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NOIDs causative agents: week 44 (week ending 1 November 2026)

Updated 5 November 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 2026/39 2026/40 2026/41 2026/42 2026/43 2026/44
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 45 44 42 40 35 44
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 5 6 4 5 2 3
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 48 50 43 41 36 49
Borrelia other named - - - - 1 -
Borrelia sp 11 10 10 10 10 8
Brucella            
Brucella sp - 1 4 1 - -
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 30 34 31 53 35 34
Campylobacter fetus - 1 - - - 1
Campylobacter jejuni 310 273 286 287 276 225
Campylobacter lari - - - 1 - -
Campylobacter other named 3 2 2 3 2 3
Campylobacter rectus 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter sp 1,176 1,200 1,065 1,088 1,029 1,047
Campylobacter upsaliensis - 1 1 - - 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 3 - 3 - 2
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 1 1 2 1 - 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 34 31 33 35 44 39
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 57 38 63 26 108 97
Human coronavirus 229e 2 - - 1 - -
Human coronavirus nl63 - 2 1 - 2 -
Human coronavirus oc43 1 - 2 - 1 2
SARS coronavirus - - - - 1 2
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 1,517 2,080 2,203 2,401 2,289 2,189
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 24 23 31 16 28 32
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 1 - - - - -
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 16 23 23 24 14 20
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 14 7 33 2 12 19
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 5 4 4 6 9 4
Corynebacterium ulcerans 3 - 1 1 - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium hominis 5 - 1 2 2 1
Cryptosporidium parvum 13 7 4 8 14 7
Cryptosporidium sp 100 95 87 76 88 94
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 3 4 1 2 2 4
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 20 25 28 23 21 11
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 8 11 5 5 5 7
Giardia            
Giardia intestinalis 2 7 6 12 2 4
Giardia sp 152 128 135 117 127 99
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 49 49 42 59 73 39
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 30 29 32 32 21 26
Hepatitis B 322 284 259 290 274 229
Hepatitis C 266 225 259 203 214 214
Hepatitis D 8 4 7 5 9 8
Hepatitis E 43 54 37 43 37 40
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 862 1,471 1,544 1,870 1,994 2,369
Influenza B 67 97 109 106 144 116
Influenza indeterminate 4 4 - 8 2 14
Influenza ungrouped 44 41 29 29 32 36
Legionella            
Legionella cherrii 1 - - - - -
Legionella longbeachae - 1 - - - -
Legionella pneumophila 33 20 16 7 11 12
Legionella sp 12 10 1 2 3 5
Leptospira            
Leptospira interrogans - - - - 1 -
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes - 2 2 4 6 3
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 94 84 83 87 79 81
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 16 12 18 19 30 29
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus positive 21 18 27 25 22 24
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 5 9 8 8 9 11
Mumps virus 5 2 3 3 9 4
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 19 - - - 5 -
Plasmodium ovale 2 - - - 1 -
Plasmodium vivax - - 1 - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 80 51 66 80 77 53
Polyomavirus JC 16 10 11 10 9 9
Polyomavirus untyped 26 12 4 21 25 14
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii - - - - 1 -
Rickettsia rickettsii - - 1 - - -
Rickettsia sp - - - - 1 -
Rickettsia spotted fever - - - - 1 1
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi 1 1 - 1 1 1
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 3 5 2 2 4 1
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 73 84 77 66 43 27
Salmonella agona 5 - - 5 - -
Salmonella braenderup - - - 5 - -
Salmonella chester 9 5 5 6 - -
Salmonella enterica 5 - - - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 151 148 92 106 53 28
Salmonella infantis 6 6 5 - - -
Salmonella java - - 7 - - -
Salmonella kentucky - 5 - - 5 -
Salmonella mikawasima - - - 6 - -
Salmonella muenster - 5 - - - -
Salmonella newport - - 8 6 - -
Salmonella saint-paul - 5 5 6 - -
Salmonella sp 40 32 51 30 92 153
Salmonella strathcona 8 9 7 7 - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 29 25 18 9 9 7
Salmonella typhimurium 91 56 54 45 33 17
Salmonella virchow 5 - - - - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 2 1 - - 1 -
Shigella dysenteriae - - 1 - - -
Shigella flexneri 14 27 17 19 16 15
Shigella sonnei 29 28 22 17 4 17
Shigella sp 64 52 55 65 47 67
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 43 53 49 48 57 66
Streptococcus pneumoniae 60 124 93 116 119 127
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 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 2026/39 2026/40 2026/41 2026/42 2026/43 2026/44
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP 1 - - - - -
  KPC - - 1 - 1 -
  NDM - 1 4 - 2 1
  OXA48 6 3 2 6 - 1
  Other 2 - 1 1 - 1
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 1 - 3 2 3 1
  KPC 5 10 4 9 3 1
  NDM 11 18 13 12 13 3
  OXA48 7 6 9 10 7 3
  VIM 1 1 - 1 1 -
  Other 1 5 4 5 2 1
Other enterobacter spp IMP - - 1 - - -
  Other - 1 - 1 - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 1 1 1 - 1 -
  KPC 3 3 5 3 4 -
  NDM 28 34 21 21 27 4
  OXA48 41 42 30 29 27 6
  VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other 7 7 8 5 7 1
Escherichia vulneris KPC - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes NDM - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 1 1 1 - 2 -
  Other - - 2 - 1 -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 1 - 2 - 1 2
  NDM - 1 - 1 1 -
  OXA48 - - - 2 1 -
  VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - 1 1 1 1 1
  KPC 3 7 6 8 4 -
  NDM 12 12 12 9 10 5
  OXA48 16 10 6 4 10 5
  VIM - 1 1 3 - -
  Other 5 3 2 5 5 1
Klebsiella variicola KPC - - - 1 - -
  NDM - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 1 - 1 - 1 -
Other klebsiella spp OXA48 - 1 - - 1 -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - - - - 1 -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM 1 2 4 3 1 -
  OXA48 - - - - - 1
  VIM - - - 1 - 1
  Other - 2 1 1 - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica OXA48 2 - - - 1 -
Raoultella planticola (klebsiella planticola) OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Other raoultella spp KPC - - - - 1 -
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 2026/39 2026/40 2026/41 2026/42 2026/43 2026/44
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM 1 - 1 - - 1
  Other - - 1 1 - -
Acinetobacter variabilis NDM - 1 - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP 1 - - - 2 -
  VIM - - 2 2 2 -
  Other 4 1 4 4 2 1
Pseudomonas putida group Other - 1 - - - -
Other pseudomonas spp VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other 1 1 - - - -
Other              
  KPC 1 - 1 1 - -
  NDM - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -