Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 2 (week ending 14 January 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 (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 2023/49 2023/50 2023/51 2023/52 2024/01 2024/02
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 11 13 14 6 16 10
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 15 24 32 13 26 36
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 22 26 12 7 9 15
Borrelia sp 5 6 2 2 - 3
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis - - 1 - - -
Brucella sp - - 1 - 1 -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 21 30 13 15 15 23
Campylobacter fetus 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 200 218 207 142 154 163
Campylobacter other named - - 1 1 3 -
Campylobacter sp 829 823 802 436 650 598
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 - - - - 4
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - - - 2 - -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - 1 - - - -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 26 34 34 28 41 14
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 39 45 56 47 71 66
Human coronavirus 229e - 1 2 - 8 -
Human coronavirus hku1 3 3 - - - 3
SARS coronavirus - - - - - 1
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 114 182 163 191 170 111
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void - 2 11 2 - -
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 6,047 7,971 9,024 8,125 7,630 4,773
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 68 51 84 83 139 79
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 30 67 41 20 25 23
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 130 378 196 84 107 104
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 14 35 36 30 43 27
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 71 115 104 113 130 82
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 3 2 4 - 2 2
Corynebacterium ulcerans - 3 - - 1 1
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium hominis 5 11 5 - 3 4
Cryptosporidium parvum 21 8 12 6 4 6
Cryptosporidium sp 101 118 100 41 72 53
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica - 4 - 1 - 1
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 7 7 4 6 7 4
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 10 5 6 2 5 6
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 69 72 73 50 74 55
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 8 14 16 9 45 30
Hepatitis B 406 357 342 186 250 246
Hepatitis C 240 224 240 133 172 193
Hepatitis D 8 11 7 3 7 7
Hepatitis E 30 21 32 17 20 28
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 1,203 2,038 3,249 3,254 3,799 2,356
Influenza B 84 101 112 120 151 114
Influenza indeterminate 1 2 1 - 1 3
Influenza ungrouped 40 89 92 116 124 66
Legionella            
Legionella other named - - 1 - - -
Legionella pneumophila 4 5 6 3 1 1
Legionella sp 1 1 5 - 2 -
Leptospira            
Leptospira interrogans 1 - - - - -
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 6 26 11 4 4 -
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 74 77 83 48 59 62
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 27 36 48 16 31 48
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 2 3 3 - 1 1
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 4 16 29 29 44 69
Mumps virus 1 5 4 6 8 8
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - 1 9 1 - 6
Plasmodium ovale - - 1 - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 48 51 55 49 34 49
Polyomavirus JC 13 10 12 4 10 7
Polyomavirus untyped 21 14 19 8 12 14
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia spotted fever - - - - - 1
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi 1 - - - - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 2 6 2 - - -
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 58 53 57 24 21 17
Salmonella chester 5 - - - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 37 26 21 11 9 -
Salmonella infantis 5 - - - - -
Salmonella newport - 6 5 - - -
Salmonella saint-paul - 8 - - - -
Salmonella sp 17 12 23 11 57 85
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 17 21 23 12 15 11
Salmonella typhimurium 24 20 18 11 9 11
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 2 2 - 1 1 2
Shigella dysenteriae 4 - 1 - - -
Shigella flexneri 24 19 24 8 14 11
Shigella sonnei 31 27 29 20 18 8
Shigella sp 46 35 44 20 34 43
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 59 67 67 68 88 72
Streptococcus pneumoniae 149 186 175 190 251 136
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - - 1 - 3 -

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 2023/49 2023/50 2023/51 2023/52 2024/01 2024/02
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC - 2 3 2 1 -
  NDM 2 - 2 - - -
  OXA48 1 3 2 4 - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 2 - - - 3 -
  KPC 4 5 1 2 3 -
  NDM 5 6 7 4 3 2
  OXA48 4 2 6 5 3 2
  VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other 2 2 2 - 1 -
Enterobacter other named NDM - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Other enterobacter spp IMP 1 - - - - -
  NDM 2 2 3 1 1 -
  OXA48 1 1 1 1 - 1
  VIM - 2 - - 1 -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - - 2 - - -
  KPC 5 6 4 7 5 2
  NDM 20 19 20 14 13 3
  OXA48 19 23 23 14 10 3
  Other - 1 1 1 - -
Escherichia hermannii OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes OXA48 - - 1 - 1 -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 2 3 1 4 6 3
  NDM 1 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - 3 2 1 1 1
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 2 - - - - -
  KPC 8 8 6 7 4 2
  NDM 3 7 12 4 5 -
  OXA48 12 7 19 12 15 1
  VIM - 1 - 2 - -
  Other - 2 1 2 1 -
Klebsiella serogenes KPC - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella variicola KPC - 1 - - - 1
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Other klebsiella spp NDM - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC 1 - - - 1 -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Pantoea              
Pantoea agglomerans KPC - - 1 - - -
Pantoea septica NDM - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis IMP - 1 1 - - -
  NDM 1 - 1 - - -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 - - 1 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 2023/49 2023/50 2023/51 2023/52 2024/01 2024/02
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM - 2 - 1 - 1
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa NDM 1 - - - - -
  VIM 1 - - 1 - -
  Other 2 1 2 1 1 -
Pseudomonas nitroreducens NDM 1 - - - - -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Pseudomonas putida group VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Other              
  NDM - - - - 1 1