Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 23 (week ending 12 June 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 causative agents specified in Schedule 2 of the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010.

On Tuesday 7 June 2022, monkeypox was made a notifiable disease. This means that the above duties apply in terms of notification of suspected and laboratory-confirmed cases. The publication on 13 June, covering Week 23, is the first week that these cases will be reported on within this publication. The figures for both suspected cases and laboratory-confirmed cases might vary compared to other official sources for a number of reasons, such as:

  • differences in timings of when the data is compiled
  • duplicate data, if individuals have been tested more than once and insufficient data has been provided to UKHSA to differentiate individuals

The current number of confirmed monkeypox cases can be found here.

Causative agents:

  • Acquired carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria
  • 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
  • Monkeypox 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
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • 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 2022/18 2022/19 2022/20 2022/21 2022/22 2022/23
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 28 16 15 19 14 17
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 1 - - - - 3
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 14 13 10 16 16 23
Borrelia sp 1 1 - - 1 1
Borrelia tillae - - - - - 1
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis - - - - 1 -
Brucella sp - - - - - 1
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei - - 1 - - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 18 20 29 23 22 28
Campylobacter fetus - 2 2 1 - -
Campylobacter jejuni 199 261 331 363 260 285
Campylobacter lari - - 1 - - 1
Campylobacter other named - - 1 - 1 2
Campylobacter sp 642 877 1,197 1,073 851 1,215
Campylobacter upsaliensis - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 2 1 1 2 - -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 1 1 - - 1 -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 41 35 30 39 27 27
Clostridium tetani - - - 1 - -
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 49 66 51 70 38 61
Human coronavirus hku1 - 1 - - - -
SARS coronavirus - - - 1 - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 75 98 115 122 49 120
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 70 72 36 33 27 28
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (covid- 19) 61,608 52,616 42,729 35,657 40,413 66,565
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (covid- 19) indeterminate 1,041 854 936 966 751 860
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 750 566 658 581 305 623
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 2,085 2,073 1,910 1,348 747 1,760
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody negative 8 30 13 15 2 3
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody positive 2 10 2 4 - -
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 710 1,189 681 519 277 614
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 2,193 2,680 2,089 1,619 1,055 1,678
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae - 4 - 1 - 4
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - - 1 - -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - 1 - - 1
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 1 - - 3 - 3
Cryptosporidium meleagridis - - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 50 39 53 27 13 7
Cryptosporidium sp 26 17 23 21 19 37
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum 1 - - - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 1 1 1 1 2 -
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 4 10 9 6 5 11
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 2 2 - 2 - -
Giardia            
Giardia lamblia - 2 1 2 2 3
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 41 34 53 65 53 48
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 6 15 12 9 5 13
Hepatitis B 202 239 191 219 112 164
Hepatitis C 312 309 363 371 317 298
Hepatitis D 2 6 3 2 - 6
Hepatitis E 29 30 34 34 20 36
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 554 519 387 214 169 176
Influenza B 16 28 27 21 21 26
Influenza indeterminate - - 1 - - -
Influenza ungrouped 8 3 12 35 1 10
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae 1 - - - - -
Legionella other named 1 - - - 1 -
Legionella pneumophila 2 3 6 6 2 5
Legionella sp - 3 1 2 - 3
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 4 1 2 6 2 4
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 63 65 68 72 52 84
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 12 6 19 14 11 13
Orthopoxvirus            
Monkeypox virus - - - 1 2 388
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus - - - - 1 6
Mumps virus 2 2 - - 2 2
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 2 - 1 1 1 -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 23 36 38 46 26 36
Polyomavirus JC 1 6 2 1 2 5
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia sp 1 - - - - -
Rickettsia spotted fever 1 - - - - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 1 - 4 8 - 11
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 54 56 55 49 20 18
Salmonella enteritidis 24 27 39 25 - 11
Salmonella infantis - - 15 24 9 8
Salmonella newport - 5 5 5 - -
Salmonella oranienburg 6 - - - - -
Salmonella sp 13 - 34 59 77 107
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 19 9 22 15 16 7
Salmonella typhimurium 38 26 36 31 8 11
Shigella            
Shigella boydii - 5 1 - - -
Shigella dysenteriae 1 - - - - 1
Shigella flexneri 16 12 15 13 7 8
Shigella sonnei 13 21 22 13 14 7
Shigella sp 37 35 49 41 27 45
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 52 59 58 60 45 74
Streptococcus pneumoniae 95 80 68 94 89 96
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 2022/18 2022/19 2022/20 2022/21 2022/22 2022/23
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC - - - - 1 -
  NDM - 1 - 1 - -
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP - - - - 1 -
  KPC 1 3 4 - 1 -
  NDM - 1 - - - 1
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - - - - 1 1
  KPC 1 4 4 2 2 -
  NDM 1 4 3 5 2 3
  OXA48 3 6 3 4 - -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC - - 2 - 1 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 1 - - - - -
  KPC 4 3 3 8 2 -
  NDM 1 1 5 - 1 3
  OXA48 3 6 4 4 1 -
  Other - 1 2 - 1 -
Other klebsiella spp KPC - - - 1 - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC 1 - - - - 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 2022/18 2022/19 2022/20 2022/21 2022/22 2022/23
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