Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 52 (week ending 1 January 2023)

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 2022/47 2022/48 2022/49 2022/50 2022/51 2022/52
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus 2 - - - - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 14 16 18 15 11 9
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 4 1 1 3 1 -
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 25 14 21 24 20 8
Borrelia sp 1 3 4 - 1 2
Borrelia tillae 3 2 1 - 2 -
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis - 1 - - - -
Brucella sp - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 29 21 29 25 28 10
Campylobacter fetus - - - 1 - -
Campylobacter jejuni 221 202 193 150 272 100
Campylobacter other named 1 2 1 1 - -
Campylobacter sp 748 798 753 608 615 356
Campylobacter upsaliensis - - 1 1 1 -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - - 1 1 2 -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 4 - 1 1 - -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 32 29 34 33 49 29
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 33 58 66 140 165 183
SARS coronavirus - - 1 - - 1
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 150 177 218 284 276 195
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 12 40 22 6 14 6
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 20,965 23,366 29,077 37,990 42,377 37,495
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 198 283 286 390 414 371
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 233 221 217 332 804 110
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 1,058 1,278 1,167 1,466 1,800 453
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody positive - - - - - 1
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 309 256 264 278 405 82
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 1,000 1,063 1,003 919 1,328 290
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 9 2 3 8 5 3
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - 1 - - 1
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii 1 - 2 - - 1
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - - - - 1 -
Cryptosporidium felis 1 - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 39 17 14 21 31 4
Cryptosporidium parvum 53 25 29 30 60 5
Cryptosporidium sp 40 34 30 27 31 21
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica - 1 5 1 2 -
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 7 6 7 3 8 1
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 8 5 8 2 - -
Giardia            
Giardia lamblia 6 2 1 - 2 2
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 58 52 40 65 71 58
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 14 13 10 11 14 1
Hepatitis B 257 273 234 264 228 120
Hepatitis C 363 262 255 308 317 189
Hepatitis D 3 4 5 4 4 2
Hepatitis E 42 16 34 46 51 26
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 2,931 4,383 7,128 12,453 21,963 14,239
Influenza B 274 293 355 544 761 847
Influenza indeterminate - 4 8 43 17 50
Influenza ungrouped 77 113 277 349 663 539
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - - - - - 1
Legionella pneumophila 6 5 2 9 3 3
Legionella sp 1 3 - - - 3
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 8 4 1 1 5 4
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 88 82 79 76 67 27
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 9 13 21 20 26 25
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 5 5 - - 1 -
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 1 - 1 - 3 -
Mumps virus 2 2 3 4 7 3
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 2 4 10 - - -
Plasmodium malariae - 1 - - - -
Plasmodium ovale 2 - - - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 43 35 42 43 44 28
Polyomavirus JC 8 3 5 3 2 5
Polyomavirus untyped 1 1 - - - -
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia other named - 1 - - - -
Rickettsia spotted fever - - - - - 1
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 3 3 4 5 - 4
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 52 49 50 46 36 20
Salmonella agona - 5 6 - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 26 35 45 22 13 -
Salmonella infantis - - 6 - - -
Salmonella java 10 6 - - - -
Salmonella mbandaka 5 - 14 - - -
Salmonella newport - 5 - - - -
Salmonella sp 22 13 11 21 80 54
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 16 9 8 8 - -
Salmonella typhimurium 20 23 22 21 17 11
Salmonella enterica - - 6 - - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii - - 1 1 - -
Shigella dysenteriae - 1 1 1 - -
Shigella flexneri 19 12 11 19 3 6
Shigella sonnei 31 27 21 17 14 10
Shigella sp 38 42 26 31 43 16
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 103 82 144 139 200 191
Streptococcus pneumoniae 104 116 152 141 207 280
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 2022/47 2022/48 2022/49 2022/50 2022/51 2022/52
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC - - 1 1 1 2
  OXA48 - 1 2 1 - -
  VIM - - 1 - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 1 - - - - -
  KPC 5 3 5 1 3 1
  NDM - 1 1 3 - 1
  OXA48 3 4 5 - 3 -
  Other - - 1 - 1 -
Other enterobacter spp NDM - 1 - - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli KPC 9 6 4 8 7 4
  NDM 9 13 11 4 4 3
  OXA48 7 13 8 2 6 -
  VIM - - - - 1 -
  Other 2 1 1 - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - 2 - - 1 -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC - 3 4 4 1 1
  NDM - - - - 1 1
  Other - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae KPC 6 10 6 7 7 2
  NDM 4 2 6 7 3 1
  OXA48 7 6 5 3 3 -
  Other 1 1 - 1 1 1
Klebsiella variicola KPC - 1 - - - 1
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - - 1 - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM - - 1 - - -
Other proteus spp NDM - - 1 - - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica OXA48 - - 1 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 2022/47 2022/48 2022/49 2022/50 2022/51 2022/52
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM 1 - - 1 - -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa NDM - - - - 1 -
  VIM - - - - 1 -
  Other 1 3 1 - 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.