Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 16 (week ending 20 April 2025)

Updated 24 April 2025

The list of causative agents that laboratories must notify the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) about has been expanded to include additional  notifiable organisms which became reportable under the Health Protection (Notification) (Amendment) Regulations from 6 April 2025. Publication of the additional causative agents will begin at a later date, once reporting development work has been undertaken to include them.

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 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 2025/11 2025/12 2025/13 2025/14 2025/15 2025/16
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 15 19 12 13 26 33
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 13 4 10 8 8 7
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 18 19 20 15 13 15
Borrelia sp 3 2 3 2 1 2
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis - - - - 1 -
Brucella sp 4 1 - 1 - 1
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 33 33 35 35 33 20
Campylobacter fetus - - - - 1 -
Campylobacter gracilis - - - - - 1
Campylobacter jejuni 313 287 256 289 300 276
Campylobacter lari - - - - 1 -
Campylobacter other named 2 - 2 7 3 4
Campylobacter rectus - - - 1 - -
Campylobacter sp 1,108 1,011 932 934 988 1,053
Campylobacter upsaliensis 3 1 1 - - 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - 2 3 3 2 1
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 1 1 1 - - -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 38 41 34 36 37 37
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 170 150 127 136 112 98
Human coronavirus 229e - - 1 - 4 2
Human coronavirus hku1 1 - - 1 - -
Human coronavirus oc43 - 1 - - - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 6 - - 1 - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 34 34 34 16 6 20
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 898 1,076 1,124 1,163 1,270 1,202
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 42 60 37 36 44 30
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 18 9 26 32 12 15
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 85 47 68 99 61 47
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 12 - 16 16 4 4
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 41 29 38 24 16 18
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 4 5 1 - 1 1
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - 1 1 - -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - - 1 - 1
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium hominis 2 6 2 4 3 3
Cryptosporidium meleagridis - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 13 30 39 27 33 7
Cryptosporidium sp 38 22 17 41 47 58
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 2 4 4 1 1 4
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 9 12 10 5 10 5
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 2 - 6 3 2 4
Giardia            
Giardia sp 122 108 107 96 91 114
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 92 77 80 103 91 50
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 12 13 13 13 29 18
Hepatitis B 315 322 279 256 301 288
Hepatitis C 296 291 280 267 287 245
Hepatitis D 8 6 5 10 3 5
Hepatitis E 60 27 33 48 32 29
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 1,350 1,312 1,187 1,007 890 688
Influenza B 1,436 1,244 1,161 856 670 422
Influenza ungrouped 40 51 51 35 28 31
Legionella            
Legionella pneumophila 7 5 10 3 7 1
Legionella sp 2 4 5 2 4 2
Leptospira            
Leptospira interrogans 1 - 1 - - 1
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 3 5 2 13 13 2
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 101 96 91 98 98 84
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 35 39 32 33 35 36
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus positive 3 8 8 6 5 5
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 10 9 14 16 14 19
Mumps virus 13 12 9 6 15 10
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 7 12 - - 4 2
Plasmodium malariae 1 - - - 1 -
Plasmodium ovale 1 2 - - 2 1
Plasmodium vivax - 1 - - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 69 46 61 60 63 57
Polyomavirus JC 7 9 14 11 9 12
Polyomavirus untyped 20 3 11 15 6 8
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia sp - - - 1 - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 1 3 3 4 1 3
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 55 56 50 53 41 19
Salmonella agona - 5 - - - -
Salmonella chester - - 6 - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 38 17 31 34 12 10
Salmonella infantis 5 - - 5 - -
Salmonella kentucky 5 - - - - -
Salmonella newport - 7 5 - - -
Salmonella saint-paul 9 - - - - -
Salmonella sp 31 25 19 32 56 134
Salmonella stanley - - - 5 - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 9 13 14 14 15 8
Salmonella typhimurium 19 14 21 25 14 9
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 1 - - 1 2 -
Shigella dysenteriae - 1 2 1 1 -
Shigella flexneri 18 11 19 25 13 20
Shigella sonnei 11 23 19 9 16 8
Shigella sp 70 46 57 62 36 71
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 61 57 74 50 52 60
Streptococcus pneumoniae 133 149 154 144 150 168
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 1 1 - 1 - 2

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 2025/11 2025/12 2025/13 2025/14 2025/15 2025/16
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP 1 - - - - -
  KPC 1 2 - - 1 1
  NDM - 1 1 - - -
  OXA48 2 2 1 2 3 1
  Other 1 - - 1 - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 1 1 - 1 3 3
  KPC - 2 2 4 4 1
  NDM 5 11 11 7 6 -
  OXA48 2 2 - 3 5 1
  Other 1 1 2 1 1 1
Other enterobacter spp KPC - 1 - - - -
  NDM - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - 2 - - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - - 1 1 - -
  KPC 2 1 1 1 - -
  NDM 19 18 17 19 17 6
  OXA48 18 18 15 19 16 7
  Other 1 3 1 1 2 2
Other escherichia spp OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes IMP - - - - 1 -
  KPC - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 1 - - 1 1 -
  NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 1 - - - 1 1
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - 1 2 2 2 2
  KPC 5 10 17 2 6 1
  NDM 12 10 9 9 6 4
  OXA48 13 9 3 12 9 7
  VIM - - - - - 1
  Other 2 3 3 1 2 2
Klebsiella variicola NDM - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Other klebsiella spp NDM 1 - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
  Other 1 - 1 - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Pantoea              
Pantoea spp NDM - - 1 - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM 1 1 - 3 3 -
  OXA48 - 1 1 - - -
  Other 1 1 1 1 2 1
Providencia              
Providencia stuartii Other - - 1 - - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica KPC - - - - 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.

Week notification received 2025/11 2025/12 2025/13 2025/14 2025/15 2025/16
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM 1 2 - 1 1 -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP 1 - - - - -
  NDM 1 - - 2 - -
  VIM - - - 3 - -
  Other 1 1 2 5 1 1
Other pseudomonas spp VIM - - - 1 - -
Other              
  KPC - 1 - - - -
  NDM - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - 1