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NOIDs causative agents: week 41 (week ending 11 October 2026)

Updated 13 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 2026/36 2026/37 2026/38 2026/39 2026/40 2026/41
Arboviruses            
West Nile Virus - 1 1 - - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 40 36 47 45 43 42
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 5 10 3 5 6 4
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 34 62 63 48 49 39
Borrelia sp 3 8 4 11 11 14
Brucella            
Brucella sp - 2 - - 1 4
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei - - - - 1 -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 40 44 32 30 34 28
Campylobacter fetus - - 1 - 1 -
Campylobacter jejuni 274 271 296 310 272 246
Campylobacter other named 2 1 1 3 2 2
Campylobacter rectus - - - 1 - -
Campylobacter sp 933 1,157 1,054 1,174 1,198 1,104
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 - - - 1 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - - 1 1 3 -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 2 1 2 1 1 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 37 38 29 34 31 33
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 23 23 30 57 38 58
Human coronavirus 229e - - - 2 - -
Human coronavirus nl63 - - - - 2 1
Human coronavirus oc43 1 - - 1 - 2
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 504 772 1,143 1,511 2,078 2,204
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 5 162 3 24 23 31
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative - 1 - 1 - -
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 21 20 27 16 23 23
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 8 6 13 14 7 15
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 6 2 3 5 4 4
Corynebacterium ulcerans 3 2 - 3 - 1
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium hominis 2 2 3 5 - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 5 12 5 13 6 3
Cryptosporidium sp 108 136 130 99 96 85
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 5 1 2 3 4 1
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 24 46 21 19 25 24
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 2 11 7 8 11 5
Giardia            
Giardia intestinalis 7 3 1 2 7 6
Giardia sp 119 145 131 152 129 132
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 43 38 53 49 49 41
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 16 24 29 30 29 31
Hepatitis B 242 269 244 316 273 221
Hepatitis C 214 213 200 266 221 247
Hepatitis D 2 5 7 8 4 5
Hepatitis E 31 33 51 43 54 33
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 329 506 637 859 1469 1519
Influenza B 21 37 54 67 97 108
Influenza indeterminate 3 2 - 4 4 -
Influenza ungrouped 4 9 26 44 41 29
Legionella            
Legionella cherrii - 1 - 1 - -
Legionella longbeachae 1 - - - 1 -
Legionella pneumophila 10 17 14 33 20 15
Legionella sp 2 4 9 12 10 1
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 4 5 2 - 2 2
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 107 106 84 93 78 71
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 29 20 30 16 12 17
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus positive 12 24 15 21 18 26
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 5 11 9 5 9 8
Mumps virus 2 1 4 5 2 3
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - 4 - 19 - -
Plasmodium ovale - 1 - 2 - -
Plasmodium vivax - - - - - 1
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 69 81 69 80 51 66
Polyomavirus JC 12 15 10 16 10 11
Polyomavirus untyped 27 10 22 26 12 4
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii 1 - - - - -
Rickettsia rickettsii - - - - - 1
Rickettsia sp - 1 - - - -
Rickettsia spotted fever 1 1 1 - - -
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi 1 - 1 1 1 -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus - 1 5 3 5 1
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 87 84 80 64 65 32
Salmonella agona - 7 6 5 - -
Salmonella bareilly - 5 - - - -
Salmonella blockley 6 - - - - -
Salmonella chester - 10 7 8 - -
Salmonella enterica 9 8 11 5 - -
Salmonella enteritidis 156 165 148 140 89 24
Salmonella infantis - 8 10 5 - -
Salmonella kentucky - - 7 - - -
Salmonella mikawasima - - 6 - - -
Salmonella montevideo - - 6 - - -
Salmonella newport 6 5 - - - -
Salmonella oranienburg - - 5 - - -
Salmonella saint-paul 6 - - - - -
Salmonella sp 60 71 56 70 159 242
Salmonella strathcona - 6 - 6 - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 21 20 37 28 25 11
Salmonella typhimurium 37 78 79 85 39 22
Salmonella virchow - 6 - 5 - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 2 1 1 2 1 -
Shigella flexneri 13 13 8 14 26 10
Shigella sonnei 24 27 20 29 28 16
Shigella sp 57 93 77 64 54 67
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 38 50 49 41 49 51
Streptococcus pneumoniae 71 49 54 60 124 85
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - 3 - 3 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 2026/36 2026/37 2026/38 2026/39 2026/40 2026/41
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - - 1 1 - -
  KPC 2 1 2 - - 1
  NDM 6 - 2 - - 1
  OXA48 9 8 3 6 3 -
  Other - - 1 2 - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 5 6 4 1 - 1
  KPC 1 5 5 5 9 1
  NDM 9 10 9 11 15 5
  OXA48 7 7 6 7 4 2
  VIM 2 1 - 1 1 -
  Other 4 5 1 1 5 2
Other enterobacter spp KPC 2 1 - - - -
  NDM - - 1 - - -
  Other - 1 1 - 1 -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 1 1 3 1 1 -
  KPC 1 5 1 3 3 1
  NDM 23 27 36 28 32 10
  OXA48 37 51 37 40 40 7
  Other 5 5 4 7 7 5
Other escherichia spp OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes OXA48 - - - 1 1 -
  VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other 1 - - - - 1
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP - - 1 - - -
  KPC 1 1 3 1 - -
  NDM 3 1 1 - 1 -
  OXA48 2 3 - - - -
  Other 1 1 - - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - - - - 1 -
  KPC 7 9 11 3 5 1
  NDM 9 5 10 8 11 1
  OXA48 11 23 9 15 9 1
  VIM - - 1 - 1 -
  Other 7 4 5 5 3 1
Klebsiella variicola KPC 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - 1
  VIM - 1 - - - -
Other klebsiella spp IMP - - 1 - - -
  KPC - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii NDM 1 - - - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM 5 3 - 1 2 -
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -
  Other 3 2 1 - 2 -
Providencia              
Providencia spp NDM 1 - - - - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica OXA48 - - - 2 - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica NDM - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - - - 2 - -
Other serratia spp 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 2026/36 2026/37 2026/38 2026/39 2026/40 2026/41
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM 1 - 1 1 - 1
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP 1 1 - 1 - -
  NDM 1 1 3 - - -
  VIM 2 - 1 - - 1
  Other 4 3 8 4 1 1
Pseudomonas putida group IMP 1 - - - - -
  NDM 1 - - - - -
  VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other 1 - - - 1 -
Other pseudomonas spp VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other - - - 1 1 -
Other              
  KPC - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
  Other - - 1 - - -