Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 33 (week ending 20 August 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 2023/28 2023/29 2023/30 2023/31 2023/32 2023/33
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - - - - 2 -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 35 27 15 34 18 27
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 9 19 10 6 7 14
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 29 38 37 64 35 48
Borrelia other named - - - - - 1
Borrelia sp 6 2 4 14 8 6
Borrelia tillae 1 1 - 1 6 7
Brucella            
Brucella sp - - 1 - - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 46 47 31 31 44 44
Campylobacter fetus - - - - - 1
Campylobacter jejuni 366 305 278 274 316 279
Campylobacter lari 1 2 1 1 - -
Campylobacter other named - - 2 3 2 1
Campylobacter sp 1,249 1,100 1,118 1,220 1,079 1,116
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 - 2 - - 2
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - 1 - 1 1 1
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 4 3 - 1 1 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 24 25 28 37 32 21
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 5 7 10 12 11 8
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 61 69 124 91 75 85
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 2 4 6 6 3 5
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 2,795 3,222 4,298 5,548 6,715 7,115
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 24 21 24 36 76 72
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 56 53 56 47 49 45
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 144 169 154 149 144 164
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 60 65 38 64 62 62
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 155 125 94 151 139 148
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 1 1 4 3 1 6
Corynebacterium ulcerans 1 - - - 1 -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - - 1 1 -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus 1 - - - 1 -
Cryptosporidium felis 1 - - 3 - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 19 7 17 9 22 22
Cryptosporidium meleagridis 1 1 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 31 14 29 36 46 34
Cryptosporidium sp 28 24 29 31 30 86
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - - 2 - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 2 - 1 2 2 2
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 16 14 17 16 16 5
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 5 1 3 9 6 3
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 60 43 58 46 68 55
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 11 4 10 10 9 6
Hepatitis B 297 314 270 257 287 255
Hepatitis C 365 392 337 443 339 349
Hepatitis D 4 5 5 1 2 9
Hepatitis E 32 38 31 35 32 20
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 59 52 57 64 53 49
Influenza B 22 16 17 12 22 10
Influenza indeterminate 52 - - - - -
Influenza ungrouped 1 1 - 6 5 2
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - 3 - - 1 1
Legionella other named - - - 1 - -
Legionella pneumophila 8 13 17 13 6 5
Legionella sp 4 8 8 7 7 8
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 3 4 2 9 2 3
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 77 77 78 75 109 93
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 16 181 22 17 13 15
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 3 2 3 4 3 1
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 4 10 4 2 - 1
Mumps virus 5 3 4 3 7 2
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 2 - 1 11 21 -
Plasmodium ovale - - - - 2 -
Plasmodium vivax - - - - 3 -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 40 48 39 50 45 64
Polyomavirus JC 9 9 8 5 7 15
Polyomavirus untyped - - 1 - - -
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia mooseri - 1 - - - -
Rickettsia prowazekii - 1 - 2 - -
Rickettsia sp - - - - - 1
Rickettsia spotted fever - - - 1 - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 2 1 3 2 1 -
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 59 63 64 70 39 30
Salmonella agona 5 - - - - -
Salmonella chester - - - - 6 -
Salmonella enteritidis 65 44 38 56 64 20
Salmonella infantis 9 7 8 10 6 19
Salmonella java - - - 7 - -
Salmonella sp 43 56 29 40 137 165
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 13 9 7 6 10 15
Salmonella typhimurium 43 36 32 35 26 16
Salmonella virchow - - - 6 - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii - 1 - - - -
Shigella dysenteriae 1 2 1 1 - -
Shigella flexneri 9 6 9 11 11 6
Shigella sonnei 22 23 26 31 15 22
Shigella sp 46 29 50 55 55 65
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 69 64 56 68 69 49
Streptococcus pneumoniae 65 268 63 79 70 65
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 1 1 2 1 2 4

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 2023/28 2023/29 2023/30 2023/31 2023/32 2023/33
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC 3 1 1 2 3 1
  NDM 1 - - 1 - 1
  OXA48 2 2 5 2 4 2
  VIM - - - 1 - 1
  Other - - - - - 1
Cronobacter              
Cronobacter spp KPC - - - - - 1
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP - - 1 - 1 1
  KPC 2 11 9 3 7 5
  NDM 1 5 3 4 5 3
  OXA48 3 2 2 3 - 1
  VIM - 1 1 - - -
  Other - 3 1 1 - 2
Enterobacter other named VIM - 1 - - - -
Other enterobacter spp IMP - - - 1 - -
  KPC 1 - - - - -
  NDM 1 1 2 - 1 -
  OXA48 2 - - - - -
  VIM - - 1 - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - - - - 1 -
  KPC 3 8 7 6 6 4
  NDM 12 24 11 9 6 9
  OXA48 6 13 6 12 10 16
  Other - 2 - 1 - 1
Escherichia hermannii KPC - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - - - - 2 -
  Other - - - - - 1
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 1 2 3 2 5 -
  NDM - - 1 2 - -
  OXA48 1 1 1 1 4 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - - - - - 1
  KPC 5 9 6 6 8 13
  NDM 9 7 6 3 4 5
  OXA48 10 9 9 7 7 2
  VIM 1 2 - - - -
  Other 1 2 - - - 3
Klebsiella variicola NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 - 1 - - 1 -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii KPC - - - - - 1
  NDM - - - - - 1
  OXA48 - - 1 - - 1
  VIM - - - - - 1
Pantoea              
Pantoea agglomerans KPC 1 - - - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM - - 2 - - -
  OXA48 - - 1 1 - -
Providencia              
Providencia spp NDM - - - 1 - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica KPC - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
Other raoultella spp OXA48 1 - - - - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica OXA48 - - 1 - 1 -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Other serratia spp 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 2023/28 2023/29 2023/30 2023/31 2023/32 2023/33
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP - - - 1 - -
  NDM - - 1 - - -
Other acinetobacter spp Other - - - - 1 -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - - - - 1 -
  NDM - - 4 1 - -
  VIM 1 - 1 - - -
  Other 1 1 1 2 1 1
Pseudomonas fluorescens group VIM - - - - - 1
Pseudomonas nitroreducens VIM - - 1 - - -
Pseudomonas putida group VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Other pseudomonas spp VIM - - - 1 1 -
Other              
  OXA48 - - - - 2 -