Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 8 (week ending 22 February 2026)

Updated 24 February 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 2026/03 2026/04 2026/05 2026/06 2026/07 2026/08
Arboviruses            
West Nile Virus 2 - - - - 1
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 21 19 27 19 17 22
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 5 3 4 4 2 2
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 18 25 15 30 19 14
Borrelia sp 3 28 35 39 26 36
Brucella            
Brucella sp 1 - 5 - - 1
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 26 28 16 35 29 16
Campylobacter fetus - - 1 - 3 -
Campylobacter gracilis - - - 1 - -
Campylobacter jejuni 262 220 268 268 273 239
Campylobacter lari - - - - - 1
Campylobacter other named 3 2 6 1 1 1
Campylobacter rectus - 2 - - 1 1
Campylobacter sp 823 916 931 1,044 991 948
Campylobacter upsaliensis 4 1 - 1 - -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 2 - 1 1 1
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 3 1 1 1 4 2
Clostridium            
Clostridium botulinum - 1 - - - -
Clostridium perfringens 51 29 36 38 50 45
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 167 220 223 231 282 258
Human coronavirus 229e 10 4 8 13 7 9
Human coronavirus hku1 1 3 1 2 5 5
Human coronavirus nl63 2 1 2 1 4 3
Human coronavirus oc43 8 16 26 20 23 28
SARS coronavirus - - - - - 1
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void - - - - - 2
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 719 673 661 798 928 671
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 28 17 29 18 15 12
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative - - - - - 3
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 22 57 36 22 25 40
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 16 4 - - - -
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 34 23 6 7 34 9
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 2 4 1 4 5 6
Corynebacterium ulcerans - 3 1 2 1 -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - - 1 3 - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 9 6 5 8 6 6
Cryptosporidium parvum 10 16 12 13 20 13
Cryptosporidium sp 21 30 24 25 22 43
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - - 1 2 - 1
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 7 2 2 2 3 3
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 9 6 8 5 3 5
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 3 1 9 12 5 3
Giardia            
Giardia intestinalis 1 2 - - - 1
Giardia sp 134 137 118 123 116 103
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 64 71 69 75 66 83
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 14 11 14 13 16 15
Hepatitis B 252 301 308 288 268 240
Hepatitis C 213 227 249 265 219 176
Hepatitis D 5 11 7 7 3 8
Hepatitis E 38 44 29 42 42 33
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 4,203 3,056 1,979 1,569 1,104 915
Influenza B 57 65 57 45 84 48
Influenza indeterminate 30 5 13 - 2 5
Influenza ungrouped 75 39 33 23 15 10
Legionella            
Legionella pneumophila 8 5 8 9 10 6
Legionella sp 5 4 4 5 - 6
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 2 3 - 3 3 5
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 99 77 118 87 83 78
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 38 31 34 28 36 20
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus positive 12 29 21 25 36 26
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 16 6 16 10 17 22
Mumps virus 6 7 9 8 9 6
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 2 9 - 5 - -
Plasmodium malariae - 1 - 1 - -
Plasmodium ovale 2 - - 3 - -
Plasmodium vivax - 1 - 2 - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 77 84 75 83 69 73
Polyomavirus JC 12 16 6 18 13 5
Polyomavirus untyped 20 16 18 12 18 7
Rabies virus            
Rabies virus - - - - 1 -
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia sp - - 1 - - -
Rickettsia spotted fever - 1 - - - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 2 1 - 4 3 8
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 70 60 52 60 36 24
Salmonella bareilly - - 5 5 - -
Salmonella enterica - 6 - 7 - -
Salmonella enteritidis 47 40 47 37 21 9
Salmonella java - - - - 6 -
Salmonella newport 6 - - - - -
Salmonella saint-paul 5 - - - - -
Salmonella sp 15 19 42 25 69 108
Salmonella stanley - - - - 5 -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 14 8 17 8 14 17
Salmonella typhimurium 33 48 58 58 34 17
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 1 - - 1 3 1
Shigella dysenteriae 3 - - 1 1 1
Shigella flexneri 19 20 6 21 15 11
Shigella sonnei 17 21 16 29 24 14
Shigella sp 50 43 62 61 68 55
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 58 74 44 76 63 62
Streptococcus pneumoniae 141 145 139 156 146 129
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - 1 - 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).

Week notification received 2026/03 2026/04 2026/05 2026/06 2026/07 2026/08
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP 1 - - - - -
  KPC 3 - - 1 - -
  NDM 2 3 3 - 3 -
  OXA48 9 5 4 3 1 1
  Other - - 2 - 1 -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 9 - 3 4 3 -
  KPC 1 3 1 2 3 1
  NDM 6 11 7 2 8 1
  OXA48 3 3 7 3 3 -
  Other 1 2 2 1 2 -
Enterobacter roggenkampii OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Other enterobacter spp OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 1 2 1 2 4 -
  KPC 2 1 - - 1 -
  NDM 17 18 22 18 19 3
  OXA48 24 28 34 25 29 3
  VIM - 1 - - 1 -
  Other 2 4 2 3 1 1
Escherichia hermannii KPC - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - - 1 - - -
  NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP - 1 - - 1 -
  KPC - 2 1 - 3 -
  NDM 1 - 1 - 1 -
  OXA48 2 - 1 - 4 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - 2 1 1 - -
  KPC 7 5 5 7 4 4
  NDM 15 11 14 11 11 -
  OXA48 16 7 16 7 7 1
  VIM 2 2 - - - -
  Other 1 2 3 4 1 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp ozenae NDM - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella variicola KPC 1 1 - - - -
Other klebsiella spp OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Kluyvera              
Kluyvera spp OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC 1 - - - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii KPC - - 1 - - -
  NDM - - 1 - 1 -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Pluralibacter              
Pluralibacter gergoviae Other 1 - - - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis KPC - - - 1 - -
  NDM 1 - - - 2 -
  OXA48 - - 1 1 - -
  VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other 3 1 1 1 - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Other raoultella spp KPC - - 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 2026/03 2026/04 2026/05 2026/06 2026/07 2026/08
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM - - - 3 - -
Other acinetobacter spp NDM - - - 1 - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP 1 - 1 - 2 -
  NDM 2 1 2 2 2 -
  VIM 2 1 2 1 1 -
  Other 6 3 4 2 1 3
Pseudomonas putida group VIM - 1 - 2 - -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Pseudomonas stutzeri group VIM 1 - - - - -
Other pseudomonas spp VIM - 1 1 - - -
Other              
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
  Other - - - - 1 -