Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 22 (week ending 5 June 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 2022/17 2022/18 2022/19 2022/20 2022/21 2022/22
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 15 28 16 15 19 12
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 4 1 - - - -
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 11 14 13 10 16 16
Borrelia sp 1 1 1 - - 1
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis - - - - - 1
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei - - - 1 - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 19 18 20 29 23 21
Campylobacter fetus - - 2 2 1 -
Campylobacter jejuni 301 199 261 331 355 245
Campylobacter lari 1 - - 1 - -
Campylobacter other named - - - 1 - 1
Campylobacter sp 826 642 877 1,197 1,073 851
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 - 1 - - -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - 2 1 1 2 -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - 1 1 - - -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 25 41 35 30 35 20
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 56 49 66 51 70 38
Human coronavirus 229e 2 - - - - -
Human coronavirus hku1 - - 1 - - -
SARS coronavirus 1 - - - 1 -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 173 75 98 115 122 49
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 17 70 72 36 33 27
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 70,577 61,608 52,617 42,734 35,659 40,248
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 1,212 1,041 854 934 966 748
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 809 750 566 658 581 305
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 2,497 2,085 2,073 1,910 1,348 747
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody negative 13 8 30 13 15 2
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody positive 4 2 10 2 4 -
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 1,051 710 1,189 681 519 276
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 3,511 2,193 2,680 2,089 1,619 1,054
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 3 - 4 - 1 -
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - - - 1 -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii 1 - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - - - - 1 -
Cryptosporidium hominis 3 1 - - 2 -
Cryptosporidium parvum 85 50 39 53 21 7
Cryptosporidium sp 34 26 17 23 29 25
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - 1 - - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 2 1 1 1 1 2
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 11 4 10 9 4 4
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus - 2 2 - 2 -
Giardia            
Giardia lamblia - - 2 1 2 2
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 70 40 33 53 62 46
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 11 6 15 12 9 4
Hepatitis B 177 203 235 181 209 103
Hepatitis C 270 312 308 361 351 296
Hepatitis D 3 2 6 3 2 -
Hepatitis E 19 29 29 34 34 19
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 643 554 519 387 214 168
Influenza B 32 16 28 27 21 21
Influenza indeterminate 6 - - 1 - -
Influenza ungrouped 12 8 3 12 12 1
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - 1 - - - -
Legionella other named - 1 - - - 1
Legionella pneumophila 10 2 2 6 5 2
Legionella sp 1 - 3 1 2 1
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 1 4 1 2 5 2
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 69 63 63 63 65 44
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 6 12 6 19 14 11
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 1 - - - - 1
Mumps virus 2 2 2 - - 2
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 4 2 - 1 1 1
Plasmodium ovale 1 - - - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 34 23 36 38 46 26
Polyomavirus JC 4 1 6 2 1 2
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia sp - 1 - - - -
Rickettsia spotted fever - 1 - - - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 7 1 - 4 8 -
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 52 54 53 44 26 9
Salmonella enteritidis 42 24 26 20 13 -
Salmonella infantis 8 - - 11 - 6
Salmonella newport - - 5 5 - -
Salmonella oranienburg 6 6 - - - -
Salmonella sp 17 13 6 72 132 99
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 17 19 9 22 15 13
Salmonella typhimurium 32 38 24 32 20 -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 1 - 5 1 - -
Shigella dysenteriae 1 1 - - - -
Shigella flexneri 21 16 12 15 10 7
Shigella sonnei 24 13 21 22 11 12
Shigella sp 56 37 35 47 45 29
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 76 52 59 58 57 39
Streptococcus pneumoniae 96 95 80 70 91 81
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - 2 - 2 1 -

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 2022/17 2022/18 2022/19 2022/20 2022/21 2022/22
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp NDM 1 - 1 - 1 -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 1 - - - - -
  KPC - 1 3 4 - -
  NDM 2 - 1 - - -
  OXA48 1 - 1 - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli KPC 2 1 4 4 - -
  NDM 6 1 4 3 3 -
  OXA48 7 3 6 3 2 -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC - - - 2 - -
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - 1 - - - -
  KPC 3 4 3 3 7 -
  NDM 3 1 1 5 - 1
  OXA48 5 3 6 4 4 1
  Other 1 - 1 2 - -
Other klebsiella spp KPC - - - - 1 -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - 1 - - - -
Providencia              
Providencia stuartii NDM - - - 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 2022/17 2022/18 2022/19 2022/20 2022/21 2022/22
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP - - - 1 - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP 1 - - 1 - -
  NDM - 1 - - - -
  VIM - - - - 1 -
  Other - 1 2 1 2 2
Pseudomonas putida group 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.