Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 6 (week ending 13 February 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
  • 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 2022/01 2022/02 2022/03 2022/04 2022/05 2022/06
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - - - 1 - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 18 22 18 17 20 10
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 1 - 1 2 1 -
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 10 10 11 14 12 9
Borrelia sp - 3 - 1 1 -
Borrelia tillae 1 - - - - -
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis - - - 1 - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 16 19 14 15 17 10
Campylobacter curvus - - 1 - - -
Campylobacter fetus 1 - - - - 1
Campylobacter jejuni 146 247 217 262 256 176
Campylobacter lari - - - - 1 -
Campylobacter sp 568 616 646 678 692 590
Campylobacter upsaliensis - - 1 1 - 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 34 30 25 27 35 24
Clostridium tetani - - - - - 1
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 68 30 24 30 30 16
Human coronavirus 229e - - - - 1 1
SARS coronavirus 1 2 1 5 6 -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 196 168 186 117 148 147
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 327 2,579 86 99 57 1594
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 1,093,067 694,555 647,442 598,510 462,190 316,038
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 9,795 6,530 4,453 3,758 14,925 3,682
SARS-CoV-2 IgA antibody negative - - - 1 - -
SARS-CoV-2 IgA antibody positive 1 - - - -  
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 2,253 2,112 1,721 1,563 1,415 1,471
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 4,909 5,077 4,823 3,851 3,481 3,788
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody negative 13 1 2 2 7 6
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody positive 2 - 1 - 1 1
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 6,175 22,219 3,196 2,435 18,711 16,772
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 8,676 20,527 6,865 6,407 25,573 18,979
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae - - 1 2 - 1
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - - - - 2
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - - 1 1 -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium hominis - - - 1 - 1
Cryptosporidium parvum 23 26 27 27 17 10
Cryptosporidium sp 18 20 15 21 25 28
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 5 - - - 2 -
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 9 5 2 7 3 2
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus - - 1 2 - 1
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 31 48 35 40 47 49
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 8 9 7 9 9 10
Hepatitis B 106 141 135 159 141 168
Hepatitis C 191 397 406 350 352 409
Hepatitis D 2 2 1 1 3 3
Hepatitis E 15 25 20 17 20 19
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 150 73 78 75 98 105
Influenza B 28 38 29 31 15 19
Influenza ungrouped 1 - - 1 - -
Legionella            
Legionella pneumophila 3 5 2 5 1 2
Legionella sp 2 1 - 1 1 1
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 1 2 1 1 - 7
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 56 54 49 46 50 46
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 5 14 8 10 8 7
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus - - - - 2 1
Mumps virus 2 2 1 2 2 3
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 8 1 2 - 1 -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 14 37 31 27 32 21
Polyomavirus JC - 3 1 3 1 1
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 2 3 1 3 6 2
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 39 48 32 42 27 15
Salmonella enteritidis 15 22 23 13 10 10
Salmonella infantis - 8 5 - - -
Salmonella newport - - 7 - - -
Salmonella sp 13 12 9 17 45 65
Salmonella stanley - 5 - - - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi - 7 7 7 21 11
Salmonella typhimurium 19 29 31 36 20 16
Shigella            
Shigella boydii - 1 - 1 - 1
Shigella dysenteriae - - 3 - - -
Shigella flexneri 8 5 12 14 10 8
Shigella sonnei 4 5 9 7 14 6
Shigella sp 11 17 19 23 33 35
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 12 28 26 27 34 31
Streptococcus pneumoniae 85 68 67 79 98 63

Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE)[footnote 1]

Please note: the numbers presented here do not include specimens that have been referred to the AMRHAI Reference Unit.

Week notification received 2022/01 2022/02 2022/03 2022/04 2022/05 2022/06
Citrobacter            
Citrobacter spp            
KPC - 1 - - 1 -
OXA48 - - 3 2 - -
VIM - - 1 - - -
Enterobacter            
Enterobacter cloacae complex            
IMP 1 - - - - -
KPC 1 - 2 - - -
NDM 1 2 1 2 1 -
OXA48 1 - - 3 1 -
Other - - - - - 1
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli            
KPC 2 1 2 1 4 -
NDM 2 3 1 2 3 1
OXA48 1 2 1 5 1 -
Klebsiella            
Klebsiella aerogenes            
NDM - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella oxytoca            
KPC 1 1 1 - - -
NDM 1 1 - - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae            
IMP - 1 - - - -
KPC 5 3 1 1 3 -
NDM 5 1 4 2 2 1
OXA48 3 3 4 2 1 1
Other 3 - 1 - 1 -

Other carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative organisms[footnote 1]

Please note: the numbers presented here do not include specimens that have been referred to the AMRHAI Reference Unit.

Week notification received 2022/01 2022/02 2022/03 2022/04 2022/05 2022/06
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa              
VIM - 1 - - - -  
Other 1 3 2 - - -  
Other pseudomonas spp              
VIM - - - 1 - -  
  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.  2