Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 28 (week ending 14 July 2024)

Updated 19 November 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 2024/23 2024/24 2024/25 2024/26 2024/27 2024/28
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - - - - 1 -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 20 22 13 18 32 21
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 384 500 360 300 227 189
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 26 24 46 33 35 41
Borrelia sp 1 6 1 6 6 7
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis - 1 - 1 1 -
Brucella sp 6 - 3 - 1 -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 56 35 53 45 51 42
Campylobacter fetus - - - - 1 -
Campylobacter jejuni 436 362 363 397 332 284
Campylobacter lari 3 3 3 2 - -
Campylobacter other named - - - - 2 1
Campylobacter rectus - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter sp 1,726 1,450 1,463 1,390 1,422 1,281
Campylobacter upsaliensis - 1 1 - 1 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - - - - 1 3
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 1 - - 1 1 -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 37 40 35 30 42 31
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 50 60 60 43 43 33
Human coronavirus 229e - - - - - 1
SARS coronavirus - - - - - 3
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 106 93 140 79 55 38
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void - 6 - 2 - -
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 2,220 2,258 3,085 3,291 2,984 3,350
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 71 52 56 89 59 65
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 21 58 21 13 9 20
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 118 371 131 103 151 98
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 10 30 20 16 6 24
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 54 52 56 58 66 86
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 3 3 - - - -
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - - 1 - 1
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium hominis 22 14 12 16 10 9
Cryptosporidium meleagridis 1 - 2 1 - 1
Cryptosporidium parvum 59 47 45 40 33 19
Cryptosporidium sp 38 39 37 32 28 63
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum 2 1 - 1 - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 1 - 2 - 2 1
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 15 14 23 18 11 8
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 8 1 10 8 6 2
Giardia            
Giardia sp 111 106 118 112 86 90
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 55 85 59 65 68 71
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 24 9 15 26 16 9
Hepatitis B 332 310 320 349 349 255
Hepatitis C 292 274 240 252 248 343
Hepatitis D 9 7 7 9 8 6
Hepatitis E 35 29 29 30 21 26
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 134 124 144 156 131 149
Influenza B 83 70 63 48 38 37
Influenza indeterminate 1 - 1 - - -
Influenza ungrouped 3 7 2 - 3 1
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae 1 2 - - 1 1
Legionella other named - - - 1 - -
Legionella pneumophila 7 6 8 4 9 6
Legionella sp 8 2 6 3 2 4
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 4 8 4 7 3 4
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 108 103 115 104 95 66
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 19 36 23 13 12 23
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 4 6 8 3 5 4
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 61 56 40 60 71 48
Mumps virus 7 6 5 4 9 6
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 1 6 2 - - -
Plasmodium ovale 1 5 - 1 - -
Plasmodium vivax - 6 - - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 52 39 56 45 52 45
Polyomavirus JC 4 7 7 6 7 8
Polyomavirus untyped 11 11 16 23 8 17
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii 1 - - - - -
Rickettsia sp - - - - 1 -
Rickettsia spotted fever - - 3 1 - -
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi - 1 - - 1 -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 3 1 1 2 2 -
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 86 63 72 59 53 36
Salmonella bareilly - - - 6 - -
Salmonella chester - - - 5 - -
Salmonella enterica - - - - 7 -
Salmonella enteritidis 66 76 83 75 58 16
Salmonella infantis - - 6 - - -
Salmonella java - - 7 - - -
Salmonella newport 16 5 6 5 - -
Salmonella saint-paul 5 - 6 9 - -
Salmonella sp 19 13 37 41 104 182
Salmonella stanley 6 - - 5 - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 20 12 15 9 15 -
Salmonella typhimurium 48 46 50 33 29 13
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 3 - 2 - 1 -
Shigella dysenteriae - - 1 - - -
Shigella flexneri 19 7 22 21 13 5
Shigella sonnei 23 27 32 20 11 15
Shigella sp 64 58 62 51 47 67
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 65 63 63 50 72 52
Streptococcus pneumoniae 107 88 102 99 94 77
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 1 - 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 2024/23 2024/24 2024/25 2024/26 2024/27 2024/28
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - 1 1 - - -
  KPC 3 1 2 - 1 2
  NDM 2 1 - 2 2 -
  OXA48 4 2 2 3 2 -
  VIM - 1 - - 2 1
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 1 3 6 2 2 1
  KPC 8 4 3 5 1 3
  NDM 10 5 2 6 4 2
  OXA48 2 4 3 1 3 -
  Other 1 - 1 1 2 -
Enterobacter other named NDM - 1 - - - -
Other enterobacter spp IMP - - 3 - 1 -
  NDM 1 - 2 2 1 -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
  VIM 1 1 1 - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 5 4 6 4 - -
  KPC 6 8 13 7 8 10
  NDM 11 12 23 14 17 4
  OXA48 18 24 15 24 17 4
  VIM 1 2 - 1 2 -
  Other 1 1 1 2 1 -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes IMP - - - 1 - -
  KPC - - 1 - 1 -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 1 1 1 - - -
  OXA48 - 2 2 - 2 -
  VIM - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 1 1 2 3 - -
  KPC 10 15 15 15 21 5
  NDM 6 5 12 9 9 4
  OXA48 10 7 8 15 11 2
  VIM - - 2 2 3 -
  Other 2 1 3 2 2 -
Klebsiella variicola KPC - - 1 - - 1
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Other klebsiella spp KPC 1 - - 1 - -
  NDM - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 1 1 - 1 - -
Kluyvera              
Kluyvera spp VIM 1 - - - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM 2 3 1 - 2 -
  OXA48 - - 2 - - -
  Other 1 1 - - 1 -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica OXA48 - - - - 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 2024/23 2024/24 2024/25 2024/26 2024/27 2024/28
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM 1 - - - - -
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus/baumannii complex NDM - - - - 1 -
Other acinetobacter spp NDM - - - - 1 -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa NDM 2 - 1 2 1 1
  VIM 1 - - 1 3 -
  Other 1 1 1 2 1 -
Pseudomonas monteilli VIM - - 1 - - -
Pseudomonas putida group VIM - 1 1 1 - -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Other pseudomonas spp VIM - - 1 - - -
Other              
  NDM - - - 1 1 -
  OXA48 - 1 1 - - -
  VIM - - - - 1 -