Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 26 (week ending 30 June 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 5.

Week notification received 2024/21 2024/22 2024/23 2024/24 2024/25 2024/26
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus 1 - - - - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 20 19 20 22 12 17
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 157 229 385 498 357 287
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 13 44 26 24 45 32
Borrelia sp 1 14 1 6 1 6
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis - - - 1 - 1
Brucella sp 4 - 6 - 3 -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 43 46 55 34 53 36
Campylobacter concisus 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter fetus 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 395 465 425 354 347 328
Campylobacter lari 3 - 3 3 2 -
Campylobacter other named 2 2 - - - -
Campylobacter rectus - - - 1 - -
Campylobacter sp 1,343 1,257 1,724 1,451 1,463 1,456
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 - - 1 - -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - 4 - - - -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 1 - 1 - - 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 33 39 37 39 35 29
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 75 43 50 60 60 43
Human coronavirus 229e 2 - - - - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 98 97 106 93 139 79
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void - 2 - 6 - 2
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 1,811 1,709 2,219 2,266 3,093 3,328
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 59 51 71 52 56 89
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 14 16 21 58 21 13
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 144 112 118 371 131 103
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 13 10 10 30 20 16
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 71 40 54 52 56 58
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 1 - 3 3 - -
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - - - - 1
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium hominis 16 15 22 14 11 8
Cryptosporidium meleagridis - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 139 72 59 47 42 16
Cryptosporidium sp 51 25 38 39 43 65
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - - 2 1 - 1
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica - 1 - - 2 -
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 16 16 15 14 22 14
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 4 1 8 1 10 8
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 62 69 55 83 58 64
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 21 16 24 9 15 25
Hepatitis B 347 310 329 304 309 308
Hepatitis C 314 252 291 270 238 237
Hepatitis D 10 12 9 7 7 9
Hepatitis E 26 28 35 28 29 30
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 150 119 134 122 144 155
Influenza B 90 63 83 69 62 48
Influenza indeterminate - 1 1 - 1 -
Influenza ungrouped - 4 3 7 2 -
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae 3 - 1 2 - -
Legionella other named 1 - - - - 1
Legionella pneumophila 4 9 7 6 6 4
Legionella sp 1 3 8 2 6 3
Leptospira            
Leptospira interrogans 1 - - - - -
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 3 2 4 7 4 7
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 89 81 106 103 110 84
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 25 22 19 36 23 13
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 8 6 4 6 8 3
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 51 78 61 56 40 59
Mumps virus 3 7 7 6 5 4
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - - 1 6 2 -
Plasmodium ovale - - 1 5 - 1
Plasmodium vivax 1 - - 6 - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 49 35 52 39 56 45
Polyomavirus JC 6 9 4 7 7 6
Polyomavirus untyped 9 8 11 11 16 23
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii - - 1 - - -
Rickettsia spotted fever - - - - 3 1
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi - - - 1 - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 3 6 3 1 1 2
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 67 42 84 65 60 24
Salmonella bareilly 5 - - - - -
Salmonella enterica - 7 - - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 61 51 64 69 48 19
Salmonella java - - - - 6 -
Salmonella newport 8 15 16 - - -
Salmonella saint-paul 6 - 5 - - -
Salmonella sp 17 24 22 25 123 175
Salmonella stanley - - 6 - - -
Salmonella thompson - 5 - - - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 16 8 20 12 15 6
Salmonella typhimurium 27 35 47 44 30 19
Salmonella virchow - 9 - - - -
Salmonella enterica 6 - - - - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 2 1 3 - 2 -
Shigella dysenteriae - 1 - - 1 -
Shigella flexneri 24 13 18 7 18 10
Shigella sonnei 23 21 23 27 28 18
Shigella sp 42 59 64 58 69 66
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 57 56 65 63 60 50
Streptococcus pneumoniae 93 117 107 87 102 97
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 2024/21 2024/22 2024/23 2024/24 2024/25 2024/26
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP 3 1 - 1 1 -
  KPC 1 1 3 1 1 -
  NDM - 2 2 1 - -
  OXA48 - 3 4 2 2 -
  VIM - 1 - 1 - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 3 5 1 3 6 1
  KPC 7 9 8 3 3 4
  NDM 12 8 10 5 2 1
  OXA48 3 1 2 4 3 -
  Other 1 1 1 - 1 -
Enterobacter other named IMP 1 - - - - -
Other enterobacter spp IMP 1 2 - - 2 -
  KPC - 1 - - - -
  NDM 1 - 1 - 2 -
  OXA48 1 - - - 1 -
  VIM - 1 - 1 1 -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 3 - 4 4 3 1
  KPC 3 7 6 8 12 7
  NDM 20 16 11 12 20 4
  OXA48 21 15 17 24 13 2
  VIM - - 1 2 - -
  Other - 3 1 1 2 -
Escherichia hermannii NDM 1 - - - - -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes IMP - - - - - 1
  KPC - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC - 3 1 1 1 -
  NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 3 2 - 2 1 -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 4 3 - 1 2 -
  KPC 19 11 9 15 13 2
  NDM 25 6 6 5 9 1
  OXA48 15 12 10 7 7 2
  VIM - - - - 2 -
  Other 2 1 2 1 3 1
Klebsiella variicola KPC - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - - - - 1
Other klebsiella spp KPC - - 1 - - -
  NDM - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - - 1 1 - -
Kluyvera              
Kluyvera spp VIM - - 1 - - -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata NDM 1 - - - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM - - 2 3 1 -
  OXA48 - - - - 2 -
  Other - - 1 1 - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica OXA48 - 1 - - - -

3. Other carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative organisms [note 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.

Week notification received 2024/21 2024/22 2024/23 2024/24 2024/25 2024/26
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP - 1 - - - -
  NDM 1 - 1 - - -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - 1 - - - -
  NDM 1 1 2 - 1 -
  VIM - 3 1 - - -
  Other 1 2 1 1 1 2
Pseudomonas monteilli VIM - - - - 1 -
Pseudomonas putida group VIM - - - 1 1 -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Other pseudomonas spp VIM - 1 - - 1 -
Other              
  NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 1 1 - 1 1 -

[note 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