Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 1 (week ending 5 January 2025)

Published 6 January 2025

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 2024/48 2024/49 2024/50 2024/51 2024/52 2025/01
Arboviruses            
West Nile Virus - - - 1 1 -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 21 14 14 16 14 19
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 48 28 21 25 13 6
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 26 24 30 19 5 7
Borrelia sp 1 11 4 6 - 3
Brucella            
Brucella sp 4 - 7 2 - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 31 40 46 23 25 13
Campylobacter jejuni 310 253 284 207 190 169
Campylobacter other named 3 - 2 1 1 1
Campylobacter rectus - 1 1 - - -
Campylobacter sp 931 996 838 905 628 665
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 - 1 1 1 -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 - - 1 1 1
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - 2 3 2 2 -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 38 46 38 40 23 35
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 37 68 89 111 122 170
Human coronavirus hku1 - 1 - - 1 4
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 36 2 4 8 1 2
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void - - 4 - 8 26
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 1,056 1,196 1,175 1,203 905 1,468
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 115 72 66 88 49 77
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 26 24 30 28 3 22
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 104 113 110 97 22 77
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 10 10 10 9 3 8
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 26 48 47 27 12 22
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 3 3 - 6 1 1
Corynebacterium ulcerans 1 - 1 1 1 -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - 1 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 8 6 9 18 6 2
Cryptosporidium meleagridis - 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 48 58 40 41 13 6
Cryptosporidium sp 87 64 69 30 14 27
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - 1 1 - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 4 - 2 5 3 2
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 21 14 6 12 6 10
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 7 6 5 5 8 5
Giardia            
Giardia sp 111 103 105 113 61 71
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 73 68 60 84 58 54
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 11 23 25 26 15 18
Hepatitis B 294 271 281 275 175 171
Hepatitis C 280 264 259 227 194 204
Hepatitis D 12 5 9 9 4 5
Hepatitis E 31 38 42 30 27 36
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 3,304 5,654 7,888 11,763 12,343 12,034
Influenza B 155 232 369 548 627 830
Influenza indeterminate 2 7 4 5 15 4
Influenza ungrouped 96 179 226 263 281 296
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae 1 - - - - -
Legionella pneumophila 5 6 9 3 8 7
Legionella sp 1 1 1 3 1 2
Leptospira            
Leptospira interrogans - - - 1 - -
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 4 1 2 4 1 4
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 97 83 94 108 53 58
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 41 26 33 43 26 41
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus positive 24 7 6 7 7 2
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 31 29 22 27 23 12
Mumps virus 7 3 12 5 4 4
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - - - 20 - -
Plasmodium malariae 1 - - 1 - -
Plasmodium ovale - - - 3 - -
Plasmodium vivax - - - 1 1 -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 54 59 64 41 27 40
Polyomavirus JC 8 8 3 10 9 2
Polyomavirus untyped 20 13 22 14 9 6
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia sp 1 - - - - -
Rickettsia spotted fever - 1 - - - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus - 3 5 3 2 4
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 62 59 59 51 25 10
Salmonella agona 6 - - 5 - -
Salmonella bareilly - 5 - - - -
Salmonella chester - 5 - - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 46 41 29 27 5 5
Salmonella java - - 6 - - -
Salmonella kentucky - 8 - - - -
Salmonella mikawasima - 6 - - - -
Salmonella newport 12 - 6 6 - -
Salmonella sp 12 32 27 37 58 65
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 11 16 13 7 13 8
Salmonella typhimurium 27 34 29 16 8 6
Shigella            
Shigella boydii - - 1 - 1 1
Shigella dysenteriae - - - 1 - -
Shigella flexneri 10 20 16 16 5 6
Shigella sonnei 17 25 19 14 9 7
Shigella sp 47 63 33 65 39 40
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 48 61 59 57 56 44
Streptococcus pneumoniae 158 186 183 193 214 268
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 4 - 1 5 - -

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 2024/48 2024/49 2024/50 2024/51 2024/52 2025/01
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP 1 2 - 2 1 -
  KPC - 1 - 2 2 -
  NDM - 2 1 6 - -
  OXA48 2 1 2 2 1 -
  VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 1 3 2 3 3 -
  KPC 3 4 3 5 2 -
  NDM 8 6 6 9 3 1
  OXA48 1 2 3 2 2 2
  VIM - - - - - 1
  Other - - 1 2 - -
Other enterobacter spp NDM 1 - - 1 - -
  OXA48 1 - - - 1 -
  VIM 1 - - - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 1 2 2 3 1 -
  KPC 4 1 4 3 1 -
  NDM 10 9 18 15 11 1
  OXA48 21 15 26 26 10 3
  Other - - 1 1 1 -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes OXA48 1 1 1 - - -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP 1 - - - - -
  KPC 2 2 2 2 - -
  NDM - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 2 - 1 1 1 1
  VIM - 1 - 1 - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 2 1 1 3 2 -
  KPC 14 9 13 10 4 1
  NDM 7 8 5 7 6 3
  OXA48 13 15 10 13 7 1
  VIM - - 2 - - -
  Other 2 - 1 2 2 4
Klebsiella variicola NDM - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Other klebsiella spp KPC 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 - 1 - 1 - -
Kluyvera              
Kluyvera spp OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii subsp morganii NDM - - 1 - - -
Proteus              
Proteus hauseri VIM - - - - 1 -
Proteus mirabilis NDM 3 1 2 3 2 -
  Other 1 1 2 2 2 -
Raoultella              
Raoultella spp KPC - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica KPC - - 1 - - -
  NDM 2 - - - - -
  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 2024/48 2024/49 2024/50 2024/51 2024/52 2025/01
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM 2 1 1 - - -
  Other - 1 - - - -
Other acinetobacter spp NDM - 1 - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa NDM - 2 2 1 1 -
  VIM - 1 1 - - -
  Other 1 1 1 4 3 -
Pseudomonas alcaligenes Other - - - 1 - -
Pseudomonas fluorescens group Other - 1 - - - -
Pseudomonas putida group Other - - - 1 - -
Other pseudomonas spp Other - - 1 - - -
Other              
  NDM - 1 1 - - -
  Other - - - 1 - -