BK 56 69 69 81 69 80    
Polyomavirus JC 7 13 12 15 10 16    
Polyomavirus untyped 11 18 27 10 22 25    
Rickettsia                
Rickettsia prowazekii 1 - 1 - - -    
Rickettsia sp - - - 1 - -    
Rickettsia spotted fever 1 - 1 1 1 -    
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi 1 1 1 - 1 1    
Rubella virus                
Rubella virus 1 2 - 1 5 3    
Salmonella                
Other salmonellas 70 87 84 76 42 25    
Salmonella agona - - - 6 - -    
Salmonella anatum - 6 - - - -    
Salmonella blockley - - 6 - - -    
Salmonella chester 12 10 - 9 - -    
Salmonella coeln 8 - - - - -    
Salmonella enterica 7 6 9 7 10 -    
Salmonella enteritidis 174 190 156 136 65 38    
Salmonella infantis 7 7 - 6 7 -    
Salmonella muenster 5 5 - - - -    
Salmonella newport 7 8 6 - - -    
Salmonella ohio 7 - - - - -    
Salmonella saint-paul 5 - 6 - - -    
Salmonella sp 51 54 62 137 254 294    
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 12 12 21 20 35 21    
Salmonella typhimurium 50 42 37 70 40 43    
Salmonella virchow - - - 5 - -    
Shigella                
Shigella boydii 2 2 2 1 1 2    
Shigella flexneri 7 17 13 13 5 11    
Shigella sonnei 10 17 24 26 19 26    
Shigella sp 64 54 57 94 81 69    
Streptococcus                
Streptococcus group A 151 60 38 49 49 41    
Streptococcus pneumoniae 65 71 71 49 53 58    
Vibrio                
Vibrio cholerae 1 1 - 3 - 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 2026/34 2026/35 2026/36 2026/37 2026/38 2026/39
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - - - - 1 -
  KPC - 1 2 1 2 -
  NDM 3 1 6 - 2 -
  OXA48 3 5 9 8 3 -
  VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other - 1 - - 1 1
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 1 1 3 6 2 -
  KPC 6 2 1 5 5 1
  NDM 10 13 9 10 7 3
  OXA48 5 2 7 7 5 1
  VIM 1 - 2 1 - 1
  Other 1 1 4 5 1 1
Enterobacter roggenkampii NDM 1 - - - - -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Other enterobacter spp KPC - 1 2 - - -
  NDM - - - - 1 -
  Other - - - 1 1 -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - 2 1 1 3 -
  KPC 6 6 1 4 1 1
  NDM 21 21 19 26 31 7
  OXA48 24 22 35 47 30 9
  Other 7 8 5 4 2 2
Escherichia hermannii IMP - 1 - - - -
Other escherichia spp OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes OXA48 - - - - - 1
  VIM - - - - 1 -
  Other - 1 1 - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP - - - - 1 -
  KPC 3 1 1 - 3 1
  NDM - 1 3 1 1 -
  OXA48 1 2 2 2 - -
  Other - - 1 1 - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae KPC 7 9 7 9 11 -
  NDM 12 9 9 5 10 1
  OXA48 14 12 10 22 9 -
  Other 1 3 7 4 3 -
Klebsiella variicola IMP - 1 - - - -
  KPC - - 1 - - -
  VIM - - - 1 - -
Other klebsiella spp IMP - - - - 1 -
  KPC - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata NDM 1 - - - - -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii NDM - - 1 - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM - 2 5 3 - -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
  Other - 2 3 2 1 -
Providencia              
Providencia spp NDM - - 1 - - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica KPC 1 - - - - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica OXA48 1 - - - - -
  VIM 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 2026/34 2026/35 2026/36 2026/37 2026/38 2026/39
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM 1 1 1 - 1 -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Acinetobacter bereziniae Other 1 - - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - 1 1 1 - 1
  NDM - 1 1 1 2 -
  VIM - 2 2 - - 1
  Other 1 2 5 2 3 2
Pseudomonas putida group IMP - - 1 - - -
  NDM - - 1 - - -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Other pseudomonas spp VIM - - 1 - - -
Other              
  KPC 1 - - - - -
  Other - - - - 1 -