Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 24 (week ending 16 June 2024)

Updated 2 December 2024

Applies to England and Wales

Laboratories in England have a statutory duty to notify the UK Health Security Agency 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 2024/19 2024/20 2024/21 2024/22 2024/23 2024/24
Arboviruses            
West Nile Virus - - 1 - - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 17 25 20 19 20 20
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 157 174 158 229 384 483
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 13 10 13 44 26 23
Borrelia sp 2 2 1 13 1 7
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis - - - - - 1
Brucella sp 1 1 3 - 3 -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 45 46 43 46 51 31
Campylobacter concisus - - 1 - - -
Campylobacter fetus - - 1 - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 253 392 395 465 412 306
Campylobacter lari - 1 3 - 3 3
Campylobacter other named 2 4 2 2 - -
Campylobacter rectus 1 1 - - - -
Campylobacter sp 934 1,425 1,341 1,258 1,732 1,490
Campylobacter upsaliensis - - 1 - - 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - - - 4 - -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 2 3 1 - 1 -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 35 29 33 39 37 39
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 93 80 74 43 51 58
Human coronavirus 229e - - 2 - - -
Human coronavirus hku1 - 1 - - - -
SARS coronavirus - 1 - - - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 109 90 98 97 106 93
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void - - - 2 - 6
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 2,461 2,069 1,810 1,710 2,236 2,306
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 48 44 59 51 69 49
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 21 17 14 16 21 58
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 156 154 144 112 118 371
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 7 11 13 10 10 30
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 41 53 71 40 54 52
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 2 2 1 - 3 3
Corynebacterium ulcerans 1 - - - - -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - - - - 1
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium hominis 14 25 16 15 19 2
Cryptosporidium parvum 86 112 139 70 49 21
Cryptosporidium sp 54 54 51 27 52 80
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - - - - 1 -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 1 1 - 1 - -
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 8 21 16 15 11 13
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus - 15 4 1 8 1
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 66 71 62 68 55 83
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 8 29 21 16 23 9
Hepatitis B 330 332 352 318 327 289
Hepatitis C 203 288 314 252 286 263
Hepatitis D 14 6 10 12 9 7
Hepatitis E 34 25 26 28 34 27
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 274 202 150 119 135 122
Influenza B 207 155 90 63 84 69
Influenza indeterminate - 1 - 1 1 -
Influenza ungrouped 5 6 - 4 3 7
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - - 3 - 1 2
Legionella other named - - 1 - - -
Legionella pneumophila 4 4 4 9 7 6
Legionella sp 2 6 1 3 8 2
Leptospira            
Leptospira interrogans - 1 1 - - -
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 5 2 3 1 4 8
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 103 87 90 79 96 93
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 25 32 25 22 19 37
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 3 5 8 6 4 6
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 69 76 51 78 61 56
Mumps virus 2 4 3 7 7 6
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - 5 - - 1 6
Plasmodium ovale - - - - 1 5
Plasmodium vivax - 2 1 - - 6
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 46 71 49 35 52 39
Polyomavirus JC 2 13 6 9 4 7
Polyomavirus untyped 23 16 9 8 11 11
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii - 1 - - 1 -
Rickettsia spotted fever 1 - - - - -
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi - 1 - - - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus - 7 3 6 3 1
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 72 60 66 39 58 12
Salmonella bareilly - - 5 - - -
Salmonella enterica - - - 7 - -
Salmonella enteritidis 36 41 61 44 31 15
Salmonella java 5 5 - - - -
Salmonella muenchen 5 - - - - -
Salmonella newport 5 6 7 12 12 -
Salmonella saint-paul - - 6 - - -
Salmonella sp 11 19 19 41 111 176
Salmonella stanley - 5 - - - -
Salmonella thompson - 7 - 5 - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 24 27 16 8 19 7
Salmonella typhimurium 29 30 27 31 30 6
Salmonella virchow - - - 9 - -
Slmonella enterica - 6 6 - - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 2 1 2 1 1 -
Shigella dysenteriae - - - 1 - -
Shigella flexneri 21 14 23 15 12 5
Shigella sonnei 18 30 23 20 22 21
Shigella sp 55 51 42 60 72 65
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 76 59 57 55 62 60
Streptococcus pneumoniae 129 130 93 116 106 89
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - - - 1 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 2024/19 2024/20 2024/21 2024/22 2024/23 2024/24
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - - 3 1 - -
  KPC - 3 1 - 3 -
  NDM 1 2 - 2 2 1
  OXA48 - 2 - 3 4 -
  VIM 2 - - 1 - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 1 2 3 5 - -
  KPC 2 3 7 9 8 2
  NDM 3 10 12 8 8 3
  OXA48 3 4 3 1 2 2
  Other - 1 1 1 1 -
Other enterobacter spp IMP - 2 1 2 - -
  KPC - - - 1 - -
  NDM - 1 1 - 1 -
  OXA48 - 1 1 - - -
  VIM - 2 - 1 - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 2 7 3 - 2 1
  KPC 2 1 3 7 5 8
  NDM 22 21 20 16 9 4
  OXA48 24 33 20 15 14 7
  Other 1 - - 3 1 -
Escherichia hermannii NDM - - 1 - - -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Escherichia vulneris NDM 1 - - - - -
Other escherichia spp OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes OXA48 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 2 2 - 3 1 -
  NDM - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 3 2 3 2 - -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 1 - 4 3 - -
  KPC 16 12 19 11 8 4
  NDM 23 14 23 6 5 -
  OXA48 9 8 15 12 9 3
  VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other 1 3 2 1 2 1
Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp ozenae KPC 1 - - - - -
Other klebsiella spp OXA48 - 1 - - 1 -
Kluyvera              
Kluyvera spp VIM - - - - 1 -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata NDM - - 1 - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM 1 2 - - 2 1
  Other - - - - 1 1
Providencia              
Providencia rettgeri (proteus rettgeri) NDM 1 - - - - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica NDM - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Other serratia spp NDM 1 - - - - -

Other carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative organisms [note 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.

Week notification received 2024/19 2024/20 2024/21 2024/22 2024/23 2024/24
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP - - - 1 - -
  NDM 2 2 1 - 1 -
  Other 1 - 1 - - -
Other acinetobacter spp Other - 1 - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - 1 - 1 - -
  NDM - - 1 1 2 -
  VIM 1 - - 3 - -
  Other 1 1 1 2 1 1
Pseudomonas putida group VIM - - - - - 1
  Other - - - - - 1
Other pseudomonas spp VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Other              
  NDM - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - - 1 1 - 1

[note 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