Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 51 (week ending 24 December 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 2023/46 2023/47 2023/48 2023/49 2023/50 2023/51
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - - 1 - - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 16 19 17 11 13 12
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 14 12 14 15 24 32
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 16 37 30 21 26 12
Borrelia sp 4 6 4 6 6 2
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis - - - - - 1
Brucella sp - - - - - 1
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 39 40 34 21 29 11
Campylobacter fetus - 1 1 1 - -
Campylobacter jejuni 336 277 233 200 217 190
Campylobacter lari - - 1 - - -
Campylobacter other named 1 - 3 - - 1
Campylobacter sp 1,068 997 970 826 824 801
Campylobacter upsaliensis 2 1 - 1 - -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - - 1 - - -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 1 1 - - 1 -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 38 39 29 26 34 33
Clostridium tetani - - 1 - - -
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 14 23 18 39 45 56
Human coronavirus 229e 1 - 1 - 1 2
Human coronavirus hku1 - 1 1 2 3 -
SARS coronavirus - - 1 1 - 2
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 120 132 130 114 182 163
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 2 7 4 - 2 11
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 4,429 4,018 4,280 6,051 7,988 8,929
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 55 45 37 68 51 78
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 36 34 38 30 67 41
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 177 166 174 130 378 196
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 67 28 30 14 35 36
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 124 78 114 71 115 104
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 2 3 1 3 2 3
Corynebacterium ulcerans 1 - - - 3 -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 136 36 21 5 8 -
Cryptosporidium meleagridis - 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 53 23 9 21 7 9
Cryptosporidium sp 97 141 137 101 121 107
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - 1 - - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 1 - - - 4 -
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 13 7 11 6 5 4
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 4 8 9 10 5 6
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 80 61 68 69 71 68
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 9 14 15 8 14 16
Hepatitis B 324 342 327 403 356 319
Hepatitis C 330 271 279 240 222 219
Hepatitis D 20 14 11 8 11 7
Hepatitis E 25 22 24 30 21 30
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 317 373 558 1,197 2,032 3,206
Influenza B 68 57 50 84 101 111
Influenza indeterminate 1 - 1 1 2 1
Influenza ungrouped 10 14 29 40 89 92
Legionella            
Legionella other named - - - - - 1
Legionella pneumophila 6 2 6 4 5 5
Legionella sp 4 2 4 1 1 5
Leptospira            
Leptospira interrogans - 1 - 1 - -
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 4 6 8 6 26 11
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 91 73 76 69 73 74
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 32 31 35 26 36 47
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 10 7 5 2 3 3
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 10 11 10 4 16 29
Mumps virus 7 3 6 1 5 4
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 16 - 14 - 1 9
Plasmodium ovale 3 - 5 - - 1
Plasmodium vivax 3 - - - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 74 56 49 48 51 55
Polyomavirus JC 11 11 8 13 10 12
Polyomavirus untyped 15 18 7 21 14 19
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi - - 1 1 - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 4 5 6 2 6 2
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 72 57 58 62 36 22
Salmonella chester - 5 - - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 58 43 29 37 14 12
Salmonella kentucky - - 6 - - -
Salmonella newport 5 5 - - - -
Salmonella saint-paul 10 - - - 7 -
Salmonella sp 13 17 12 24 54 87
Salmonella stanley 5 - 5 - - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 12 26 30 17 13 18
Salmonella typhimurium 39 23 31 21 14 8
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 2 4 1 2 2 -
Shigella dysenteriae - 1 1 4 - -
Shigella flexneri 23 17 16 24 14 17
Shigella sonnei 33 28 28 30 26 21
Shigella sp 60 48 55 46 40 60
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 59 61 65 59 66 66
Streptococcus pneumoniae 127 121 134 149 184 173
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 2 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 2023/46 2023/47 2023/48 2023/49 2023/50 2023/51
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC - 1 - - 2 2
  NDM - - - 2 - -
  OXA48 2 3 2 1 3 -
Cronobacter              
Cronobacter sakazakii KPC 1 - - - - -
Other cronobacter spp KPC 1 1 - - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 2 1 2 2 - -
  KPC 5 1 5 3 5 -
  NDM 4 9 4 5 6 2
  OXA48 5 6 10 4 2 3
  VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other - - - 2 1 1
Other enterobacter spp IMP 1 - 2 1 - -
  NDM - 1 1 2 1 -
  OXA48 1 1 - 1 1 -
  VIM - - - - 2 -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 1 1 - - - -
  KPC 2 4 7 5 6 4
  NDM 12 16 19 19 15 4
  OXA48 19 22 20 19 22 7
  VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other 2 1 - - 1 1
Escherichia vulneris KPC - - 1 - - -
Other escherichia spp IMP - - 1 - - -
Hafnia              
Hafnia alvei OXA48 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes IMP - 1 - - - -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 3 2 5 2 3 1
  NDM - - - 1 1 -
  OXA48 2 5 1 - 3 1
  VIM - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - 1 - 2 - -
  KPC 9 16 7 8 7 3
  NDM 10 11 3 3 7 1
  OXA48 9 13 16 12 7 6
  VIM 1 1 3 - 1 -
  Other 1 1 3 - 2 1
Klebsiella serogenes KPC - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella variicola KPC - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Other klebsiella spp NDM - - 1 - - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - - - 1 - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Pantoea              
Pantoea agglomerans KPC - - - - - 1
Pluralibacter              
Pluralibacter gergoviae KPC 1 - - - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis IMP - - - - 1 -
  NDM - 1 - 1 - -
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica OXA48 1 - - - 1 -
Other raoultella spp KPC 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica 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 2023/46 2023/47 2023/48 2023/49 2023/50 2023/51
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM - - 1 - 1 -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Other acinetobacter spp NDM - 1 - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP 1 - - - - -
  NDM 1 3 1 1 - -
  VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other 1 - 1 1 1 1
Pseudomonas nitroreducens NDM - - - 1 - -
Pseudomonas putida group VIM - - - - - 1
  Other 1 - - - - 1
Other              
  Other 1 - - - - -