Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 49 (week ending 11 December 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
  • Mpox (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
  • 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 2022/44 2022/45 2022/46 2022/47 2022/48 2022/49
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus 1 - 1 2 - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 20 22 28 14 16 18
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis - 1 3 4 1 1
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 32 21 29 25 14 21
Borrelia sp 3 3 1 1 3 4
Borrelia tillae 1 3 - 3 2 1
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis - - - - 1 -
Brucella sp - - - - 1 -
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 26 35 28 26 21 26
Campylobacter helveticus - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 247 282 240 187 202 176
Campylobacter lari - - 1 - - -
Campylobacter other named 1 1 2 1 2 1
Campylobacter rectus - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter sp 862 830 862 775 797 759
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 - - - - 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 1 - - - -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 2 - - 4 - 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 41 31 36 31 29 33
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 32 20 30 41 58 87
Human coronavirus 229e - - 1 - - -
SARS coronavirus 1 1 - - - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 144 167 167 150 177 217
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 6 6 13 12 40 22
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 24,370 20,915 19,500 20,966 23,367 29,138
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 352 333 226 195 270 271
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 195 243 246 233 221 217
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 1,075 1,132 2,089 1,058 1,278 1,166
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 457 214 473 309 256 264
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 1,206 820 1,685 1,000 1,063 1,003
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 11 10 6 9 2 3
Corynebacterium ulcerans 2 - - - - 1
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - - 1 - 2
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium felis 1 - - - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 47 48 22 23 - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 51 51 42 27 3 5
Cryptosporidium sp 31 33 38 86 73 68
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica - 1 - - 1 5
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 17 15 21 6 5 7
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 8 4 4 8 5 7
Giardia            
Giardia lamblia 2 5 2 5 2 1
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 49 48 54 52 50 36
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 9 13 10 14 13 10
Hepatitis B 281 220 277 254 263 211
Hepatitis C 316 932 303 352 248 219
Hepatitis D 1 6 5 3 4 5
Hepatitis E 29 46 33 41 16 34
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 1,294 1,556 1,982 3,068 4,445 7,213
Influenza B 87 128 157 273 280 317
Influenza indeterminate 4 7 12 - 4 8
Influenza ungrouped 43 83 71 77 113 277
Legionella            
Legionella pneumophila 8 7 4 6 5 2
Legionella sp 4 4 2 1 3 -
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 7 2 4 8 4 1
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 98 78 89 84 80 67
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 13 18 17 9 13 21
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 4 6 8 5 5 -
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 1 1 1 1 - 1
Mumps virus 7 5 4 2 2 3
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 8 3 1 2 4 10
Plasmodium malariae - - - - 1 -
Plasmodium ovale 3 - - 2 - -
Plasmodium vivax 1 - - - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 33 55 52 43 36 42
Polyomavirus JC 3 6 6 8 3 5
Polyomavirus untyped - - - 1 1 -
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia other named - - - - 1 -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 6 6 5 3 3 4
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 56 65 42 50 34 29
Salmonella agona 6 - 7 - 5 -
Salmonella enteritidis 50 43 44 25 22 19
Salmonella infantis 7 6 5 - - -
Salmonella java 11 8 - 7 - -
Salmonella mbandaka - - 5 5 - 5
Salmonella newport - - 5 - - -
Salmonella sp 16 31 54 30 63 98
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 19 9 10 16 8 7
Salmonella typhimurium 29 26 30 18 13 8
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 4 3 3 - - 1
Shigella dysenteriae 1 - - - - 1
Shigella flexneri 15 20 11 19 9 8
Shigella sonnei 26 26 20 30 25 18
Shigella sp 45 32 51 39 48 30
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 75 88 55 101 83 136
Streptococcus pneumoniae 130 94 70 101 112 144
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - 1 - 1 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 2022/44 2022/45 2022/46 2022/47 2022/48
Citrobacter            
Citrobacter spp KPC 1 - - - -
  NDM 1 3 - - -
  OXA48 4 1 1 - -
Enterobacter            
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 1 - - 1 -
  KPC 1 4 3 3 2
  NDM 5 4 3 - -
  OXA48 3 5 - 2 -
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli IMP 1 - - - -
  KPC 12 7 4 9 4
  NDM 5 13 9 8 4
  OXA48 5 8 10 5 8
  VIM - 1 - - -
  Other 1 2 1 2 -
Escherichia hermannii KPC 1 - - - -
Klebsiella            
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - - - - 1
  OXA48 - 1 - - 1
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 1 1 1 - 3
  OXA48 - 2 2 - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - 1 - - -
  KPC 7 11 2 6 4
  NDM 4 10 5 4 2
  OXA48 4 13 4 5 4
  VIM - 1 - - -
  Other 2 1 - 1 1
Klebsiella variicola KPC - - - - 1
Leclercia            
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - 1 - - -
Morganella            
Morganella morganii OXA48 - 1 - - -
Pantoea            
Pantoea septica KPC - 1 - - -
Pluralibacter            
Pluralibacter gergoviae Other - - 1 - -
Other pluralibacter spp KPC 1 - - - -
Proteus            
Proteus mirabilis OXA48 1 - - - -
Proteus vulgaris VIM - 1 - - -
Providencia            
Providencia stuartii NDM 1 - - - -
Raoultella            
Raoultella planticola (klebsiella planticola) OXA48 - - 1 - -
Serratia            
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica 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 2022/44 2022/45 2022/46 2022/47 2022/48 2022/49
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM 1 - - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa NDM - 1 - - - -
  VIM 2 - - - - -
  Other 4 1 1 - 1 -
Other              
  KPC - - - - 1 -
  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.