Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 44 (week ending 3 November 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
  • epatitis 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 2024/39 2024/40 2024/41 2024/42 2024/43 2024/44
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 17 10 24 19 8 13
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 104 61 53 77 52 53
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 28 51 31 26 37 49
Borrelia sp 1 5 10 3 8 3
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis 3 1 - - - -
Brucella sp 1 2 - - 2 -
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 53 45 34 27 34 51
Campylobacter fetus - 2 - 3 - -
Campylobacter jejuni 366 316 343 366 283 311
Campylobacter other named - 3 2 4 - 1
Campylobacter rectus - - 1 1 - -
Campylobacter sp 1,198 1,277 1,265 1,143 922 1426
Campylobacter upsaliensis - - 1 1 - -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 - 2 1 1 1
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 2 4 1 4 - -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 29 21 31 32 23 55
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 17 14 25 15 29 34
Human coronavirus 229e - - - 1 - 1
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 68 71 73 53 75 95
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 2 4 2 2 3 -
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 2,995 3,038 3,604 3,003 2,389 2,391
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 78 104 97 83 49 96
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 19 19 18 10 9 32
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 114 98 118 118 89 144
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 17 13 21 16 1 4
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 75 61 54 58 35 51
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 1 2 2 2 1 2
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - - 1 - -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - 1 1 - - 1
Cryptosporidium hominis 34 24 26 26 31 19
Cryptosporidium meleagridis - - - - - 1
Cryptosporidium parvum 64 44 27 61 53 33
Cryptosporidium sp 68 73 70 41 42 88
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum 1 1 - 1 - 1
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 2 3 1 1 - -
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 21 14 17 13 9 7
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 5 1 2 6 8 2
Francisella            
Francisella tularensis - - - - - 1
Giardia            
Giardia sp 122 110 119 116 102 127
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 44 58 48 58 55 70
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 34 33 29 25 21 16
Hepatitis B 312 332 277 277 255 330
Hepatitis C 289 284 250 283 262 341
Hepatitis D 8 10 9 13 6 10
Hepatitis E 39 47 31 28 32 44
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 393 450 519 581 588 1450
Influenza B 65 71 56 75 78 144
Influenza indeterminate - 4 - - 8 -
Influenza ungrouped 10 4 12 34 29 24
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - 1 - - 1 -
Legionella pneumophila 10 7 10 11 3 15
Legionella sp 6 4 4 3 1 3
Leptospira            
Leptospira interrogans - - - 1 1 -
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 2 3 2 2 4 13
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 95 95 103 80 102 92
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 14 21 28 34 30 33
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 11 5 4 3 1 20
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 19 12 8 12 12 24
Mumps virus 2 5 7 6 1 9
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - - 17 - - -
Plasmodium malariae - - 1 - - -
Plasmodium ovale - - 1 - - -
Plasmodium vivax - - 4 - - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 73 46 75 57 66 66
Polyomavirus JC 10 8 8 4 9 6
Polyomavirus untyped 15 10 18 28 7 22
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia spotted fever - - - 1 - 1
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 1 2 1 2 3 4
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 82 81 90 83 62 32
Salmonella agona 5 - - - - -
Salmonella blockley 5 7 - - - -
Salmonella bovis-morbificans - - 5 - - -
Salmonella braenderup - 5 - - - -
Salmonella chester - - - - 6 -
Salmonella enterica - - 5 6 - -
Salmonella enteritidis 98 115 110 93 51 37
Salmonella infantis 9 - - 7 - -
Salmonella java - 10 - - 6 -
Salmonella kentucky - 10 - - - -
Salmonella mikawasima - 11 15 18 8 11
Salmonella newport 6 6 - 8 5 -
Salmonella poona 5 - - - - -
Salmonella sp 32 45 36 38 62 192
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 38 28 15 16 12 5
Salmonella typhimurium 46 50 34 41 32 14
Salmonella virchow - 7 - - - -
Salmonella enterica 5 7 11 5 - 5
Shigella            
Shigella boydii - 2 - 4 1 -
Shigella dysenteriae - - - - - 1
Shigella flexneri 20 19 22 27 11 11
Shigella sonnei 26 24 31 25 11 25
Shigella sp 79 59 62 61 53 89
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 46 41 43 62 28 37
Streptococcus pneumoniae 80 89 111 107 128 137
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 3 3 2 1 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 2024/39 2024/40 2024/41 2024/42 2024/43 2024/44
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP 3 1 1 1 - 1
  KPC 3 2 1 3 1 -
  NDM 2 4 2 1 - -
  OXA48 - 4 3 1 1 -
  VIM 2 3 - - - -
Cronobacter              
Cronobacter sakazakii KPC - - - 1 - -
  NDM - - - 1 - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 2 2 1 3 7 -
  KPC 8 8 3 7 6 4
  NDM 10 14 6 8 11 4
  OXA48 2 6 2 3 6 1
  VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other 1 1 1 - 3 -
Other enterobacter spp IMP - 1 - - - -
  KPC - 1 - - - -
  NDM 1 1 2 1 - -
  OXA48 1 - 1 - - -
  VIM 1 - - - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 4 - - 1 1 1
  KPC 5 1 3 3 3 2
  NDM 21 20 17 14 11 3
  OXA48 21 17 17 20 26 4
  VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other 2 3 2 2 - 1
Escherichia hermannii NDM - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes NDM 1 1 - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP - - 2 - - -
  KPC 4 2 1 2 - 2
  NDM 2 - 4 - 1 -
  OXA48 - 1 1 1 2 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 3 5 1 2 3 -
  KPC 14 17 11 13 11 5
  NDM 15 7 14 7 13 2
  OXA48 9 9 13 9 15 2
  VIM 1 2 - - - -
  Other 1 1 1 2 - 1
Klebsiella variicola KPC - - 1 2 - -
Other klebsiella spp OXA48 - 1 - - 1 -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - - - - - 1
Morganella              
Morganella morganii NDM - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Pantoea              
Pantoea septica KPC - 1 - - - 1
  NDM - 1 - - - 1
Pluralibacter              
Pluralibacter gergoviae IMP 1 - - - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis IMP 1 - - - - -
  NDM 5 3 - 2 2 -
  OXA48 1 - 1 - - -
  VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other 1 1 1 2 2 -
Providencia              
Providencia stuartii NDM - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella planticola (klebsiella planticola) OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica NDM - - - - 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 2024/39 2024/40 2024/41 2024/42 2024/43 2024/44
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM 1 - 1 - 1 2
  Other - 1 1 - - -
Other acinetobacter spp NDM - - - - 1 -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - - 1 - - -
  NDM 2 3 - - 2 -
  VIM 2 1 1 1 1 -
  Other 3 4 3 1 4 1
Pseudomonas fluorescens group Other - - - - - 1
Other pseudomonas spp Other - - - 1 - -