Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 3 (week ending 21 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 2023/50 2023/51 2023/52 2024/01 2024/02 2024/03
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 13 14 6 16 10 23
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 24 32 13 26 37 58
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 26 12 7 9 15 8
Borrelia sp 6 2 2 - 3 7
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis - 1 - - - -
Brucella sp - 1 - 1 - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 30 13 15 15 27 22
Campylobacter fetus - - - - 1 1
Campylobacter jejuni 218 207 142 155 175 245
Campylobacter other named - 1 1 3 - 1
Campylobacter sp 823 805 436 658 591 944
Campylobacter upsaliensis - - - - 4 -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - - 2 - - 2
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 1 - - - - -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 34 34 28 41 14 36
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 45 56 47 72 65 104
Human coronavirus 229e 1 2 - 8 - 5
Human coronavirus hku1 3 - - - 3 1
SARS coronavirus - - - - 1 -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 182 163 191 170 111 189
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 2 11 2 - - -
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 7,973 9,024 8,126 7,618 4,741 6,688
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 51 84 83 140 79 91
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 67 41 20 25 23 30
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 378 196 84 107 105 189
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 35 36 30 43 27 32
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 115 104 113 130 82 133
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 2 4 - 2 2 2
Corynebacterium ulcerans 3 - - 1 1 -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium hominis 11 5 - 7 4 -
Cryptosporidium parvum 8 12 6 5 7 3
Cryptosporidium sp 118 100 41 67 52 101
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 4 - 1 - 1 4
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 7 4 6 7 4 5
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 5 6 2 5 6 2
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 72 73 50 75 55 95
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 14 16 9 46 31 14
Hepatitis B 358 345 191 252 253 386
Hepatitis C 228 242 133 174 207 293
Hepatitis D 11 7 3 7 7 7
Hepatitis E 21 32 17 20 28 45
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 2,038 3,249 3,255 3,843 2,390 5,568
Influenza B 101 112 120 151 115 1,289
Influenza indeterminate 2 1 - 1 3 3
Influenza ungrouped 89 92 116 124 66 84
Legionella            
Legionella other named - 1 - - - 1
Legionella pneumophila 5 6 3 1 1 2
Legionella sp 1 5 - 2 - 2
Leptospira            
Leptospira interrogans - - - - - 1
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 26 11 4 5 - -
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 77 87 51 64 66 87
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 36 48 16 31 48 42
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 3 3 - 1 1 4
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 16 29 29 44 69 50
Mumps virus 5 4 6 8 8 7
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 1 9 1 - 6 1
Plasmodium ovale - 1 - - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 51 55 49 34 49 80
Polyomavirus JC 10 12 4 10 7 7
Polyomavirus untyped 14 19 8 12 14 22
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia spotted fever - - - - 1 -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 6 2 - - - 3
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 54 61 31 33 26 20
Salmonella agona - - - 8 - -
Salmonella enteritidis 27 22 14 18 10 -
Salmonella newport 6 5 - - - -
Salmonella saint-paul 8 - - - - -
Salmonella sp 9 16 - 10 52 122
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 21 23 12 17 15 14
Salmonella typhimurium 21 20 12 23 19 9
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 2 - 1 1 2 1
Shigella dysenteriae - 1 - - - -
Shigella flexneri 19 24 8 17 14 11
Shigella sonnei 27 29 20 21 10 26
Shigella sp 35 44 20 30 39 75
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 68 67 68 88 74 85
Streptococcus pneumoniae 186 175 190 251 135 138
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 2023/50 2023/51 2023/52 2024/01 2024/02 2024/03
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - - - - - 1
  KPC 2 3 2 1 - 1
  NDM - 2 - - - 1
  OXA48 3 2 4 - 2 3
  VIM - - - - 1 -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP - - - 3 1 -
  KPC 5 1 2 3 - 4
  NDM 6 7 4 3 5 1
  OXA48 2 6 5 3 5 -
  Other 2 2 - 1 1 -
Enterobacter other named NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
Other enterobacter spp NDM 2 3 1 1 1 -
  OXA48 1 1 1 - 1 -
  VIM 2 - - 1 - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - 2 - - - -
  KPC 7 4 7 5 3 3
  NDM 19 20 15 16 12 3
  OXA48 23 23 14 13 15 7
  VIM - - - - 1 -
  Other 1 1 1 - 2 1
Escherichia hermannii KPC - - - - - 1
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes OXA48 - 1 - 1 - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 3 1 4 6 3 4
  NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 3 2 1 1 1 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - - - - 1 -
  KPC 8 6 7 4 5 3
  NDM 7 12 4 6 1 3
  OXA48 7 20 12 15 7 3
  VIM 1 - 2 - 4 -
  Other 2 2 2 1 1 1
Klebsiella serogenes KPC 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella variicola KPC 1 - - - 1 -
  OXA48 1 - - - 1 -
Other klebsiella spp NDM - 1 - - 1 -
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - - - 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 - 2 - -
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 2023/50 2023/51 2023/52 2024/01 2024/02 2024/03
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM 2 - 1 - 1 1
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa NDM - - - - 1 -
  VIM 1 - 1 - - -
  Other 1 2 1 1 - 1
Pseudomonas nitroreducens Other - - 1 - - -
Pseudomonas putida group VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Other              
  NDM - - - 1 1 -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -