Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 1 (week ending 7 January 2024)

Updated 23 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 2023/48 2023/49 2023/50 2023/51 2023/52 2024/01
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus 1 - - - - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 17 11 13 14 6 16
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 14 15 24 32 13 26
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 30 22 26 12 7 9
Borrelia sp 4 5 6 2 2 -
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis - - - 1 - -
Brucella sp - - - 1 - 1
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 34 21 30 13 14 15
Campylobacter fetus 1 1 - - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 233 200 218 207 141 145
Campylobacter lari 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter other named 3 - - 1 1 3
Campylobacter sp 973 827 823 801 432 653
Campylobacter upsaliensis - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 - - - 2 -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - - 1 - - -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 29 26 34 34 27 41
Clostridium tetani 1 - - - - -
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 18 39 45 56 46 70
Human coronavirus 229e 1 - 1 2 - 8
Human coronavirus hku1 1 2 3 - - -
SARS coronavirus 1 1 - 2 - 2
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 130 114 182 163 191 170
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 4 - 2 11 2 -
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 4,283 6,047 7,971 9,024 8,140 7,696
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 37 68 51 84 83 139
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 38 30 67 41 20 25
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 174 130 378 196 84 107
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 30 14 35 36 30 43
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 114 71 115 104 113 130
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 1 3 2 4 - 2
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - 3 - - 1
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium hominis 21 5 11 1 - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 9 21 8 11 2 4
Cryptosporidium sp 137 101 118 105 45 74
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica - - 4 - 1 -
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 11 6 5 4 6 7
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 9 10 5 6 2 5
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 68 69 71 72 50 71
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 15 8 14 16 9 45
Hepatitis B 328 406 357 338 184 246
Hepatitis C 279 240 223 237 133 169
Hepatitis D 11 8 11 7 3 7
Hepatitis E 24 30 21 32 17 19
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 558 1,203 2,036 3,245 3,255 3,798
Influenza B 50 84 101 112 120 151
Influenza indeterminate 1 1 2 1 - 1
Influenza ungrouped 29 40 89 92 116 124
Legionella            
Legionella other named - - - 1 - -
Legionella pneumophila 6 4 5 6 3 1
Legionella sp 4 1 1 5 - 2
Leptospira            
Leptospira interrogans - 1 - - - -
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 8 6 26 11 4 4
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 76 74 77 81 43 59
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 35 27 36 48 16 31
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 5 2 3 3 - 1
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 10 4 16 29 29 44
Mumps virus 6 1 5 4 6 8
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 14 - 1 9 1 -
Plasmodium ovale 5 - - 1 - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 49 48 51 55 49 34
Polyomavirus JC 8 13 10 12 4 10
Polyomavirus untyped 7 21 14 19 8 12
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi 1 1 - - - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 6 2 6 2 - -
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 59 58 53 52 7 15
Salmonella chester - 5 - - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 29 37 24 16 7 6
Salmonella infantis - 5 - - - -
Salmonella kentucky 6 - - - - -
Salmonella newport - - 6 - - -
Salmonella saint-paul - - 8 - - -
Salmonella sp 11 17 14 41 39 73
Salmonella stanley 5 - - - - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 30 17 21 23 12 14
Salmonella typhimurium 31 24 20 15 5 8
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 1 2 2 - 1 1
Shigella dysenteriae 1 4 - 1 - -
Shigella flexneri 16 24 19 21 6 12
Shigella sonnei 28 30 27 26 17 15
Shigella sp 55 47 35 50 25 39
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 65 59 66 67 65 86
Streptococcus pneumoniae 135 149 186 174 189 250
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - - - - - 3

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 2023/48 2023/49 2023/50 2023/51 2023/52 2024/01
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp KPC - - 2 3 2 -
  NDM - 2 - 1 - -
  OXA48 2 1 3 1 4 -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 2 2 - - - 2
  KPC 5 4 5 1 2 3
  NDM 4 5 6 7 3 -
  OXA48 10 4 2 6 5 -
  VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other - 2 2 2 - 1
Enterobacter other named NDM - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Other enterobacter spp IMP 2 1 - - - -
  NDM 1 2 2 3 1 -
  OXA48 - 1 1 1 1 -
  VIM - - 2 - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - - - 2 - -
  KPC 7 5 6 4 7 5
  NDM 19 20 19 20 14 4
  OXA48 20 19 23 23 14 2
  VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other - - 1 1 1 -
Escherichia hermannii OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Escherichia vulneris KPC 1 - - - - -
Other escherichia spp IMP 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes OXA48 - - - 1 - 1
  Other - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 5 2 3 1 4 5
  NDM - 1 1 - - -
  OXA48 1 - 3 2 1 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - 2 - - - -
  KPC 7 8 8 6 7 2
  NDM 3 3 7 11 4 2
  OXA48 16 12 7 18 12 4
  VIM 3 - 1 - 2 -
  Other 3 - 2 1 2 -
Klebsiella serogenes KPC - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella variicola KPC - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Other klebsiella spp NDM 1 - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - 1 - - - 1
Morganella              
Morganella morganii OXA48 1 - - - - -
  VIM - - - - 1 -
Pantoea              
Pantoea agglomerans KPC - - - 1 - -
Pantoea septica NDM - - - - - 1
  OXA48 - - - - - 1
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis IMP - - 1 1 - -
  NDM - 1 - 1 - -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica NDM - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - - - 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 2023/48 2023/49 2023/50 2023/51 2023/52 2024/01
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM 1 - 2 - 1 -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa NDM 1 1 - - - -
  VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other 1 2 1 2 1 1
Pseudomonas nitroreducens NDM - 1 - - - -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Pseudomonas putida group VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other - - - 1 - -