Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 18 (week ending 7 May 2023)

Updated 2 January 2024

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 2023/13 2023/14 2023/15 2023/16 2023/17 2023/18
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - - - - - 1
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 19 11 9 17 22 16
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis - 1 1 4 5 5
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 7 18 15 21 16 13
Borrelia sp 2 5 2 6 3 3
Borrelia tillae - 1 1 - - 1
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis - - - - 1 -
Brucella sp - - - - - 2
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 21 14 15 19 26 7
Campylobacter fetus - 1 - 2 - -
Campylobacter jejuni 229 169 162 220 263 157
Campylobacter lari - - 1 - - -
Campylobacter other named - - 1 1 1 1
Campylobacter rectus - - 1 - - -
Campylobacter sp 698 715 522 816 794 739
Campylobacter upsaliensis - - 1 - - 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - 1 1 1 - 2
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 39 33 35 32 53 57
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 64 66 49 53 43 40
Human coronavirus 229e - - 1 1 1 -
Human coronavirus hku1 - 1 1 - 2 -
SARS coronavirus - - - - 1 -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 125 99 85 99 113 88
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 4 8 - 5 4 14
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 22,203 13,961 13,104 11,084 10,550 9,859
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 406 264 252 157 186 231
SARS-CoV-2 IgA antibody positive - - - - - 1
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 101 94 41 46 63 63
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 427 462 212 187 256 174
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody negative - - - - - 2
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 125 83 56 74 102 62
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 454 279 190 225 303 174
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 2 - 3 - - 1
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - 3 2 4 1
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus 1 - - - - -
Cryptosporidium felis - 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 22 15 7 5 4 2
Cryptosporidium parvum 25 30 26 62 92 24
Cryptosporidium sp 19 19 8 25 75 84
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - 2 - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium viatorum - 1 - - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 3 - - 3 - -
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 6 8 8 8 12 4
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus - - 1 - 3 2
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 58 63 55 50 56 65
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 12 17 8 13 5 9
Hepatitis B 295 297 249 245 252 197
Hepatitis C 303 278 263 305 317 281
Hepatitis D 9 4 1 3 2 5
Hepatitis E 28 24 27 25 17 30
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 87 56 63 44 59 47
Influenza B 472 342 274 188 172 145
Influenza indeterminate 11 13 6 - - -
Influenza ungrouped 6 11 6 - 2 2
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - - - 1 - -
Legionella pneumophila 5 2 1 2 1 3
Legionella sp 2 1 1 - 3 1
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes - 2 2 2 4 1
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 83 93 95 94 99 68
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 23 12 12 15 19 21
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 2 - 1 - - 3
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 3 5 4 7 4 4
Mumps virus - 4 1 5 5 4
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 8 10 1 5 6 4
Plasmodium malariae - - - - 1 -
Plasmodium ovale - - - 3 - -
Plasmodium vivax - 1 - 1 1 -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 47 31 29 43 51 46
Polyomavirus JC 11 8 7 4 11 9
Polyomavirus untyped - 2 - 2 - -
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia sp - - - 1 - 1
Rickettsia spotted fever - - 2 - 1 -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 3 3 3 3 5 2
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 42 48 42 45 29 11
Salmonella agona - 5 - - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 24 41 36 46 27 12
Salmonella infantis - 5 - - - -
Salmonella saint-paul - - - 5 - -
Salmonella sp 17 23 10 45 112 116
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 17 12 14 7 13 13
Salmonella typhimurium 22 14 18 29 12 9
Salmonella weltevreden 5 - - - - -
Salmonella enterica - - 6 - - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii - 1 - - 3 1
Shigella dysenteriae 2 1 1 - 2 1
Shigella flexneri 19 19 10 15 6 2
Shigella sonnei 23 17 14 11 7 6
Shigella sp 49 58 34 54 60 59
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 121 127 111 146 122 107
Streptococcus pneumoniae 140 125 123 120 112 105
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 2023/13 2023/14 2023/15 2023/16 2023/17 2023/18
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC - 2 2 2 2 1
  NDM 1 1 1 - - 1
  OXA48 1 2 1 5 1 3
  Other - - - - - 1
Cronobacter              
Cronobacter spp KPC - 1 - - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP - - - 1 - -
  KPC 2 4 1 2 2 -
  NDM 3 3 - - 2 1
  OXA48 4 5 4 2 1 1
  VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Other enterobacter spp IMP - 1 2 - - -
  NDM 1 1 1 - - -
  OXA48 1 - - - 1 -
  VIM - 1 1 - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - 1 - 1 - -
  KPC 4 5 2 3 3 1
  NDM 21 12 8 10 13 3
  OXA48 11 9 10 8 5 1
  VIM - - - - 1 -
  Other 2 4 - - - 1
Other escherichia spp NDM 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes NDM - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 1 - - 1 - -
  NDM - - - 1 1 -
  OXA48 - - 1 3 3 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - - - 1 - -
  KPC 6 8 5 5 5 4
  NDM 9 4 5 6 1 1
  OXA48 10 9 4 8 2 2
  VIM 1 - 1 - - -
  Other 1 1 - - - -
Klebsiella serogenes OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella variicola KPC - - - - - 1
  NDM - - 1 - - -
Other klebsiella spp NDM - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 1 1 - - - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - 1 - - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii NDM - - - - - 1
  OXA48 - - - - - 1
Pantoea              
Pantoea septica KPC - - 1 - - -
Pluralibacter              
Pluralibacter spp KPC - - - 1 1 -
Salmonella              
Salmonella virchow NDM - 1 - - - -
Other salmonella spp NDM - 1 - - - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica OXA48 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 2023/13 2023/14 2023/15 2023/16 2023/17 2023/18
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP - - - - 1 -
  NDM 1 1 - - - -
  Other 1 - 1 - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - - - 2 - -
  NDM 1 - - - 1 1
  VIM 1 - 1 - - -
  Other 1 1 5 1 1 1
Pseudomonas nitroreducens NDM - - - - 1 -
  VIM - - - - 1 -
Pseudomonas putida group IMP - - - 1 - -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Other pseudomonas spp Other 1 - - 1 - -
Other              
  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.