Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 23 (week ending 11 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 2023/18 2023/19 2023/20 2023/21 2023/22 2023/23
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus 1 - - - 2 1
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 17 14 11 10 17 22
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 5 5 6 - 4 2
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 13 21 16 17 13 23
Borrelia sp 4 3 1 2 2 3
Borrelia tillae 1 - 1 3 - 1
Brucella            
Brucella intermedia - 1 - - - -
Brucella melitensis - - 1 - - -
Brucella sp 2 - 1 - 1 -
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei - - 1 - 1 -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 10 16 21 23 26 30
Campylobacter jejuni 207 233 351 309 275 305
Campylobacter lari - - - 1 - -
Campylobacter other named 1 3 2 - 1 1
Campylobacter sp 716 742 1,161 1,049 948 1365
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 1 1 - 1 -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 2 - 3 1 - -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - 1 2 - 1 -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 50 34 33 49 27 33
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 41 45 28 35 24 22
Human coronavirus 229e - - 1 - - -
Human coronavirus hku1 - - 1 1 - -
SARS coronavirus - - - - - 1
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 88 142 132 80 74 70
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 14 7 - 1 2 9
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 9,840 7,996 6,823 5,892 4,700 4,293
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 231 100 78 68 71 47
SARS-CoV-2 IgA antibody positive 1 - - - - -
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 64 80 60 59 48 46
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 175 307 179 181 120 173
SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibody negative 2 - - - - -
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 63 73 79 79 38 62
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 177 192 216 201 118 136
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 1 - - 1 1 7
Corynebacterium ulcerans 1 2 1 - 1 -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - 1 - - - 1
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 3 3 3 9 2 1
Cryptosporidium meleagridis - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 65 81 80 61 38 11
Cryptosporidium sp 49 37 34 28 29 63
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 1 1 2 - 1 -
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 7 11 8 21 15 12
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 4 2 6 8 4 4
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 64 66 65 69 74 60
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 9 12 8 10 8 18
Hepatitis B 240 236 282 286 238 274
Hepatitis C 311 323 399 458 312 366
Hepatitis D 5 3 2 2 3 4
Hepatitis E 32 18 21 37 20 28
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 49 41 36 31 48 32
Influenza B 147 101 71 53 24 30
Influenza indeterminate - - 7 14 1 5
Influenza ungrouped 2 1 3 - 1 2
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae 1 - - - - -
Legionella pneumophila 3 3 8 3 2 7
Legionella sp 1 4 1 3 - 4
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes - 3 3 5 6 3
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 85 81 96 104 101 95
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 21 14 19 18 8 15
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 3 4 4 - 3 4
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 4 8 8 6 2 5
Mumps virus 4 2 1 6 2 -
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 6 3 1 5 2 -
Plasmodium ovale - 1 - 1 - -
Plasmodium vivax - - - 2 - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 46 32 53 28 34 38
Polyomavirus JC 9 6 9 11 8 12
Polyomavirus untyped - 2 - - - 1
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia sp 1 - - - - -
Rickettsia spotted fever - - - - - 2
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 2 - 4 - 5 4
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 56 60 69 66 38 21
Salmonella enteritidis 38 49 48 55 27 12
Salmonella infantis 7 5 6 - - -
Salmonella newport - - - 5 - -
Salmonella sp 16 13 22 23 91 132
Salmonella stanley - - 5 - - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 19 17 14 14 15 14
Salmonella typhimurium 30 28 26 28 22 9
Salmonella enterica - - 5 6 - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 1 2 - 2 - 1
Shigella dysenteriae 2 - 1 - 1 -
Shigella flexneri 11 17 18 11 14 7
Shigella sonnei 9 13 23 9 9 25
Shigella sp 49 41 50 43 45 55
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 107 74 65 98 66 89
Streptococcus pneumoniae 103 74 109 105 112 104
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 1 - - 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 2023/18 2023/19 2023/20 2023/21 2023/22 2023/23
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC 1 2 - 2 1 -
  NDM 1 2 - 1 1 1
  OXA48 3 4 2 3 1 3
  Other 1 - - - - 1
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 1 1 - - 2 -
  KPC 2 7 1 3 4 1
  NDM 3 3 4 11 6 4
  OXA48 1 3 - 5 1 -
  Other - 2 1 1 - -
Other enterobacter spp KPC - - 1 - - -
  NDM - 1 - 1 - -
  OXA48 - 1 - 1 - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli KPC 2 9 5 3 3 4
  NDM 8 18 10 14 8 5
  OXA48 13 7 9 11 13 4
  Other 1 1 2 1 2 -
Escherichia vulneris KPC - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - 1 - - - -
  NDM - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC - 1 4 - 2 1
  NDM - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 2 - - 1 1 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae KPC 9 6 4 8 7 3
  NDM 5 5 4 7 5 6
  OXA48 11 5 6 8 7 4
  Other - - 1 1 - -
Klebsiella variicola KPC 1 - - 1 - -
Other klebsiella spp KPC 1 2 - 1 - -
  NDM - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - 1 1 - - -
Kluyvera              
Kluyvera spp OXA48 1 - - - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
Pantoea              
Pantoea agglomerans KPC - 1 - - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica KPC 1 - - - - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica NDM - - - - 1 -
  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 2023/18 2023/19 2023/20 2023/21 2023/22 2023/23
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM - 1 - - - -
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus/baumannii complex NDM - - - - 1 -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - 1 1 - - -
  NDM 1 - 1 - - -
  VIM - 1 1 1 - -
  Other 3 1 1 2 1 1
Pseudomonas fluorescens group Other 1 - - - - -
Other pseudomonas spp NDM - - - - 1 -
Other              
  OXA48 - 2 1 - 1 -