Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 48 (week ending 1 December 2024)

Updated 20 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 spp
  • 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 2024/43 2024/44 2024/45 2024/46 2024/47 2024/48
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 8 13 13 21 25 21
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 52 53 39 28 31 45
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 38 50 40 19 33 26
Borrelia sp 8 2 5 5 6 1
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis - - 1 - 1 -
Brucella sp 3 - 7 1 - 4
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei - - - - 1 -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 34 56 44 31 35 28
Campylobacter fetus - - 2 1 2 -
Campylobacter jejuni 285 373 370 315 338 260
Campylobacter other named - 1 5 - 1 3
Campylobacter rectus - - - 1 - -
Campylobacter sp 923 1,368 1,101 1,112 988 945
Campylobacter upsaliensis - - - - - 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 1 - 1 3 1
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - - 1 - 1 -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 23 55 34 22 27 35
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 29 34 32 27 42 36
Human coronavirus 229e - 1 2 - - -
SARS coronavirus - - 1 - - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 75 95 78 50 35 37
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 3 - 2 16 - -
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 2,377 2,370 1,589 1,135 1,213 1,063
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 49 97 82 78 100 115
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 9 32 10 16 13 15
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 89 144 103 92 131 88
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 1 4 20 11 7 12
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 35 51 44 32 39 26
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 1 2 4 3 3 3
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - - - 1 1
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium baileyi 1 - - - - -
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - 1 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 32 36 32 14 1 2
Cryptosporidium meleagridis - 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 53 58 58 27 23 19
Cryptosporidium sp 40 46 57 75 84 107
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - 1 - - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica - - 1 4 2 5
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 9 12 14 11 9 18
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 10 2 5 5 8 7
Francisella            
Francisella tularensis - 1 - - - -
Giardia            
Giardia sp 102 128 98 91 124 108
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 55 69 79 70 69 72
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 20 15 10 17 10 10
Hepatitis B 261 357 257 291 295 269
Hepatitis C 264 353 259 262 274 270
Hepatitis D 10 13 8 9 7 12
Hepatitis E 35 45 33 35 32 30
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 590 1,456 822 1,062 1,834 3,227
Influenza B 78 144 81 110 124 159
Influenza indeterminate 8 - - - 2 2
Influenza ungrouped 29 24 16 20 39 96
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae 1 - 1 - - 1
Legionella pneumophila 3 15 8 7 3 4
Legionella sp 1 3 5 2 1 2
Leptospira            
Leptospira interrogans 1 - - - - -
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 4 15 8 4 2 4
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 108 101 112 76 77 78
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 31 33 50 46 38 40
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus positive 1 20 5 6 9 24
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 12 24 20 34 19 31
Mumps virus 1 8 2 5 3 7
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - - 10 - - -
Plasmodium malariae - - - - - 1
Plasmodium ovale - - 2 - - -
Plasmodium vivax - - 2 - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 66 66 64 40 60 54
Polyomavirus JC 9 6 9 9 7 8
Polyomavirus untyped 7 22 16 22 7 20
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia sp - - - - 1 1
Rickettsia spotted fever - 1 1 - 2 -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 3 4 - 2 4 -
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 74 64 73 64 40 25
Salmonella chester 7 - - - - -
Salmonella enterica - - 6 - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 65 113 83 93 39 8
Salmonella infantis - 5 - - - -
Salmonella java 6 6 6 11 - -
Salmonella kentucky - - - 5 - -
Salmonella mikawasima 10 24 9 6 - -
Salmonella newport 7 - 11 10 7 -
Salmonella panama - - 5 5 - -
Salmonella sp 21 31 22 42 88 121
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 12 6 12 6 7 7
Salmonella typhimurium 41 34 41 31 28 11
Salmonella virchow - 5 - - - -
Salmonella enterica - 10 5 6 5 -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 1 - 1 1 - -
Shigella dysenteriae - 1 - - - -
Shigella flexneri 13 21 15 26 20 8
Shigella sonnei 13 35 21 29 31 9
Shigella sp 49 68 70 75 81 57
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 32 39 50 52 41 49
Streptococcus pneumoniae 129 138 141 109 131 160
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 1 1 4 2 - 4

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 2024/43 2024/44 2024/45 2024/46 2024/47 2024/48
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - 1 2 2 1 -
  KPC 1 - 2 1 - -
  NDM - 1 - 3 1 -
  OXA48 2 - 1 1 2 -
  VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other - - 1 - 1 -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 9 1 2 7 5 -
  KPC 6 7 5 6 4 2
  NDM 11 9 4 14 3 1
  OXA48 6 4 2 5 5 -
  VIM - - - - 1 -
  Other 3 1 1 3 - -
Other enterobacter spp IMP - 1 2 2 - -
  KPC 2 2 - - - -
  NDM - - - 1 1 -
  OXA48 - 2 1 1 - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 1 1 - - 4 -
  KPC 3 4 1 5 2 2
  NDM 13 12 17 10 9 2
  OXA48 30 20 21 17 21 4
  VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other - 1 3 1 3 -
Escherichia vulneris KPC - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 1 - 1 - 1 -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP - 1 - - - 1
  KPC - 2 3 2 1 2
  NDM 1 1 - 1 - -
  OXA48 2 3 1 3 2 1
  Other - - 2 - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 3 2 - 2 - -
  KPC 14 10 14 13 6 5
  NDM 15 8 7 8 4 4
  OXA48 18 7 7 10 8 5
  VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other - 1 2 1 - 1
Klebsiella variicola KPC - - - 1 1 -
Other klebsiella spp KPC 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 1 1 - 1 1 -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Other leclercia spp NDM - 1 - - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii KPC - - - 1 - -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Pantoea              
Pantoea septica KPC - 1 - - - -
  NDM - 1 - - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM 2 - 1 1 5 1
  Other 2 - 1 - 2 -
Providencia              
Providencia stuartii Other - - - 1 - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella spp OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica NDM 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 2024/43 2024/44 2024/45 2024/46 2024/47 2024/48
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM 1 2 1 - 1 -
Other acinetobacter spp NDM 1 - 2 - 1 -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa NDM 2 3 1 - - -
  VIM 1 1 - 2 - -
  Other 5 3 1 3 1 1
Pseudomonas fluorescens group Other - 1 - - - -
Other pseudomonas spp VIM - - - 1 - -
Other              
  KPC - - - - 1 -
  NDM - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -