Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 30 (week ending 30 July 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 2023/25 2023/26 2023/27 2023/28 2023/29 2023/30
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - 1 - - - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 24 19 29 35 27 14
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 22 4 5 9 19 10
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 22 28 28 29 38 37
Borrelia sp 4 4 6 6 2 3
Borrelia tillae - 2 1 1 1 -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 70 47 41 46 46 25
Campylobacter fetus 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 459 335 335 362 298 239
Campylobacter lari 1 - 1 1 2 1
Campylobacter other named 3 1 1 - - 2
Campylobacter sp 1,333 1,415 1,332 1,248 1,100 1,115
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 1 1 1 - 2
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 - 1 - 1 -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 1 2 - 4 3 -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 31 53 43 24 24 27
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 21 8 14 4 7 10
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 109 60 88 61 69 124
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 4 4 4 2 4 6
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 2,504 1,871 2,255 2,795 3,224 4,236
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 28 28 34 24 21 24
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 75 50 46 56 53 56
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 346 127 132 144 169 151
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 42 24 44 60 65 38
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 125 126 117 155 125 89
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 3 - 4 1 1 4
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - 2 1 - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium felis - 1 - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 5 8 13 18 6 9
Cryptosporidium meleagridis 1 - 1 1 - 1
Cryptosporidium parvum 43 33 23 30 12 11
Cryptosporidium sp 22 9 31 30 27 56
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 1 1 2 2 - 1
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 20 18 20 16 11 14
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 1 4 2 5 1 3
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 65 74 66 60 42 56
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 16 10 13 10 4 8
Hepatitis B 303 331 235 293 287 240
Hepatitis C 447 431 443 360 377 309
Hepatitis D 8 7 5 4 5 5
Hepatitis E 29 47 36 32 38 26
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 60 25 57 59 52 56
Influenza B 26 15 15 22 16 16
Influenza indeterminate 1 - - 52 - -
Influenza ungrouped 2 1 - 1 1 -
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - - 1 - 3 -
Legionella pneumophila 10 10 6 8 13 14
Legionella sp 2 3 3 4 8 11
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 16 5 8 3 4 1
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 103 89 96 76 65 66
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 19 12 20 16 16 19
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 4 1 3 3 2 3
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 6 7 3 4 10 4
Mumps virus 2 2 6 5 3 4
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 1 12 4 2 - 1
Plasmodium malariae - 1 - - - -
Plasmodium ovale - 1 - - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 86 46 41 40 48 40
Polyomavirus JC 13 11 19 9 9 9
Polyomavirus untyped 2 1 1 - - 1
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia mooseri - - - - 1 -
Rickettsia spotted fever - 1 - - - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 5 2 1 2 1 3
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 65 74 54 49 29 23
Salmonella agona - - 5 - - -
Salmonella chester 6 - - - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 85 96 61 50 19 -
Salmonella infantis - 8 7 - 6 -
Salmonella kentucky - 5 - - - -
Salmonella newport - - 6 - - -
Salmonella sp 23 22 26 93 133 150
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 9 10 7 13 9 -
Salmonella typhimurium 33 30 34 32 19 -
Salmonella virchow - 5 - - - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii - 2 - - 1 -
Shigella dysenteriae 1 1 - - 1 1
Shigella flexneri 6 10 11 9 6 3
Shigella sonnei 24 32 20 20 20 19
Shigella sp 49 52 50 48 33 61
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 91 65 56 69 63 53
Streptococcus pneumoniae 106 69 70 65 54 57
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - - - 1 1 2

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 2023/25 2023/26 2023/27 2023/28 2023/29 2023/30
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC - - 1 2 2 -
  NDM 1 1 1 1 - -
  OXA48 1 1 1 2 2 3
  VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other - - 4 2 3 -
Cronobacter              
Cronobacter malonaticus NDM - 1 - - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 3 3 4 - - -
  KPC 2 1 2 2 10 5
  NDM 7 6 2 - 4 -
  OXA48 2 7 2 2 1 1
  VIM - - 1 - 1 -
  Other 1 4 2 4 2 -
Other enterobacter spp KPC - 1 - 1 - -
  NDM 1 1 - 1 - -
  OXA48 - 1 - 2 - -
  VIM 1 - - - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli KPC 8 2 4 3 7 7
  NDM 14 9 16 12 18 6
  OXA48 12 12 9 4 12 3
  VIM 1 1 - - - -
  Other 1 2 1 1 2 1
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - 1 - - - 1
  Other - 1 1 2 - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC - 1 - 1 2 3
  NDM - 1 - - - 1
  OXA48 1 - - 1 1 1
  VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae KPC 8 10 13 5 6 4
  NDM 8 5 8 8 6 2
  OXA48 7 11 5 10 7 2
  VIM 1 - - 1 1 -
  Other 1 1 1 1 2 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp ozenae NDM - - 1 - - -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella serogenes NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
  VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella variicola NDM - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Other klebsiella spp OXA48 1 - - - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii Other - - 2 4 1 -
Pantoea              
Pantoea agglomerans KPC - - - 1 - -
Pluralibacter              
Pluralibacter gergoviae Other 1 - - - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM - - - - - 1
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica Other - - 2 - - -

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 2023/25 2023/26 2023/27 2023/28 2023/29 2023/30
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP 1 - - - - -
  NDM - - - - - 1
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus/baumannii complex IMP 1 - - - - -
Acinetobacter pittii NDM - 1 - - - -
Other acinetobacter spp NDM 1 - - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - 1 - - - -
  NDM - 1 1 - - 2
  VIM 1 - 1 1 - 1
  Other 1 2 1 1 3 2
Pseudomonas nitroreducens VIM - - - - - 1
Other              
  Other - - 1 1 - -