Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 6 (week ending 9 February 2025)

Updated 11 February 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 2025/01 2025/02 2025/03 2025/04 2025/05 2025/06
Arboviruses            
West Nile Virus 1 1 - - - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 19 19 12 13 26 23
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 7 20 18 11 14 10
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 7 19 25 22 17 19
Borrelia sp 3 2 4 4 7 5
Brucella            
Brucella sp - 2 2 3 - 2
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 22 31 31 29 27 24
Campylobacter jejuni 206 275 322 267 291 233
Campylobacter lari - - 1 - - -
Campylobacter other named 1 2 3 2 3 3
Campylobacter sp 654 838 934 949 936 1,084
Campylobacter upsaliensis - - - - 1 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 2 2 1 1 1
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - 2 2 - 1 -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 37 39 42 26 46 29
Clostridium tetani - - - 1 - -
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 184 197 201 215 265 253
Human coronavirus 229e - 1 - - - -
Human coronavirus hku1 4 2 4 3 7 -
Human coronavirus nl63 - - - 1 - -
Human coronavirus oc43 - - 2 - - 2
Mers coronavirus - - - - - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 2 1 1 2 1 -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 26 30 24 40 34 26
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 1,469 931 837 779 886 817
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 77 67 42 65 44 67
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 22 26 20 9 22 35
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 77 93 77 38 58 119
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 8 5 4 7 4 -
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 22 25 33 38 39 20
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 1 4 5 3 7 1
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - 2 - - 1
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - 1 - - 1 -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium hominis 5 7 3 3 3 4
Cryptosporidium parvum 23 24 18 27 23 9
Cryptosporidium sp 7 17 22 23 24 33
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum 1 - 1 - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 2 2 - 1 3 -
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 10 8 8 8 8 2
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 5 3 4 5 4 1
Giardia            
Giardia sp 75 111 112 97 135 120
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 55 88 72 92 87 71
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 17 20 29 14 25 19
Hepatitis B 192 281 280 294 333 264
Hepatitis C 215 235 238 245 284 274
Hepatitis D 5 5 7 11 6 7
Hepatitis E 40 36 28 38 22 39
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 12,505 9,801 6,691 5,180 4,112 2,979
Influenza B 872 1,073 1,134 1,593 1,858 2,115
Influenza indeterminate 4 11 3 2 4 -
Influenza ungrouped 297 218 179 145 125 120
Legionella            
Legionella pneumophila 7 6 6 5 4 9
Legionella sp 2 2 1 3 - 5
Leptospira            
Leptospira interrogans - - 1 - 1 1
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 3 5 4 4 2 6
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 72 99 69 87 69 77
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 41 42 33 34 39 45
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus positive 3 7 3 4 7 8
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 12 17 26 20 18 18
Mumps virus 4 3 5 7 5 5
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - - 1 - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 40 56 80 60 59 57
Polyomavirus JC 2 7 16 7 10 6
Polyomavirus untyped 7 20 25 14 17 17
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia spotted fever - 1 - - - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 4 1 4 - 1 2
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 40 56 53 51 35 18
Salmonella chester - - - 7 - -
Salmonella enteritidis 20 28 33 22 15 10
Salmonella newport - - 8 - - -
Salmonella sp 10 16 16 24 55 96
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 10 8 8 19 8 12
Salmonella typhimurium 17 28 30 26 20 5
Salmonella virchow - - 6 - - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 1 - 2 2 - 1
Shigella dysenteriae - 2 - - - -
Shigella flexneri 12 29 17 20 10 7
Shigella sonnei 11 11 31 36 23 11
Shigella sp 33 65 68 48 48 64
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 46 61 81 64 74 74
Streptococcus pneumoniae 277 242 146 163 152 159
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 1 2 1 1 2 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 2025/01 2025/02 2025/03 2025/04 2025/05 2025/06
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - 1 - - - -
  KPC - - 1 1 1 2
  NDM 1 1 1 - 1 -
  OXA48 2 - 4 1 1 1
  VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 5 2 - 2 3 -
  KPC 1 5 5 4 7 2
  NDM 5 4 11 14 8 -
  OXA48 10 2 6 8 3 -
  VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other - 1 1 1 - -
Enterobacter other named KPC - - - 2 1 -
Other enterobacter spp IMP - 2 1 - - -
  NDM 1 2 - 2 - -
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - - - 1 - 1
  KPC 3 2 1 2 1 1
  NDM 11 16 12 9 9 4
  OXA48 14 25 24 21 20 3
  VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other 1 2 3 1 2 1
Escherichia hermannii KPC - 1 - - - -
Escherichia vulneris KPC - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP - - - 1 1 -
  KPC - - 3 2 - -
  NDM 1 - 1 1 - -
  OXA48 1 - 2 - 1 -
  VIM - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 1 - 1 3 1 -
  KPC 5 4 8 6 6 1
  NDM 8 5 12 7 8 3
  OXA48 12 17 11 18 11 3
  VIM - - - - 1 -
  Other 4 1 1 2 1 -
Klebsiella serogenes OXA48 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella variicola KPC - - 1 - - -
Other klebsiella spp NDM - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - 1 1 - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii OXA48 - - - - 2 -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM 1 1 1 - 6 -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
  Other 1 2 - 1 1 -
Raoultella              
Raoultella spp 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 2025/01 2025/02 2025/03 2025/04 2025/05 2025/06
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM - 1 1 - - -
Acinetobacter pittii NDM - - - - 1 -
Acinetobacter variabilis NDM - 1 - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - - - 1 - -
  NDM - 2 1 2 2 -
  VIM - - 1 - - -
  Other 1 3 1 2 1 -
Pseudomonas nitroreducens VIM - - - - 1 -
Other pseudomonas spp NDM - - - - 1 -
Other              
  KPC 1 - - - - -
  NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -