Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 47 (week ending 24 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
  • 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 2024/42 2024/43 2024/44 2024/45 2024/46 2024/47
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 19 8 13 13 21 24
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 77 52 53 39 28 30
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 26 37 50 39 18 32
Borrelia sp 3 8 2 5 5 6
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis - - - 1 - 1
Brucella sp - 2 - 5 1 -
Burkholderia            
Burkholderia pseudomallei - - - - - 1
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 27 34 56 44 31 30
Campylobacter fetus 3 - - 2 1 2
Campylobacter jejuni 368 285 373 370 315 318
Campylobacter other named 4 - 1 5 - 1
Campylobacter rectus 1 - - - 1 -
Campylobacter sp 1,143 923 1,368 1,101 1,109 1,010
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 1 1 - 1 3
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus 4 - - 1 - 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 33 23 55 34 22 27
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 15 29 34 32 27 42
Human coronavirus 229e 1 - 1 2 - -
SARS coronavirus - - - 1 - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 53 75 95 78 50 35
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 2 3 - 2 16 -
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 3,002 2,377 2,368 1,589 1,132 1,213
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 83 49 96 81 78 100
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 10 9 32 10 16 13
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 118 89 144 103 92 131
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 16 1 4 20 11 7
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 58 35 51 44 32 39
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 2 1 2 4 3 3
Corynebacterium ulcerans 1 - - - - 1
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium baileyi - 1 - - - -
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - - 1 1 - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 27 32 36 32 14 -
Cryptosporidium meleagridis - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium parvum 63 53 58 58 24 12
Cryptosporidium sp 38 40 46 57 78 95
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum 1 - 1 - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 1 - - 1 4 2
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 13 9 12 13 10 9
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 6 10 2 5 5 8
Francisella            
Francisella tularensis - - 1 - - -
Giardia            
Giardia sp 116 102 128 98 91 124
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 58 55 69 79 70 69
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 25 21 17 10 16 10
Hepatitis B 276 260 357 255 285 284
Hepatitis C 283 263 352 258 262 269
Hepatitis D 15 10 13 8 9 8
Hepatitis E 28 35 45 33 35 32
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 581 590 1,456 822 1,060 1,829
Influenza B 75 78 144 81 109 124
Influenza indeterminate - 8 - - - 2
Influenza ungrouped 34 29 24 16 20 39
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - 1 - 1 - -
Legionella pneumophila 11 3 15 8 7 3
Legionella sp 3 1 3 5 2 1
Leptospira            
Leptospira interrogans 1 1 - - - -
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 2 4 15 8 4 2
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 81 108 99 111 74 72
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 34 31 33 50 46 38
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus positive 3 1 20 5 6 9
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 12 12 24 20 34 19
Mumps virus 6 1 8 2 5 3
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - - - 10 - -
Plasmodium ovale - - - 2 - -
Plasmodium vivax - - - 2 - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 57 66 66 64 40 60
Polyomavirus JC 4 9 6 9 9 7
Polyomavirus untyped 28 7 22 16 22 7
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia sp - - - - - 1
Rickettsia spotted fever 1 - 1 1 - 2
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 2 3 4 - 2 4
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 85 74 64 72 44 25
Salmonella chester - 7 - - - -
Salmonella enterica 6 - - 6 - -
Salmonella enteritidis 94 65 112 82 59 21
Salmonella infantis 7 - 5 - - -
Salmonella java - 6 6 6 7 -
Salmonella mikawasima 18 10 24 9 6 -
Salmonella newport 8 7 - 9 8 -
Salmonella panama - - - 5 - -
Salmonella sp 34 21 33 28 123 141
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 16 12 6 12 6 5
Salmonella typhimurium 43 41 32 39 23 17
Salmonella virchow - - 5 - - -
Salmonella enterica 5 - 10 5 5 5
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 4 1 - 1 1 -
Shigella dysenteriae - - 1 - - -
Shigella flexneri 28 13 21 15 20 16
Shigella sonnei 25 13 34 21 25 27
Shigella sp 61 49 69 70 85 89
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 62 32 39 49 50 40
Streptococcus pneumoniae 107 129 138 140 109 131
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 1 1 1 4 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 2024/42 2024/43 2024/44 2024/45 2024/46 2024/47
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP 1 - 1 2 2 -
  KPC 3 1 - 2 1 -
  NDM 1 - 1 - 3 -
  OXA48 1 2 - 1 1 -
  VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Cronobacter              
Cronobacter sakazakii KPC 1 - - - - -
  NDM 1 - - - - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 3 8 1 2 7 2
  KPC 7 6 7 5 5 3
  NDM 8 11 9 4 14 -
  OXA48 3 6 4 2 5 -
  Other - 3 1 1 3 -
Other enterobacter spp IMP - - 1 2 - -
  KPC - 2 - - - -
  NDM 1 - - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - 2 1 1 -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP 1 1 1 - - 1
  KPC 3 3 4 1 5 1
  NDM 15 13 11 17 10 3
  OXA48 21 30 20 21 15 7
  VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other 2 - 1 3 1 1
Escherichia vulneris KPC - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes NDM - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - 1 - 1 - -
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP - - 1 - - -
  KPC 2 - 2 3 2 -
  NDM - 1 1 - 1 -
  OXA48 1 2 3 1 3 1
  Other - - - 2 - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 3 3 2 - 1 -
  KPC 16 14 10 14 12 2
  NDM 8 15 8 7 7 -
  OXA48 11 18 7 7 7 3
  VIM - - - - 1 -
  Other 2 - 1 2 1 -
Klebsiella variicola KPC 2 - - - 1 1
Other klebsiella spp KPC - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - 1 1 - - 1
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Other leclercia spp NDM - - 1 - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii KPC - - - - 1 -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Pantoea              
Pantoea septica KPC - - 1 - - -
  NDM - - 1 - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM 2 2 - 1 1 2
  Other 2 2 - 1 - 1
Providencia              
Providencia stuartii OXA48 1 - - - - -
  Other 1 - - - 1 -
Raoultella              
Raoultella spp 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 2024/42 2024/43 2024/44 2024/45 2024/46 2024/47
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM - 1 2 1 - 1
Other acinetobacter spp NDM - 1 - 2 - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa NDM - 2 3 - - -
  VIM 1 1 1 - 1 -
  Other 1 5 3 1 2 -
Pseudomonas fluorescens group Other - - 1 - - -
Other pseudomonas spp VIM - - - - 1 -
  Other 1 - - - - -
Other              
  KPC - - - - - 1
  NDM - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -