Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 7 (week ending 18 February 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 (monkeypox) 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 2024/02 2024/03 2024/04 2024/05 2024/06 2024/07
Arboviruses            
West Nile virus - - - - 1 -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 10 23 21 19 14 17
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 37 58 70 75 111 72
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 15 8 13 21 12 11
Borrelia sp 3 7 4 4 2 2
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis - - - - - 1
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 27 24 13 16 17 16
Campylobacter fetus 1 1 - - - 2
Campylobacter jejuni 175 267 201 197 204 196
Campylobacter other named - 1 - - 1 1
Campylobacter sp 592 927 767 740 857 723
Campylobacter upsaliensis 4 - - 3 1 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - 2 - - - -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - - - 2 1 1
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 12 38 28 40 38 30
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 65 106 201 234 236 251
Human coronavirus 229e - 5 2 3 3 -
Human coronavirus hku1 3 1 3 5 3 4
SARS coronavirus 1 - - 1 - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 111 189 239 175 131 120
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void - 1 2 - 2 4
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 4,761 6,653 5,612 4,523 3,985 2,537
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 81 99 119 89 68 71
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 23 30 24 20 36 17
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 105 189 148 180 151 134
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 27 32 22 32 34 37
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 82 133 125 103 117 79
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 2 3 1 1 1 3
Corynebacterium ulcerans 1 - - 1 - 2
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium hominis 4 3 2 1 - 2
Cryptosporidium parvum 8 4 8 7 1 4
Cryptosporidium sp 51 96 48 65 54 42
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 1 4 2 1 1 2
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 4 6 4 1 3 5
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 6 2 7 7 3 9
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 54 98 68 81 62 91
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 13 14 19 29 22 22
Hepatitis B 258 399 375 317 357 364
Hepatitis C 209 299 252 231 236 260
Hepatitis D 7 7 4 9 11 10
Hepatitis E 29 46 19 35 35 36
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 2,400 4,801 5,922 5,320 4,794 3,641
Influenza B 117 427 366 301 383 386
Influenza indeterminate 3 3 14 6 - 6
Influenza ungrouped 66 84 122 126 285 74
Legionella            
Legionella other named - 1 - - - -
Legionella pneumophila 1 3 11 4 4 1
Legionella sp - 1 - 2 - 1
Leptospira            
Leptospira interrogans - 1 1 - - 1
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes - - 3 2 10 11
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 74 93 75 76 79 78
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 48 42 34 31 31 17
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus 1 4 - 2 4 2
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 69 51 45 52 48 46
Mumps virus 8 7 15 6 11 11
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 6 1 1 - - -
Plasmodium ovale - - - 1 - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 49 80 45 62 38 47
Polyomavirus JC 7 7 7 8 6 5
Polyomavirus untyped 14 22 20 14 12 16
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia spotted fever 1 - - - - -
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi - - - - - 1
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus - 3 3 9 1 1
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 55 61 48 52 18 19
Salmonella enteritidis 19 27 18 21 20 9
Salmonella kentucky - 5 - - - -
Salmonella mississippi 5 - - - - -
Salmonella sp 5 21 21 21 52 87
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 16 20 14 16 18 6
Salmonella typhimurium 27 38 31 25 17 12
Slmonella enterica - - - 5 - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 2 3 1 - 2 1
Shigella dysenteriae 1 - - 1 - 1
Shigella flexneri 19 18 10 21 18 9
Shigella sonnei 11 35 23 22 34 19
Shigella sp 33 57 45 47 51 62
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 74 89 85 72 79 75
Streptococcus pneumoniae 135 139 115 168 189 176

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 2024/02 2024/03 2024/04 2024/05 2024/06 2024/07
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP 1 1 - 2 - -
  KPC - 1 1 - 1 -
  NDM 1 1 4 2 - -
  OXA48 2 3 7 4 3 -
  VIM 1 - - - - -
  Other - - 1 1 - -
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 1 1 - 3 2 -
  KPC - 5 4 2 5 3
  NDM 5 1 8 5 3 1
  OXA48 5 4 5 4 3 -
  Other 1 1 1 - 1 -
Enterobacter other named IMP - - 1 - - -
Other enterobacter spp IMP - - 1 - - -
  KPC - - - 1 - -
  NDM 1 - 1 - - -
  OXA48 1 - 1 - - -
  VIM 1 - - - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - - - 2 1 -
  KPC 3 3 1 1 4 1
  NDM 15 18 14 17 10 2
  OXA48 16 19 17 15 16 -
  VIM 1 - - 1 - -
  Other 1 1 1 2 2 -
Escherichia hermannii KPC - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 4 4 1 1 2 1
  NDM - 1 1 - - -
  OXA48 1 - 3 2 - -
  Other - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 1 - - 1 - 1
  KPC 5 5 10 1 6 2
  NDM 2 8 12 3 9 -
  OXA48 8 8 10 7 13 2
  VIM 4 2 1 1 1 -
  Other 1 1 1 1 1 -
Klebsiella serogenes KPC - 1 - - - -
Klebsiella variicola KPC 1 - 1 - - -
  OXA48 1 - - - - -
Other klebsiella spp NDM 1 - - - - -
Morganella              
Morganella morganii OXA48 - - 1 1 - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM - - 1 - - -
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica NDM - 2 1 - - -
  Other - - - - 1 -
Other serratia spp OXA48 - 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 2024/02 2024/03 2024/04 2024/05 2024/06 2024/07
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM 1 1 - - 2 -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - - - 1 - -
  NDM 1 2 - 3 - -
  VIM - 1 - 2 - -
  Other 1 2 1 3 1 2
Other              
  NDM 1 - 1 - - -
  OXA48 1 1 2 - - -