Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 18 (week ending 5 May 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 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 2024/13 2024/14 2024/15 2024/16 2024/17 2024/18
Arboviruses            
West Nile Virus - - - - - 1
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 13 15 16 12 23 12
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 158 206 199 220 243 243
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 9 9 17 8 20 13
Borrelia other named - - - - - 1
Borrelia sp 4 1 2 1 3 2
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis - - - 1 1 -
Brucella sp - - 1 1 1 -
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 26 28 35 35 46 33
Campylobacter fetus - - 2 - - -
Campylobacter gracilis - - 2 - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 283 235 255 267 248 234
Campylobacter lari - 2 1 - - 1
Campylobacter other named 3 1 - 1 1 -
Campylobacter rectus - - - - - 2
Campylobacter sp 703 685 919 976 1,000 1,070
Campylobacter upsaliensis - - - 2 - -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 - - - - -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - 1 2 2 1 2
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 33 37 50 38 36 34
Clostridium tetani - - - 1 - -
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 153 113 90 78 80 74
Human coronavirus 229e 3 - 1 2 1 -
Human coronavirus hku1 - - - 2 - -
SARS coronavirus - - - - 1 -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 114 111 107 122 96 131
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void - - - 5 - -
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 1,495 1,259 1,299 1,307 1,707 2,054
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 296 38 42 27 29 29
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 13 8 17 12 26 21
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 85 63 119 122 152 155
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 17 7 25 12 10 4
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 55 20 73 35 37 38
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 1 1 2 2 1 -
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - - - - 1
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - 2 - - - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium felis - 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 14 12 23 11 10 5
Cryptosporidium meleagridis 1 - - - - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 51 60 163 156 140 49
Cryptosporidium sp 20 24 57 91 121 128
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - - - 1 - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 1 - 1 - 1 -
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 3 4 4 12 7 6
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 4 8 6 6 4 9
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 59 57 70 78 71 66
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 11 17 11 15 11 23
Hepatitis B 353 265 288 361 356 324
Hepatitis C 215 175 251 238 245 210
Hepatitis D 3 7 5 8 7 10
Hepatitis E 20 28 36 36 30 27
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 1,461 982 609 364 343 354
Influenza B 411 417 292 152 216 223
Influenza indeterminate 1 3 2 - 1 -
Influenza ungrouped 34 24 14 8 3 8
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - - - - - 1
Legionella other named - - - - - 1
Legionella pneumophila 13 7 11 3 3 2
Legionella sp 2 - 4 3 1 2
Leptospira            
Leptospira interrogans - - 1 - - 1
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 7 5 4 2 4 3
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 74 87 97 90 79 93
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 19 18 31 31 28 29
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 8 4 10 4 5 2
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 57 60 87 74 60 54
Mumps virus 14 12 17 4 13 8
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - 1 7 1 - -
Plasmodium malariae - - - 1 - -
Plasmodium ovale - - 1 - - -
Plasmodium vivax - - 1 - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 44 35 51 58 41 34
Polyomavirus JC 12 3 4 4 4 5
Polyomavirus untyped 21 11 14 12 20 15
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii - - - 1 - -
Rickettsia spotted fever - 1 - 1 - -
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi - - - - - 1
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 4 5 2 3 2 2
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 56 42 59 62 40 16
Salmonella bareilly - - 5 - - -
Salmonella chester - - 5 - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 17 25 36 53 34 13
Salmonella newport 7 6 5 - 6 -
Salmonella saint-paul - - - 5 - -
Salmonella sp 11 12 33 34 69 129
Salmonella stanley - 6 - 9 6 -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 16 23 13 18 13 15
Salmonella typhimurium 35 25 28 29 27 10
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 1 2 1 2 - 2
Shigella dysenteriae 1 - - - - 1
Shigella flexneri 15 13 18 25 15 10
Shigella sonnei 16 17 15 18 23 11
Shigella sp 48 44 52 50 73 79
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 71 84 80 79 87 72
Streptococcus pneumoniae 126 140 153 127 123 107
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 1 - 2 - 1 1

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 2024/13 2024/14 2024/15 2024/16 2024/17 2024/18
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP 1 1 1 - 1 -
  KPC 1 1 2 1 - -
  NDM 1 1 1 2 - 1
  OXA48 1 - 1 2 1 -
  VIM - - 1 - - -
Cronobacter              
Cronobacter sakazakii KPC - 1 - - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 2 1 3 3 3 -
  KPC 4 1 8 2 3 1
  NDM 4 5 9 12 4 3
  OXA48 3 3 4 3 2 1
  VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other 1 - 3 1 - 1
Other enterobacter spp IMP - 3 2 2 - -
  NDM 2 1 1 6 1 -
  OXA48 - - - 2 1 -
  VIM - 1 - 1 - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - - - 3 1 -
  KPC 3 3 4 1 2 1
  NDM 23 23 34 17 23 9
  OXA48 23 19 18 20 16 12
  Other 1 2 2 2 1 -
Escherichia hermannii VIM - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 1 7 - 3 2 2
  NDM 1 - - - 1 -
  OXA48 - 1 1 2 1 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 2 2 - 2 2 -
  KPC 6 11 13 10 13 2
  NDM 9 13 10 9 10 2
  OXA48 14 12 10 15 8 6
  VIM - - 2 1 1 -
  Other - - 2 2 1 -
Other klebsiella spp KPC - 1 - - - -
  NDM 1 1 1 - - -
  OXA48 1 1 1 - - -
  VIM - 1 - - - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - - - - 1 -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Providencia              
Providencia stuartii NDM - 1 - - - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica NDM - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Other raoultella spp KPC 1 - - - - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica KPC - 1 - - - -
  NDM - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -

Other carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative organisms

Week notification received 2024/13 2024/14 2024/15 2024/16 2024/17 2024/18
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM - - - 1 - -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus/baumannii complex NDM 1 - - - - -
Other acinetobacter spp NDM - - - 1 - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - - - - 1 -
  NDM 1 2 1 - 2 -
  VIM 1 - 2 - 1 -
  Other 2 1 1 2 1 -
Other              
  NDM - 1 - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
  Other - - 1 - - -

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.