Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 8 (week ending 25 February 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 2024/03 2024/04 2024/05 2024/06 2024/07 2024/08
Arboviruses            
West Nile Virus 0 0 0 1 0 0
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 23 21 19 14 17 10
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 58 71 75 111 72 90
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 8 13 21 12 11 12
Borrelia sp 7 4 4 2 2 1
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis 0 0 0 0 1 0
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 24 13 16 17 17 17
Campylobacter fetus 1 0 0 0 2 0
Campylobacter jejuni 267 201 198 207 215 203
Campylobacter other named 1 0 0 1 1 2
Campylobacter sp 929 768 740 858 710 825
Campylobacter upsaliensis 0 0 3 1 1 0
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 2 0 0 0 0 0
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 0 0 2 1 1 2
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 38 28 40 39 30 32
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 106 201 234 236 251 174
Human coronavirus 229e 5 2 3 3 0 3
Human coronavirus hku1 1 3 5 3 4 3
SARS coronavirus 0 0 1 0 0 0
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 189 239 175 131 120 134
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 1 2 0 2 4 2
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 6,652 5,611 4,520 3,966 2,509 1,814
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 99 119 89 68 71 40
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 30 24 20 36 17 11
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 189 148 180 151 134 91
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 32 22 32 34 37 51
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 133 125 103 117 79 122
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 3 1 1 1 3 4
Corynebacterium ulcerans 0 0 1 0 2 0
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium hominis 4 2 1 1 5 0
Cryptosporidium parvum 4 8 7 1 6 2
Cryptosporidium sp 95 48 65 53 38 35
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 4 2 1 1 2 2
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 6 4 1 3 5 4
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 2 7 7 3 9 10
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 98 68 81 62 91 69
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 14 19 29 22 21 14
Hepatitis B 400 377 321 364 376 375
Hepatitis C 298 253 232 238 268 266
Hepatitis D 7 4 9 11 10 9
Hepatitis E 46 19 35 35 36 31
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 4,801 5,922 5,322 4,794 3,652 2,541
Influenza B 427 366 301 383 386 364
Influenza indeterminate 3 14 6 0 6 8
Influenza ungrouped 84 122 126 284 74 113
Legionella            
Legionella other named 1 0 0 0 0 0
Legionella pneumophila 3 11 4 4 1 5
Legionella sp 1 0 2 0 1 1
Leptospira            
Leptospira interrogans 1 1 0 0 1 0
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 0 3 2 10 11 2
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 94 75 77 81 78 62
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 42 34 31 31 16 23
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 4 0 2 4 2 3
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 51 45 52 48 47 59
Mumps virus 7 15 6 11 11 10
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 1 1 0 0 0 23
Plasmodium ovale 0 0 1 0 0 3
Plasmodium vivax 0 0 0 0 0 1
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 80 45 62 38 47 66
Polyomavirus JC 7 7 8 6 5 14
Polyomavirus untyped 22 20 14 12 16 22
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia spotted fever 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 3 3 9 1 1 3
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 61 48 54 24 41 16
Salmonella enteritidis 27 18 21 30 16 5
Salmonella kentucky 5 0 0 0 0 0
Salmonella newport 0 0 0 5 0 0
Salmonella sp 21 21 13 26 50 103
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 20 14 16 19 10 11
Salmonella typhimurium 38 31 31 21 18 10
Slmonella enterica 0 0 5 0 0 0
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 3 1 0 2 1 2
Shigella dysenteriae 0 0 1 0 1 1
Shigella flexneri 18 10 21 20 13 11
Shigella sonnei 34 23 23 34 18 14
Shigella sp 57 45 46 49 57 65
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 89 85 72 81 76 79
Streptococcus pneumoniae 139 115 168 190 178 148

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 2024/03 2024/04 2024/05 2024/06 2024/07 2024/08
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP 1 0 2 0 0 1
  KPC 1 1 0 1 0 1
  NDM 1 4 2 0 2 0
  OXA48 3 7 4 3 0 0
  Other 0 1 1 0 0 0
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 1 0 3 3 1 0
  KPC 5 4 2 5 5 3
  NDM 1 8 5 3 3 1
  OXA48 4 5 4 3 4 2
  VIM 0 0 0 0 0 1
  Other 1 1 0 1 1 0
Enterobacter other named IMP 0 1 0 0 0 0
Other enterobacter spp IMP 0 1 0 0 0 0
  KPC 0 0 1 0 0 0
  NDM 0 1 0 0 0 0
  OXA48 0 1 0 0 1 0
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 0 0 2 1 1 0
  KPC 3 1 1 4 4 1
  NDM 19 14 20 11 16 1
  OXA48 19 17 17 17 14 8
  VIM 0 0 1 0 0 1
  Other 1 1 2 3 1 0
Escherichia hermannii KPC 1 0 0 0 0 0
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC 0 0 0 0 1 0
  OXA48 0 0 0 0 1 0
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 4 1 1 2 4 2
  NDM 1 1 0 0 1 0
  OXA48 0 3 2 0 1 1
  Other 0 1 0 0 0 0
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 0 0 1 0 1 0
  KPC 5 10 1 6 9 0
  NDM 8 13 3 11 7 2
  OXA48 8 10 11 14 7 4
  VIM 2 1 1 1 1 0
  Other 1 1 1 1 1 0
Klebsiella serogenes KPC 1 0 0 0 0 0
Klebsiella variicola KPC 0 1 0 0 0 1
  OXA48 0 0 0 0 0 1
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC 0 0 0 0 0 1
  NDM 0 0 0 0 1 0
  Other 0 0 0 0 1 1
Morganella              
Morganella morganii OXA48 0 1 1 0 0 0
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM 0 1 0 0 0 0
  OXA48 1 0 0 0 0 0
Providencia              
Providencia stuartii NDM 0 0 1 0 0 0
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica NDM 2 1 0 0 0 0
  Other 0 0 0 1 0 0
Other serratia spp OXA48 1 0 0 0 0 0

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 2024/03 2024/04 2024/05 2024/06 2024/07 2024/08
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM 1 - - 2 - 1
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - - 1 - - -
  NDM 2 - 3 1 - -
  VIM 1 - 2 - - -
  Other 2 1 3 2 1 -
Other              
  NDM - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 1 2 - - - -