Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 17 (week ending 28 April 2024)

Updated 20 December 2024

Applies to England and Wales

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 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 2024/12 2024/13 2024/14 2024/15 2024/16 2024/17
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus 1 - - - - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 18 13 15 16 12 23
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 135 158 204 199 215 234
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 14 9 9 17 8 20
Borrelia sp 2 4 1 2 1 3
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis 1 - - - 1 1
Brucella sp - - - 1 1 1
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 21 26 28 35 35 43
Campylobacter fetus - - - 2 - -
Campylobacter gracilis - - - 2 - -
Campylobacter jejuni 262 283 235 255 267 232
Campylobacter lari - - 2 1 - -
Campylobacter other named 1 3 1 - 1 1
Campylobacter sp 839 703 685 919 976 1,015
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 - - - 2 -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 1 - - - -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 2 - 1 2 - 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 35 33 37 50 38 36
Clostridium tetani - - - - 1 -
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 153 153 113 90 77 78
Human coronavirus 229e - 3 - 1 2 1
Human coronavirus hku1 2 - - - 2 -
Human coronavirus oc43 1 - - - - -
SARS coronavirus - - - - - 1
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 138 114 111 107 122 95
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void - - - - 5 -
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 1,293 1,496 1,259 1,299 1,309 1,738
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 35 296 38 42 27 29
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 18 13 8 17 12 26
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 135 85 63 119 122 150
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 15 17 7 25 12 10
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 74 55 19 73 35 37
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 1 1 1 2 2 1
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - 2 - - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium felis - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 15 14 12 23 9 2
Cryptosporidium meleagridis 1 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 32 51 60 163 147 72
Cryptosporidium sp 20 20 24 57 102 195
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - - - - 1 -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 2 1 - 1 - 1
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 8 3 4 4 12 5
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 5 4 8 6 6 4
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 74 59 57 69 74 71
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 18 11 17 11 15 11
Hepatitis B 362 349 257 283 355 340
Hepatitis C 248 215 175 251 235 235
Hepatitis D 6 3 7 5 8 7
Hepatitis E 20 20 28 36 36 28
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 1,504 1,461 982 609 364 343
Influenza B 497 411 417 292 152 216
Influenza indeterminate 3 1 3 2 - 1
Influenza ungrouped 43 34 24 14 8 3
Legionella            
Legionella pneumophila 2 13 7 11 3 3
Legionella sp 5 2 - 4 3 1
Leptospira            
Leptospira interrogans 1 - - 1 - -
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 5 7 5 4 2 4
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 109 74 87 95 85 78
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 15 19 18 31 31 28
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 3 8 4 10 4 5
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 54 57 59 87 75 60
Mumps virus 5 14 12 17 4 13
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 10 - 1 7 1 -
Plasmodium malariae 1 - - - 1 -
Plasmodium ovale 2 - - 1 - -
Plasmodium vivax 1 - - 1 - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 54 44 35 51 58 41
Polyomavirus JC 6 12 3 4 4 4
Polyomavirus untyped 5 21 11 14 12 20
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii - - - - 1 -
Rickettsia spotted fever 1 - 1 - 1 -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 6 4 5 2 3 2
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 56 56 42 58 45 21
Salmonella bareilly - - - 5 - -
Salmonella chester - - - 5 - -
Salmonella enteritidis 30 17 25 36 25 15
Salmonella newport 7 7 6 5 - -
Salmonella sp 14 11 12 34 106 136
Salmonella stanley - - 6 - - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 16 16 23 13 18 10
Salmonella typhimurium 19 35 25 28 16 13
Salmonella enterica 5 - - - - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii - 1 2 1 1 -
Shigella dysenteriae 1 1 - - - -
Shigella flexneri 22 15 13 17 21 10
Shigella sonnei 22 16 17 15 16 20
Shigella sp 79 48 44 53 57 83
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 78 71 84 80 77 84
Streptococcus pneumoniae 143 126 140 152 127 122
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 1 1 - 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 2024/12 2024/13 2024/14 2024/15 2024/16 2024/17
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - 1 1 1 - -
  KPC 2 1 1 1 1 -
  NDM 2 1 1 1 1 -
  OXA48 2 1 - 1 2 1
  VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Cronobacter              
Cronobacter sakazakii KPC - - 1 - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 2 2 1 3 3 1
  KPC 6 4 1 8 1 2
  NDM 4 4 5 9 12 2
  OXA48 - 3 3 4 2 -
  VIM - - - - 1 -
  Other 1 1 - 3 1 -
Other enterobacter spp IMP 1 - 3 2 2 -
  NDM 2 2 1 1 5 -
  OXA48 1 - - - 1 -
  VIM 1 - 1 - 1 -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - - - - 3 -
  KPC 2 3 3 4 1 1
  NDM 24 23 23 33 16 6
  OXA48 21 23 19 17 17 7
  Other 1 1 2 2 2 -
Escherichia hermannii VIM - - 1 - - -
Hafnia              
Hafnia alvei Other 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 7 1 7 - 3 2
  NDM - 1 - - - 1
  OXA48 - - 1 1 2 1
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - 2 2 - 2 -
  KPC 5 6 10 13 10 1
  NDM 8 9 11 10 6 2
  OXA48 10 14 12 9 14 2
  VIM 2 - - 2 1 -
  Other 1 - - 2 1 -
Other klebsiella spp KPC - - 1 - - -
  NDM - 1 1 1 - -
  OXA48 - 1 1 1 - -
  VIM - - 1 - - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia spp NDM 1 - - - - -
Mixta              
Mixta calida NDM 1 - - - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Providencia              
Providencia stuartii NDM - - 1 - - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Other raoultella spp KPC - 1 - - - -
Serratia              
Serratia grimesii/liquefaciens/proteamaculans NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica KPC - - 1 - - -
  NDM - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -

Other carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative organisms

Week notification received 2024/12 2024/13 2024/14 2024/15 2024/16 2024/17
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM - - - - 1 -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus/baumannii complex NDM - 1 - - - -
Other acinetobacter spp NDM - - - - 1 -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - - - - - 1
  NDM 1 1 2 1 - -
  VIM - 1 - 2 - 1
  Other 1 2 1 1 2 -
Other              
  NDM - - 1 - - 1
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
  Other - - - 1 - -

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.