Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 51 (week ending 25 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 2022/46 2022/47 2022/48 2022/49 2022/50 2022/51
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus 1 2 - - - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 28 14 16 18 15 11
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 3 4 1 1 3 1
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 29 25 14 21 24 20
Borrelia sp 1 1 3 4 - 1
Borrelia tillae - 3 2 1 - 2
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis - - 1 - - -
Brucella sp - - 1 - - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 28 29 21 29 25 28
Campylobacter fetus - - - - 1 -
Campylobacter helveticus 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 248 221 202 193 150 270
Campylobacter lari 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter other named 2 1 2 1 1 -
Campylobacter sp 866 748 798 753 608 616
Campylobacter upsaliensis - - - 1 1 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - - - 1 1 2
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - 4 - 1 1 -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 36 32 29 34 33 49
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 23 33 58 66 140 165
Human coronavirus 229e 1 - - - - -
SARS coronavirus - - - 1 - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 167 150 177 218 284 276
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 13 12 40 22 6 14
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 19,503 20,967 23,366 29,079 37,993 42,420
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 235 198 283 286 390 414
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 246 233 221 217 332 804
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 2,089 1,058 1,278 1,167 1,466 1,800
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 473 309 256 264 278 405
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 1,685 1,000 1,063 1,003 919 1,328
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 6 9 2 3 8 5
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - - 1 - -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - 1 - 2 - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus 1 - - - - 1
Cryptosporidium felis - 1 - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 24 39 17 14 20 22
Cryptosporidium parvum 44 53 25 29 30 56
Cryptosporidium sp 37 40 34 30 28 44
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 1 - 1 5 1 2
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 21 7 6 7 3 8
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 4 8 5 8 2 -
Giardia            
Giardia lamblia 2 6 2 1 - 2
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 56 58 52 40 65 71
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 10 14 13 10 11 14
Hepatitis B 280 257 273 234 264 227
Hepatitis C 307 363 262 255 308 317
Hepatitis D 5 3 4 5 4 4
Hepatitis E 34 42 16 34 46 51
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 1,935 2,931 4,383 7,128 12,453 21,957
Influenza B 157 274 293 355 544 761
Influenza indeterminate 12 - 4 8 43 17
Influenza ungrouped 71 77 113 277 349 663
Legionella            
Legionella pneumophila 4 6 5 2 9 3
Legionella sp 2 1 3 - - -
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 4 8 4 1 1 5
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 90 88 81 79 76 65
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 17 9 13 21 20 26
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 8 5 5 - - 1
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 1 1 - 1 - 3
Mumps virus 4 2 2 3 4 7
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 1 2 4 10 - -
Plasmodium malariae - - 1 - - -
Plasmodium ovale - 2 - - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 52 43 35 42 43 44
Polyomavirus JC 6 8 3 5 3 2
Polyomavirus untyped - 1 1 - - -
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia other named - - 1 - - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 5 3 3 4 5 -
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 45 52 49 48 45 27
Salmonella agona 7 - 5 6 - -
Salmonella enteritidis 45 26 35 45 22 10
Salmonella infantis 5 - - 6 - -
Salmonella java - 10 6 - - -
Salmonella mbandaka 6 5 - 13 - -
Salmonella newport 5 - 5 - - -
Salmonella sp 48 22 13 15 26 93
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 10 16 9 8 8 -
Salmonella typhimurium 31 20 23 22 17 16
Salmonella enterica - - - 5 - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 3 - - 1 1 -
Shigella dysenteriae - - 1 1 1 -
Shigella flexneri 11 19 12 11 18 3
Shigella sonnei 20 31 27 21 17 14
Shigella sp 51 38 42 26 32 43
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 52 103 82 144 139 198
Streptococcus pneumoniae 75 104 116 151 140 207
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - 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 2022/46 2022/47 2022/48 2022/49 2022/50 2022/51
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC - - - 1 1 -
  OXA48 1 - 1 2 1 -
  VIM - - - 1 - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP - 1 - - - -
  KPC 3 5 3 5 1 3
  NDM 3 - 1 1 3 -
  OXA48 - 3 4 5 - 1
  Other - - - 1 - 1
Other enterobacter spp NDM - - 1 - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli KPC 4 9 6 4 8 7
  NDM 9 9 13 10 4 3
  OXA48 10 7 13 8 2 3
  VIM - - - - - 1
  Other 1 2 1 1 - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - 1
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 1 - 3 4 4 1
  NDM - - - - - 1
  OXA48 2 - - - - -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae KPC 3 6 10 5 7 7
  NDM 6 4 2 6 7 2
  OXA48 5 6 6 5 3 2
  Other - 1 1 - 1 1
Klebsiella variicola KPC - - 1 - - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - - - 1 - -
Pluralibacter              
Pluralibacter gergoviae Other 1 - - - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM - - - 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 2022/46 2022/47 2022/48 2022/49 2022/50 2022/51
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM - 1 - - 1 -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa VIM - - - - - 1
  Other 2 1 3 1 - 1
Pseudomonas putida group VIM - - - 1 - -
Other              
  KPC - - 1 - - -
  NDM - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - - - - 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.