Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 46 (week ending 19 November 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 2023/41 2023/42 2023/43 2023/44 2023/45 2023/46
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 29 34 18 21 13 16
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 14 8 12 10 12 14
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 52 39 40 36 17 14
Borrelia sp 11 3 5 7 7 4
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis - - - 1 - -
Brucella sp - - - - 2 -
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei - - - - - 1
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 46 28 36 32 27 31
Campylobacter gracilis - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 334 240 303 283 303 277
Campylobacter other named 4 - 2 2 - 1
Campylobacter sp 975 1,105 1,047 1,013 971 1,079
Campylobacter upsaliensis - 2 1 2 - 2
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - 1 3 - 1 -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - 1 2 2 - 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 26 24 19 25 21 38
Clostridium tetani - 1 1 - - -
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 16 22 20 14 18 14
Human coronavirus 229e - - - - - 1
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 126 114 133 129 105 120
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 8 2 6 2 2 2
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 12,031 8,837 6,894 5,849 3,889 4,430
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 124 167 97 70 57 55
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 60 58 25 41 41 36
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 207 236 163 158 191 177
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 105 49 60 43 33 66
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 260 145 139 116 94 108
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae - 2 1 8 1 1
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - 1 - - 1
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus 1 1 - - 1 -
Cryptosporidium felis - 2 - - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 193 128 101 87 108 54
Cryptosporidium parvum 88 66 55 41 60 22
Cryptosporidium sp 93 155 89 107 75 198
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum 1 - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium viatorum - - - 1 - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica - 2 1 - 1 1
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 20 38 23 17 12 12
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 6 2 6 2 2 4
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 61 54 59 61 73 79
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 22 22 14 13 13 9
Hepatitis B 330 299 314 312 262 286
Hepatitis C 282 274 275 240 206 288
Hepatitis D 8 6 10 6 3 20
Hepatitis E 33 29 37 20 28 24
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 130 122 151 205 246 314
Influenza B 70 50 50 62 78 68
Influenza indeterminate - - - - - 1
Influenza ungrouped - 5 2 17 4 10
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - - - 1 - -
Legionella pneumophila 10 6 7 5 4 7
Legionella sp 4 3 4 3 5 3
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 5 6 4 6 4 4
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 97 70 85 71 63 80
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 20 32 19 25 26 33
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 3 6 2 20 8 10
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 5 3 3 3 6 10
Mumps virus 8 - 4 5 4 7
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 19 15 8 1 - 16
Plasmodium malariae - 1 - - - -
Plasmodium ovale 2 1 3 - - 3
Plasmodium vivax 3 2 2 - - 3
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 87 53 48 45 55 74
Polyomavirus JC 11 11 8 6 5 11
Polyomavirus untyped 19 25 15 18 12 15
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia spotted fever - - - 2 - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 2 6 1 6 1 5
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 81 53 61 64 42 26
Salmonella agona - 6 - - - -
Salmonella bareilly - 7 - - - -
Salmonella braenderup - 5 - - - -
Salmonella chester 6 6 5 - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 104 103 57 72 48 23
Salmonella infantis 9 7 6 9 - -
Salmonella java 8 - 5 - - -
Salmonella kentucky - - 6 - - -
Salmonella newport 7 10 7 - - -
Salmonella oranienburg - 5 - - - -
Salmonella saint-paul 16 16 24 13 7 -
Salmonella sp 22 24 18 38 78 140
Salmonella stanley 10 10 7 8 - -
Salmonella thompson 5 - - - - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 18 22 8 8 15 7
Salmonella typhimurium 47 31 34 34 22 10
Salmonella virchow - - 6 - - -
Salmonella enterica 9 5 5 - - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii - - 1 1 2 1
Shigella dysenteriae 1 - - - - -
Shigella flexneri 15 12 13 9 14 14
Shigella sonnei 31 34 27 33 17 27
Shigella sp 43 66 59 49 64 74
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 43 55 49 52 46 59
Streptococcus pneumoniae 104 112 113 134 122 124
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - 3 - - - 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 2023/41 2023/42 2023/43 2023/44 2023/45 2023/46
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - - - - 1 -
  KPC - 1 2 1 2 -
  NDM 3 2 - 4 3 -
  OXA48 3 1 1 2 3 1
  VIM - - - 1 2 -
Cronobacter              
Cronobacter sakazakii KPC - - 1 - - 1
Other cronobacter spp KPC 1 - - 1 1 1
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP - 3 3 3 3 -
  KPC 9 6 7 14 10 3
  NDM 12 4 7 6 5 2
  OXA48 5 1 2 1 3 3
  Other 1 - 1 - 1 -
Other enterobacter spp NDM 2 - - - 3 -
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - - - - 1 -
  KPC 10 4 1 4 4 1
  NDM 12 14 13 6 15 5
  OXA48 16 5 17 12 16 3
  VIM - 1 - - 1 -
  Other - 1 2 1 - -
Escherichia hermannii KPC 1 - - 1 - -
Escherichia vulneris KPC - - - 1 - -
Other escherichia spp OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella aerogenes Other - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP - - - - 1 -
  KPC 7 5 8 3 5 2
  OXA48 2 1 6 - 1 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - - - 2 - -
  KPC 11 15 7 8 13 6
  NDM 8 8 7 9 8 1
  OXA48 6 17 16 15 8 3
  VIM - 1 1 - - -
  Other 3 2 1 - 1 -
Klebsiella variicola IMP - - 1 - - -
  NDM 1 - - - - -
Other klebsiella spp KPC - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii OXA48 1 - - - - -
Pantoea              
Pantoea agglomerans KPC - 1 - - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM 2 - 2 2 - -
  OXA48 1 - 1 - - 1
Other proteus spp OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica KPC - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - - - - - 1
Other raoultella spp KPC - - - - - 1
  OXA48 - - - - - 1
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica NDM - - 1 - - -
Other serratia spp NDM - - - 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 2023/41 2023/42 2023/43 2023/44 2023/45 2023/46
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP - - - - 1 -
  NDM - 1 1 - 1 -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Other acinetobacter spp NDM - 1 - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - - 1 - - 1
  NDM 1 - 2 1 - 1
  VIM - 2 1 - 2 -
  Other 1 2 3 1 2 1
Pseudomonas koreensis VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Pseudomonas putida group NDM - - - - 1 -
  VIM - - - - 1 -
Pseudomonas stutzeri group Other - 1 - - - -
Other              
  NDM - - - 1 - -