Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 22 (week ending 4 June 2023)

Updated 2 January 2024

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 2023/17 2023/18 2023/19 2023/20 2023/21 2023/22
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - 1 - - - 2
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 22 17 14 11 10 17
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 5 5 5 6 - 4
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 16 13 21 16 17 12
Borrelia sp 3 4 3 1 2 2
Borrelia tillae - 1 - 1 3 -
Brucella            
Brucella intermedia - - 1 - - -
Brucella melitensis 1 - - 1 - -
Brucella sp - 2 - 1 - 1
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei - - - 1 - 1
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 26 9 16 21 23 18
Campylobacter jejuni 265 206 225 349 303 223
Campylobacter lari - - - - 1 -
Campylobacter other named 1 1 3 2 - 1
Campylobacter sp 792 716 742 1,161 1,049 933
Campylobacter upsaliensis - 1 1 1 - 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - 2 - 3 1 -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - - 1 2 - 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 54 50 34 33 49 27
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 43 40 44 27 35 24
Human coronavirus 229e 1 - - 1 - -
Human coronavirus hku1 2 - - 1 1 -
SARS coronavirus 2 - - - - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 113 88 142 132 80 62
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 4 14 7 - 1 2
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 10,554 9,840 8,000 6,823 5,897 4,560
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 186 231 100 78 68 67
SARS-CoV-2 IgA antibody positive - 1 - - - -
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 63 64 80 60 59 47
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 256 175 307 179 181 111
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody negative - 2 - - - -
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 101 63 73 79 79 38
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 301 177 192 216 201 117
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae - 1 - - 1 1
Corynebacterium ulcerans 3 1 2 1 - 1
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 5 3 3 3 8 -
Cryptosporidium meleagridis - - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 115 65 80 81 60 21
Cryptosporidium sp 51 49 37 34 30 47
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica - 1 1 2 - 1
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 14 7 11 8 20 13
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 3 4 2 6 8 4
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 56 64 66 65 69 65
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 7 9 11 8 10 8
Hepatitis B 268 236 235 281 281 223
Hepatitis C 329 304 321 395 447 274
Hepatitis D 2 5 3 2 2 3
Hepatitis E 17 31 18 21 37 18
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 58 49 41 36 31 46
Influenza B 173 145 100 71 53 23
Influenza indeterminate - - - 6 14 1
Influenza ungrouped 2 2 1 3 - 1
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - 1 - - - -
Legionella pneumophila 1 3 3 7 2 1
Legionella sp 3 1 4 1 3 -
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 4 - 3 3 5 6
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 110 84 79 95 97 97
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 19 21 14 19 17 8
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus - 3 4 4 - 3
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 4 4 8 8 6 2
Mumps virus 5 4 2 1 5 2
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 7 6 3 1 5 2
Plasmodium malariae 1 - - - - -
Plasmodium ovale - - 1 - 1 -
Plasmodium vivax 1 - - - 2 -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 50 46 32 53 28 34
Polyomavirus JC 11 9 6 9 11 8
Polyomavirus untyped - - 2 - - -
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia sp - 1 - - - -
Rickettsia spotted fever 1 - - - - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 5 2 - 5 - 5
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 67 56 59 68 36 20
Salmonella enteritidis 70 37 49 46 30 14
Salmonella infantis - 7 6 6 - -
Salmonella sp 19 16 13 27 96 128
Salmonella stanley - - - 5 - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 14 19 17 14 13 15
Salmonella typhimurium 25 30 28 24 18 14
Salmonella enterica - - - 5 5 -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 3 1 2 - 2 -
Shigella dysenteriae 2 2 - 1 - 1
Shigella flexneri 16 10 18 17 4 10
Shigella sonnei 8 9 13 22 9 5
Shigella sp 49 48 41 52 49 51
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 122 108 73 65 96 61
Streptococcus pneumoniae 112 103 74 109 104 107
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - 1 - - 1 -

Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE)

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.

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

Week notification received 2023/17 2023/18 2023/19 2023/20 2023/21 2023/22
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC 3 1 2 - 2 -
  NDM - 1 2 - 1 -
  OXA48 1 3 4 2 3 -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP - - 1 - - -
  KPC 2 2 7 1 3 4
  NDM 3 3 3 3 9 -
  OXA48 2 1 3 - 4 -
  Other - - 2 1 1 -
Other enterobacter spp KPC - - - 1 - -
  NDM 1 - 1 - - -
  OXA48 1 - 1 - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli KPC 2 2 9 5 2 2
  NDM 14 8 16 10 13 2
  OXA48 6 13 7 8 11 2
  VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other - 1 1 2 1 -
Escherichia vulneris KPC - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - - 1 - - -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC - - 1 4 - 1
  NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 3 2 - - 1 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae KPC 5 9 6 4 7 6
  NDM 1 4 5 4 6 2
  OXA48 2 11 5 5 8 -
  Other - - - 1 1 -
Klebsiella variicola KPC - 1 - - 1 -
  NDM 1 - - - - -
Other klebsiella spp KPC - 1 2 - 1 -
  NDM - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Kluyvera              
Kluyvera spp OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii NDM - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Pantoea              
Pantoea agglomerans KPC - - 1 - - -
Pluralibacter              
Pluralibacter spp KPC 1 - - - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica KPC - 1 - - - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica OXA48 - - - 1 - -

Other carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative organisms

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.

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

Week notification received 2023/17 2023/18 2023/19 2023/20 2023/21 2023/22
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP 1 - - - - -
  NDM 1 - 1 - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP 1 - 1 1 - -
  NDM 1 1 - 1 - -
  VIM - - 1 1 1 -
  Other 2 3 1 1 2 1
Pseudomonas fluorescens group Other - 1 - - - -
Pseudomonas nitroreducens NDM 1 - - - - -
  VIM 1 - - - - -
Other              
  OXA48 - - 2 1 - -