Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 36 (week ending 8 September 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 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 2024/31 2024/32 2024/33 2024/34 2024/35 2024/36
Arboviruses            
West Nile Virus - 1 - 1 1 -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 19 31 30 28 19 27
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 302 268 252 141 107 100
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 41 28 36 27 45 61
Borrelia sp 6 5 9 5 6 13
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis 1 1 - - - -
Brucella sp - - 2 - - 1
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 48 72 58 71 58 54
Campylobacter fetus 1 - 1 - - 1
Campylobacter jejuni 298 320 270 321 319 303
Campylobacter lari - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter other named 3 2 4 1 1 2
Campylobacter sp 1,40 1,196 1,264 1,200 1,076 1,297
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 3 1 - 1 2
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 1 - 2 1 2
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - 2 1 4 2 -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 31 30 34 28 28 24
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 40 16 18 20 21 15
SARS coronavirus 1 2 - - 1 -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 95 70 82 77 87 60
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 2 2 6 - - 2
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 2,858 2,084 1,688 1,404 1,584 1,719
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 84 60 55 61 41 70
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 16 17 13 15 8 16
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 117 113 104 84 62 113
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 17 10 20 6 16 22
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 44 54 41 61 49 37
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 2 2 1 - 1 3
Corynebacterium ulcerans 1 - 1 - 1 1
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - 1 - - 1 -
Cryptosporidium felis - - - - 1 -
Cryptosporidium hominis 6 15 22 19 21 17
Cryptosporidium parvum 33 50 29 43 65 34
Cryptosporidium sp 28 27 37 47 41 127
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium viatorum - - 1 - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 1 1 - - 2 2
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 15 16 21 15 13 23
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 4 8 6 10 13 9
Giardia            
Giardia sp 100 92 116 109 93 142
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 62 50 44 59 62 45
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 14 15 11 23 13 20
Hepatitis B 331 304 312 312 227 255
Hepatitis C 338 289 278 235 251 228
Hepatitis D 3 4 7 9 4 6
Hepatitis E 32 35 34 33 18 33
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 220 262 232 220 227 217
Influenza B 33 24 19 20 22 16
Influenza indeterminate - - 1 1 - -
Influenza ungrouped 3 4 4 8 5 8
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - - 1 - - -
Legionella other named 1 - - - - -
Legionella pneumophila 1 2 8 7 14 5
Legionella sp 2 1 1 3 3 2
Leptospira            
Leptospira interrogans - 1 - - - -
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 5 5 2 4 2 2
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 96 105 84 112 62 84
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 16 15 10 7 12 11
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 12 14 17 14 6 16
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 68 52 33 47 33 27
Mumps virus 6 6 8 5 4 1
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 1 14 - - 2 28
Plasmodium ovale - - - - - 1
Plasmodium vivax - 1 - - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 51 66 33 63 45 60
Polyomavirus JC 8 7 5 10 5 15
Polyomavirus untyped 13 8 16 10 12 14
Rabies virus            
Rabies virus - - 1 - - -
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia mooseri - - - - 1 -
Rickettsia sp - - - 1 - -
Rickettsia spotted fever - 1 - 1 - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 4 6 4 1 3 1
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 60 82 70 75 64 33
Salmonella agona - - 10 - - -
Salmonella blockley - 10 12 7 12 5
Salmonella chester 6 - - - - -
Salmonella enterica 9 - 7 - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 89 109 85 107 72 26
Salmonella infantis - - - 6 - -
Salmonella kentucky - - 5 - - -
Salmonella napoli - - 5 - - -
Salmonella newport 7 8 7 7 - -
Salmonella sp 30 52 43 53 126 313
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 19 14 11 17 17 10
Salmonella typhimurium 28 38 46 45 28 22
Salmonella virchow 5 - - - - -
Slmonella enterica - - 6 6 - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 2 1 2 1 - -
Shigella flexneri 13 18 18 12 11 13
Shigella sonnei 16 25 35 14 22 15
Shigella sp 65 62 76 69 62 95
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 64 52 34 54 64 66
Streptococcus pneumoniae 78 62 63 61 58 43
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 2 2 3 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 2024/31 2024/32 2024/33 2024/34 2024/35 2024/36
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP 2 - - 1 - -
  KPC 1 1 - 2 1 -
  NDM 1 2 2 1 - -
  OXA48 4 4 3 1 1 -
  VIM 2 - - - - -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 2 5 9 2 2 1
  KPC 5 6 7 5 7 3
  NDM 12 8 11 11 3 1
  OXA48 6 5 4 5 4 1
  VIM 2 - 1 2 - -
  Other 1 1 1 2 - -
Other enterobacter spp IMP 1 - 2 - - -
  KPC - - - 1 - -
  NDM 4 1 1 - - -
  OXA48 - - 1 1 1 -
  VIM 1 - 2 - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 4 1 - - - -
  KPC 12 7 9 7 4 6
  NDM 21 10 21 9 18 3
  OXA48 27 21 18 18 17 2
  VIM 5 - - 1 - -
  Other 3 1 1 1 1 2
Escherichia hermannii IMP - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes OXA48 1 - - 1 - -
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP 1 - - - - -
  KPC - 1 - - - 1
  NDM 1 2 - - - -
  OXA48 1 - 1 1 - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 10 - 2 3 2 1
  KPC 22 16 14 35 16 4
  NDM 13 8 12 8 11 2
  OXA48 13 9 13 16 9 5
  VIM 4 - 2 - 1 1
  Other 1 1 1 3 1 1
Klebsiella variicola NDM 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 - 1 - - 1 -
Other klebsiella spp OXA48 - - 1 - 1 -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - 1 - - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii OXA48 - - 1 - - -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Pantoea              
Pantoea agglomerans IMP - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Pantoea septica KPC - - - - 1 -
Phytobacter              
Pytobacter ursingii KPC 1 - - - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM 1 - 1 1 1 -
Proteus vulgaris OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica IMP - 1 - - - -
  Other - - - - 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 2024/31 2024/32 2024/33 2024/34 2024/35 2024/36
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM 3 2 3 1 - -
  Other 1 1 - - 1 -
Other acinetobacter spp NDM 1 - - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP 2 - 2 - - -
  NDM - - 4 1 - -
  VIM 1 1 - - - -
  Other 1 1 1 5 1 -
Pseudomonas stutzeri group VIM - - - - 1 -
Other              
  KPC - - - 2 - -
  NDM - 1 - 1 - -
  OXA48 - - 1 1 - -
  Other - - 1 - - -