Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 12 (week ending 27 March 2022)

Updated 16 January 2023

NOIDs weekly report

Laboratories in England have a statutory duty to notify the UK Health Security Agency (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 lamblia
  • 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
  • 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 2022/07 2022/08 2022/09 2022/10 2022/11 2022/12
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 15 17 17 14 19 17
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis - 1 1 2 4 2
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 7 4 16 8 13 12
Borrelia sp - 2 2 1 2 -
Borrelia tillae - 1 - - 3 -
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei - - - - 1 -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 16 13 24 12 22 10
Campylobacter fetus - - 2 - 1 -
Campylobacter helveticus - - 1 - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 231 213 268 235 231 223
Campylobacter lari - - 1 - - -
Campylobacter other named - - - - - 1
Campylobacter rectus 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter sp 708 680 709 632 559 630
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 - - 1 1 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - - - - 2 -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - - - - - 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 36 39 27 33 28 20
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 104 33 41 50 58 82
Human coronavirus 229e 1 1 - 1 - -
SARS coronavirus - - 1 - 2 1
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 107 115 202 197 161 146
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 49 46 53 912 50 45
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 240,650 171,140 217,631 367,666 472,757 486,924
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 2,177 1,834 1,701 1,500 2,054 2,055
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 5,004 1,149 1,336 1,325 1,304 1,267
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 4,154 2,826 3,290 3,203 3,523 3,501
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody negative - 3 - 2 2 -
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody positive 1 2 - - 3 -
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 3,062 5,720 1,417 7,817 1,841 1,712
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 6,458 10,287 4,337 15,467 5,219 4,799
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae - - 2 - - 2
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - - 3 - -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium felis 1 - - - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 12 15 14 16 15 3
Cryptosporidium sp 13 19 18 27 21 28
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica - - 1 2 - -
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 4 2 2 4 4 1
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus - 1 - - 1 2
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 55 39 41 40 34 35
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 17 8 9 7 6 6
Hepatitis B 158 132 134 143 157 120
Hepatitis C 349 327 233 343 380 243
Hepatitis D 6 3 - 2 - -
Hepatitis E 21 24 21 20 18 26
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 204 250 282 415 664 753
Influenza B 37 32 17 20 132 37
Influenza indeterminate - 6 - 4 - -
Influenza ungrouped - 1 2 - 5 -
Legionella            
Legionella pneumophila 6 5 - - 1 2
Legionella sp - - 1 1 - 1
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 5 1 - 2 9 2
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 50 59 60 48 50 44
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 5 6 9 6 9 13
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 1 - 1 1 - 1
Mumps virus - - - 2 2 -
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - 2 - - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 34 23 32 24 23 32
Polyomavirus JC 4 4 3 5 4 4
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 4 4 1 5 2 3
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 40 40 41 24 25 20
Salmonella enteritidis 14 7 24 20 10 -
Salmonella mbandaka - 6 - - - -
Salmonella newport 7 - 6 - - -
Salmonella sp 6 11 - 14 60 72
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 10 6 14 6 8 5
Salmonella typhimurium 31 23 40 26 27 12
Shigella            
Shigella boydii - 3 1 2 - -
Shigella dysenteriae - - - - 1 1
Shigella flexneri 11 10 19 13 18 10
Shigella sonnei 17 18 12 10 6 8
Shigella sp 40 31 31 31 33 27
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 21 32 22 33 24 39
Streptococcus pneumoniae 80 62 73 72 71 95
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - - 1 - 1 -

Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE)[footnote 1]

Please note: the numbers presented here do not include specimens that have been referred to the AMRHAI Reference Unit.

Week notification received 2022/07 2022/08 2022/09 2022/10 2022/11 2022/12
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 2 - - - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 1 - - - - -
  KPC 1 2 2 2 - -
  NDM - 3 - - - -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli KPC 1 5 4 3 1 -
  NDM 1 1 3 1 - -
  OXA48 2 2 3 2 3 -
  Other - - - 2 - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC - 1 3 1 - -
  OXA48 1 1 - - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae KPC 3 5 6 3 1 -
  NDM 3 1 4 1 2 1
  OXA48 5 2 4 7 4 -
  Other 1 - 2 - - 1
Klebsiella variicola KPC - - - 1 - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM - - 1 - - -

Other carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative organisms[footnote 1]

Please note: the numbers presented here do not include specimens that have been referred to the AMRHAI Reference Unit.

Week notification received 2022/07 2022/08 2022/09 2022/10 2022/11 2022/12
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa VIM - - - - 1 -
  Other - 1 1 1 - -
  1. 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.  2