Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 50 (week ending 18 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 2022/45 2022/46 2022/47 2022/48 2022/49 2022/50
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - 1 2 - - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 22 28 14 16 18 15
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 1 3 4 1 1 3
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 21 29 25 14 21 24
Borrelia sp 3 1 1 3 4 -
Borrelia tillae 3 - 3 2 1 -
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis - - - 1 - -
Brucella sp - - - 1 - -
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 35 28 27 21 29 24
Campylobacter fetus - - - - - 1
Campylobacter helveticus 1 1 - - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 282 248 196 202 193 146
Campylobacter lari - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter other named 1 2 1 2 1 -
Campylobacter rectus 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter sp 830 863 775 798 753 595
Campylobacter upsaliensis - - - - 1 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 - - - 1 1
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - - 4 - 1 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 31 36 32 29 33 33
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 20 30 41 58 87 166
Human coronavirus 229e - 1 - - - -
SARS coronavirus 1 - - - 1 -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 167 167 150 177 218 284
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 6 13 12 40 22 6
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 20,917 19,503 20,968 23,367 29,094 36,592
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 339 233 197 283 284 369
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 243 246 233 221 217 331
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 1,132 2,089 1,058 1,278 1,167 1,461
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 214 473 309 256 264 276
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 820 1,685 1,000 1,063 1,003 918
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 10 6 9 2 3 8
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - - - 1 -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - 1 - 2 -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 48 24 22 2 1 -
Cryptosporidium parvum 51 43 25 2 3 5
Cryptosporidium sp 33 38 86 72 69 71
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 1 1 - 1 5 1
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 15 21 7 6 7 1
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 4 4 8 5 8 2
Giardia            
Giardia lamblia 5 2 6 2 1 -
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 48 54 53 50 37 57
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 13 10 14 13 10 10
Hepatitis B 222 280 257 269 226 245
Hepatitis C 933 305 360 260 235 287
Hepatitis D 6 5 3 4 5 4
Hepatitis E 46 33 41 16 34 45
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 1,564 1,988 3,089 4,453 7,296 12,288
Influenza B 128 157 274 293 354 531
Influenza indeterminate 7 12 - 4 8 28
Influenza ungrouped 83 71 77 113 277 349
Legionella            
Legionella pneumophila 7 4 6 5 2 9
Legionella sp 4 2 1 3 - -
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 2 4 8 4 1 1
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 79 90 88 80 74 67
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 18 17 9 13 21 20
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 6 8 5 5 - -
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 1 1 1 - 1 -
Mumps virus 5 4 2 2 3 4
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 3 1 2 4 10 -
Plasmodium malariae - - - 1 - -
Plasmodium ovale - - 2 - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 55 52 43 35 42 43
Polyomavirus JC 6 6 8 3 5 3
Polyomavirus untyped - - 1 1 - -
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia other named - - - 1 - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 6 5 3 3 4 5
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 65 42 52 48 35 15
Salmonella agona - 7 - 5 - -
Salmonella enteritidis 43 44 26 31 25 -
Salmonella infantis 6 5 - - - -
Salmonella java 8 - 10 - - -
Salmonella mbandaka - 5 5 - 7 -
Salmonella newport - 5 - - - -
Salmonella sp 31 54 23 32 84 86
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 9 10 16 9 7 6
Salmonella typhimurium 26 30 19 20 10 8
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 3 3 - - 1 1
Shigella dysenteriae - - - 1 1 1
Shigella flexneri 20 11 19 11 8 10
Shigella sonnei 26 20 30 27 21 14
Shigella sp 32 51 39 43 29 37
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 88 55 102 82 143 118
Streptococcus pneumoniae 94 73 103 113 145 127
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 2022/45 2022/46 2022/47 2022/48 2022/49 2022/50
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC 1 - - - 1 1
  NDM 3 - - - - -
  OXA48 1 1 - 1 2 -
  VIM - - - - 1 -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP - - 1 - - -
  KPC 5 3 4 3 3 1
  NDM 4 3 - 1 1 -
  OXA48 5 - 3 3 5 -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Other enterobacter spp NDM - - - 1 - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli KPC 8 4 9 5 4 8
  NDM 13 9 9 11 10 1
  OXA48 9 10 7 13 7 -
  VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other 2 1 2 1 1 -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 1 - - 1 - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 1 1 - 3 4 4
  OXA48 2 2 - - - -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 1 - - - - -
  KPC 11 3 6 8 4 6
  NDM 12 6 4 2 6 3
  OXA48 15 5 6 6 4 2
  VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other 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 - - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM - - - - 1 -
Proteus vulgaris VIM 1 - - - - -
Other proteus spp NDM - - - - 1 -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica OXA48 - - - - 1 1
Raoultella planticola (klebsiella planticola) OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Other raoultella spp KPC - - - - 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 2022/45 2022/46 2022/47 2022/48 2022/49 2022/50
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM - - - - - 1
  Other - - - 1 - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa NDM 1 - - - - -
  Other 1 1 1 3 - -
Pseudomonas putida group VIM - - - - 1 -
Other              
  KPC - - - 1 - -
  NDM - - - - - 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.