Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 22 (week ending 2 June 2025)

Updated 9 June 2025

The list of causative agents that laboratories must notify the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) about has been expanded to include additional  notifiable organisms which became reportable under the  from 6 April 2025. Publication of the additional causative agents will begin at a later date, once reporting development work has been undertaken to include them.

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 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 2025/17 2025/18 2025/19 2025/20 2025/21 2025/22
Arboviruses            
West Nile Virus 1 - - - - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 18 21 28 28 29 22
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 4 13 7 5 3 8
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 17 12 16 34 21 18
Borrelia sp 4 2 4 1 3 5
Brucella            
Brucella sp 4 1 - 1 - 2
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 19 30 31 36 38 48
Campylobacter fetus - 1 1 2 1 -
Campylobacter hyointestinalis - - 1 - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 244 342 273 369 389 267
Campylobacter lari - - - - 1 1
Campylobacter other named 1 - 3 - 3 2
Campylobacter rectus - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter sp 880 1,117 886 1,205 1,261 1,176
Campylobacter upsaliensis - - - 3 1 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - 1 1 1 1 -
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - 1 2 - 3 -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 46 35 41 37 37 29
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 87 72 61 53 49 33
Human coronavirus 229e 3 1 - 1 2 2
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 26 20 14 12 28 26
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 1,231 1,221 958 1,124 1,041 1,191
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 65 48 63 51 36 30
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 32 21 15 11 18 41
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 86 117 77 71 62 104
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 4 8 8 - - -
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 20 44 13 22 19 4
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 3 2 3 4 3 7
Corynebacterium ulcerans - 1 1 - - -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - 1 - 2 - -
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium hominis 3 13 9 14 10 4
Cryptosporidium parvum 65 98 68 78 27 14
Cryptosporidium sp 45 80 40 61 37 38
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - - 1 - - -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 4 3 6 7 6 4
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 11 12 6 10 8 4
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 2 11 6 2 6 6
Giardia            
Giardia sp 93 119 78 148 103 79
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 65 78 64 74 56 61
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 19 13 17 17 15 17
Hepatitis B 309 280 261 300 322 233
Hepatitis C 267 292 214 326 288 248
Hepatitis D 3 7 6 3 8 4
Hepatitis E 36 36 39 44 33 38
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 650 497 352 313 271 237
Influenza B 308 191 104 71 58 60
Influenza indeterminate 8 - - 4 3 1
Influenza ungrouped 28 17 5 10 13 11
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - - - 1 - -
Legionella pneumophila 7 2 5 9 9 9
Legionella sp 5 1 2 6 3 5
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 2 4 3 6 10 8
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 91 104 76 91 94 85
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 23 29 24 26 34 22
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus positive 5 13 8 7 1 7
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 20 12 28 27 23 26
Mumps virus 3 3 9 8 5 3
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum - - - 11 - -
Plasmodium malariae - - - 1 - -
Plasmodium ovale - - - 1 - -
Plasmodium vivax - - - 1 - -
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 46 46 42 51 63 49
Polyomavirus JC 8 6 10 13 15 10
Polyomavirus untyped 8 26 9 15 20 7
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii 1 - - - 1 -
Rickettsia spotted fever - - - - 1 -
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi - 1 - - - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus - 5 3 1 3 2
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 67 67 54 63 42 18
Salmonella agona 7 - - - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 47 65 46 53 23 12
Salmonella infantis 5 - - - - -
Salmonella java - 5 - 7 - -
Salmonella newport - 8 - - - -
Salmonella saint-paul 5 7 - 8 - -
Salmonella sp 17 39 38 35 106 132
Salmonella stanley - 8 - - - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 14 27 16 19 23 18
Salmonella typhimurium 23 20 31 27 21 14
Slmonella enterica - 6 - 7 - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 1 3 - 2 1 -
Shigella dysenteriae 1 3 - - - -
Shigella flexneri 15 19 21 19 12 10
Shigella sonnei 14 22 17 10 15 11
Shigella sp 45 80 60 80 59 64
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 49 60 53 68 58 53
Streptococcus pneumoniae 163 128 95 128 117 138
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae 1 1 2 2 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 2025/17 2025/18 2025/19 2025/20 2025/21 2025/22
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - - 1 - - 1
  NDM 1 - 2 2 1 -
  OXA48 2 2 1 5 2 1
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 1 1 3 2 2 -
  KPC 5 5 5 3 4 2
  NDM 3 4 8 8 7 2
  OXA48 4 5 4 5 2 -
  VIM - - - 1 - -
  Other 1 2 1 - 1 -
Other enterobacter spp NDM - 1 - - 1 -
  OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli IMP - - - - 2 -
  KPC - 1 5 2 2 -
  NDM 20 22 23 20 16 5
  OXA48 19 23 17 27 16 -
  VIM - - 1 2 - -
  Other 1 1 - 5 2 -
Hafnia              
Hafnia alvei KPC - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC - 2 - - - -
  NDM - 1 - - 1 -
  OXA48 1 - 2 - 3 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 1 1 1 - 1 -
  KPC 6 4 3 4 7 -
  NDM 13 14 12 9 5 3
  OXA48 10 14 19 15 7 1
  VIM - - - - 1 -
  Other 2 4 1 5 1 1
Klebsiella variicola KPC - - - 1 - -
Other klebsiella spp OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Leclercia              
Leclercia adecarboxylata IMP - - - - 1 -
  KPC - - - - 1 -
  NDM - - - - 1 -
  OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM 2 1 2 4 3 -
  Other 1 2 1 2 1 -
Other proteus spp NDM - 2 - - - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella spp KPC 1 - - - - -
  VIM 1 - - - - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica NDM - - 1 - - -
  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.

Week notification received 2025/17 2025/18 2025/19 2025/20 2025/21 2025/22
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP - - - - 1 -
  NDM 1 - - 1 1 -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa NDM - - - 1 2 -
  VIM - - 1 1 - -
  Other 1 1 1 1 1 -
Pseudomonas putida group VIM - 1 - - - -
Other pseudomonas spp NDM - - - - 1 -
  Other - - - 1 - -
Other              
  OXA48 - - 1 2 - -
  Other - - - - 1 -