Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 18 (week ending 8 May 2022)

Updated 16 January 2023

NOIDs weekly report

Laboratories in England have a statutory duty to notify the UK Health Security Agency 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 2022/13 2022/14 2022/15 2022/16 2022/17 2022/18
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus 1 - - - - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 16 17 16 21 14 22
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis - - 1 2 4 1
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 7 21 12 9 9 14
Borrelia sp - 1 - 1 1 1
Borrelia tillae - - 1 2 - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 30 24 42 12 19 13
Campylobacter jejuni 237 224 201 195 296 176
Campylobacter lari - - - - 1 -
Campylobacter other named 1 - 2 - - -
Campylobacter sp 684 565 768 541 817 636
Campylobacter upsaliensis - - - - 1 -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - - - 1 - 1
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 1 - 1 - - -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 28 27 27 26 19 37
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 77 66 90 60 56 49
Human coronavirus 229e 2 1 1 1 2 -
Human coronavirus hku1 - - 1 - - -
SARS coronavirus - - - - 1 -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 113 159 142 87 173 75
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 54 545 44 35 17 70
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 384,963 231,205 162,211 109,897 70,570 61,642
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 1,984 1,653 1,630 1,239 1,211 1,044
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 1,096 1,026 1,083 851 809 750
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 2,612 2,924 2,989 2,726 2,496 2,084
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody negative 32 25 14 24 13 8
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody positive 13 12 11 7 4 2
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 1,580 7,048 1,275 1,039 1,051 709
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 7,201 7,303 3,601 3,537 3,511 2,193
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 3 1 - - 3 -
Corynebacterium ulcerans - 1 - - 1 -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii 1 - - - 1 -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium hominis 2 2 2 2 1 -
Cryptosporidium parvum 21 24 26 32 69 19
Cryptosporidium sp 17 19 28 32 52 57
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica - 1 - - 2 1
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 4 3 10 6 10 1
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus - 1 - - - 2
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 41 29 29 25 62 33
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 5 8 16 12 11 6
Hepatitis B 199 160 214 174 169 188
Hepatitis C 458 320 351 376 265 285
Hepatitis D 1 2 1 3 3 2
Hepatitis E 27 18 33 21 19 27
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 1,057 929 1,123 757 630 542
Influenza B 23 45 44 13 32 16
Influenza indeterminate 2 - - - 6 -
Influenza ungrouped 9 13 46 18 12 8
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - - - - - 1
Legionella other named - - - - - 1
Legionella pneumophila 6 3 3 1 9 2
Legionella sp 2 - 2 2 1 -
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 1 - 5 4 1 3
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 77 54 62 56 56 52
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 13 9 11 10 6 12
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus - - - 1 1 -
Mumps virus 1 4 2 1 2 2
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 2 1 - 2 4 2
Plasmodium ovale - - - - 1 -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 32 21 37 24 34 23
Polyomavirus JC 5 1 9 1 4 1
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia sp - - - - - 1
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 2 2 6 4 7 1
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 37 36 38 47 27 18
Salmonella diarizonae - - 6 - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 18 28 19 14 17 10
Salmonella infantis - 5 5 5 - -
Salmonella mbandaka - - 5 - - -
Salmonella newport 6 5 6 - - -
Salmonella salamae 5 - - - - -
Salmonella sp 17 5 18 21 93 87
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 23 13 21 9 17 16
Salmonella typhimurium 29 42 32 26 20 15
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 2 2 5 - - -
Shigella dysenteriae - 2 1 2 1 -
Shigella flexneri 17 13 14 13 18 7
Shigella sonnei 19 7 11 10 22 11
Shigella sp 25 38 38 23 61 49
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 50 33 42 44 79 52
Streptococcus pneumoniae 91 91 109 106 87 92
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - - 3 - - 3

Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE)*

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

Week notification received 2022/13 2022/14 2022/15 2022/16 2022/17 2022/18
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC - 1 - - - -
  NDM 1 - - 1 1 -
  OXA48 2 - 1 1 - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP - - - 1 - -
  KPC 1 4 2 1 - -
  NDM - 1 - - 1 -
  OXA48 - 2 - 1 1 -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli KPC 4 5 2 3 2 -
  NDM 1 3 4 3 6 -
  OXA48 4 5 7 4 7 -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC - 3 - - - -
  OXA48 1 - - - 1 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - - - - - 1
  KPC 2 2 4 1 2 -
  NDM 1 2 4 2 3 -
  OXA48 1 4 7 2 5 -
  VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other 1 1 1 - 1 -
Pluralibacter              
Pluralibacter gergoviae KPC - 1 - - - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica OXA48 - 1 - - - -

Other carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative organisms*

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

Week notification received 2022/13 2022/14 2022/15 2022/16 2022/17 2022/18
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - - 1 1 1 -
  NDM 1 1 - - - -
  Other 1 2 - 2 - -
Pseudomonas fluorescens group IMP - 1 - - - -
Pseudomonas putida group Other - - - - - 1
Other pseudomonas spp Other - - - 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.