Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 13 (week ending 31 March 2024)

Updated 23 December 2024

Applies to England and Wales

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 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 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

1. Statutory Notifications of causative agents, grouped by root organism

Totals for the current week compared to the previous five.

Week notification received 2024/08 2024/09 2024/10 2024/11 2024/12 2024/13
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - - 1 1 1 -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 10 17 17 17 18 13
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 94 121 93 132 127 153
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 12 13 13 9 13 8
Borrelia sp 1 2 4 2 1 4
Brucella            
Brucella sp - 3 - - 1 -
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei - - - - - 1
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 18 17 20 26 20 23
Campylobacter fetus - - - 1 - -
Campylobacter hyointestinalis - - 1 - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 226 234 217 266 235 240
Campylobacter other named 2 - 1 1 1 3
Campylobacter sp 810 761 789 878 831 714
Campylobacter upsaliensis - 1 - - 1 -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - - - - - 1
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 2 - 1 1 2 -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 32 31 35 47 33 33
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 177 234 152 180 152 151
Human coronavirus 229e 3 - 6 2 - 3
Human coronavirus hku1 3 2 2 1 2 -
Human coronavirus oc43 - - - - 1 -
SARS coronavirus - - - 5 - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 134 132 159 191 138 114
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 2 - 2 - - -
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 1,783 1,310 1,217 1,472 1,296 1,510
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 40 38 31 41 35 296
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 11 16 47 56 18 13
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 91 160 311 353 136 85
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 51 7 3,540 25 15 17
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 122 40 693 114 72 55
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 4 3 - 4 1 1
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium hominis 9 15 15 11 11 2
Cryptosporidium meleagridis 1 - - - - 1
Cryptosporidium parvum 8 26 50 39 24 9
Cryptosporidium sp 17 24 33 29 28 66
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 2 1 1 2 2 1
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 6 14 6 5 8 3
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 11 5 8 7 5 4
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 72 80 82 88 74 59
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 14 26 21 18 18 10
Hepatitis B 407 354 351 385 346 300
Hepatitis C 282 268 217 252 245 198
Hepatitis D 9 4 11 11 6 3
Hepatitis E 32 42 21 35 19 19
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 2,554 2,053 1,929 2,107 1,461 1,440
Influenza B 367 344 401 542 477 396
Influenza indeterminate 8 7 - 10 3 1
Influenza ungrouped 114 51 38 52 43 33
Legionella            
Legionella pneumophila 5 1 3 4 2 13
Legionella sp 1 6 3 3 3 1
Leptospira            
Leptospira interrogans - - - - 1 -
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 2 2 5 6 3 7
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 75 91 65 70 99 61
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 24 23 21 38 15 19
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 3 1 4 1 3 8
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 59 57 42 62 54 57
Mumps virus 10 12 10 12 5 14
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 23 1 - - 10 -
Plasmodium malariae - - - - 1 -
Plasmodium ovale 3 - - - 2 -
Plasmodium vivax 1 - - - 1 -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 66 55 38 53 54 44
Polyomavirus JC 14 2 4 5 6 12
Polyomavirus untyped 22 6 11 16 5 21
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii - - 1 - - -
Rickettsia spotted fever 1 - 1 - 1 -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 3 2 3 5 6 4
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 57 62 48 50 32 10
Salmonella anatum 5 - - - - -
Salmonella chester 6 - - - - -
Salmonella enterica - 6 - - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 24 39 30 23 14 -
Salmonella java 6 - - - - -
Salmonella newport - 5 7 9 - -
Salmonella sp 11 7 15 40 74 113
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 15 15 22 23 15 9
Salmonella typhimurium 24 28 20 16 11 7
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 3 2 3 1 - 1
Shigella dysenteriae 2 - 1 - 1 -
Shigella flexneri 14 16 13 16 15 8
Shigella sonnei 21 33 20 25 19 18
Shigella sp 55 58 48 57 84 57
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 85 72 79 77 77 65
Streptococcus pneumoniae 152 138 133 151 142 121
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - 2 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 2024/08 2024/09 2024/10 2024/11 2024/12 2024/13
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP 1 - - - - -
  KPC 1 - 1 - 2 1
  NDM - 2 1 1 1 -
  OXA48 1 1 2 1 2 -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP - - 1 4 2 1
  KPC 4 6 6 2 6 3
  NDM 8 10 2 5 4 -
  OXA48 6 5 4 9 - 1
  VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other - 1 - 1 1 -
Enterobacter other named OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Other enterobacter spp IMP - - 1 - 1 -
  KPC 1 - - - - -
  NDM - - - 1 2 -
  OXA48 1 - - - 1 -
  VIM - - - - 1 -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli KPC 2 1 3 - 1 2
  NDM 7 16 14 14 19 4
  OXA48 23 15 10 19 18 7
  VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other 1 3 2 1 1 -
Escherichia hermannii KPC 1 - - - - -
Hafnia              
Hafnia alvei Other - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes NDM - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 3 4 4 1 6 1
  NDM - - - - - 1
  OXA48 2 2 - - - -
  VIM - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - - 1 2 - 1
  KPC 4 4 6 4 4 -
  NDM 8 6 6 9 3 1
  OXA48 16 16 8 9 7 3
  VIM 1 - - - 2 -
  Other 1 1 2 1 1 -
Klebsiella variicola KPC 1 - 1 - - -
  NDM - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
Other klebsiella spp OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC 1 1 - 1 - -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Other leclercia spp NDM - - - - 1 -
Mixta              
Mixta calida NDM - - - - 1 -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii NDM - 1 - - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis IMP - - - 2 - -
  NDM 1 1 - 1 - -
  OXA48 - 2 - - - -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella spp KPC - - - - - 1
Serratia              
Serratia grimesii/liquefaciens/proteamaculans NDM - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica OXA48 - 1 - - - -

3. 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 2024/08 2024/09 2024/10 2024/11 2024/12 2024/13
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM 1 2 - 1 - -
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus/baumannii complex NDM - - - - - 1
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa NDM 1 - - - 1 -
  VIM - - - 1 - 1
  Other - 1 1 2 1 1
Pseudomonas putida group VIM - - - 1 - -
Other              
  NDM 1 - - - - -