Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 47 (week ending 27 November 2022)

Updated 16 January 2023

NOIDs weekly report

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
  • 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 2022/42 2022/43 2022/44 2022/45 2022/46 2022/47
Arboviruses Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
West Nile virus - - 1 - 1 2
Bacillus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Bacillus cereus 23 19 20 22 28 14
Bordetella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Bordetella pertussis 1 2 - 1 3 4
Borrelia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Borrelia burgdorferi 12 14 31 21 29 24
Borrelia sp 29 5 3 3 1 2
Borrelia tillae - - 1 3 - 3
Brucella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Brucella melitensis - 1 - - - -
Burkholderia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Burkholderia pseudomallei - 1 - 1 - -
Campylobacter Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Campylobacter coli 30 30 26 35 27 26
Campylobacter fetus 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter gracilis - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter helveticus 1 - - 1 - -
Campylobacter jejuni 307 280 247 282 239 171
Campylobacter lari - - - - 1 -
Campylobacter other named - - 1 1 2 1
Campylobacter rectus 1 - - 1 - -
Campylobacter sp 1,029 814 861 830 861 779
Campylobacter upsaliensis 4 1 1 - - -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 - 1 1 - -
Chikungunya virus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Chikungunya virus - 1 2 - - 3
Clostridium Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Clostridium perfringens 32 23 41 31 36 32
Coronavirus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Coronavirus 26 16 32 22 30 40
Human coronavirus 229e - - - - 1 -
SARS coronavirus - 1 1 1 - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 137 113 144 167 167 148
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 9 12 5 6 13 12
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 46,842 32,157 24,374 20,919 19,503 15,997
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 618 346 352 333 226 195
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 320 295 195 243 246 238
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 1,707 1,327 1,077 1,136 2,090 1,059
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 679 334 447 207 464 304
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 1,916 1,027 1,178 798 1,643 961
Corynebacterium Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 4 7 11 10 6 7
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - 2 - - -
Coxiella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Coxiella burnetii - - - - - 1
Cryptosporidium Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - - - - 1 -
Cryptosporidium felis - - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 59 31 47 48 21 22
Cryptosporidium parvum 48 38 51 51 41 26
Cryptosporidium sp 59 38 31 33 40 89
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - 1 - - - -
Entamoeba Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Entamoeba histolytica 1 - - 1 - -
Escherichia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Escherichia coli O 157 15 17 17 15 20 4
Flaviviruses Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Dengue virus 6 5 8 4 4 8
Giardia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Giardia lamblia 3 4 2 5 2 5
Haemophilus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Haemophilus influenzae 55 46 49 48 54 51
Hepatitis viruses Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Hepatitis A 35 16 9 11 10 12
Hepatitis B 454 261 277 219 267 230
Hepatitis C 284 284 313 913 272 310
Hepatitis D 4 3 1 6 5 3
Hepatitis E 41 43 29 45 32 41
Influenza virus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Influenza A 1,338 1,329 1,294 1,561 1,985 2,959
Influenza B 124 104 87 128 157 262
Influenza indeterminate 5 3 4 7 12 -
Influenza ungrouped 32 58 43 83 57 65
Legionella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Legionella pneumophila 3 2 8 7 4 6
Legionella sp 5 3 4 4 2 2
Listeria Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Listeria monocytogenes 4 1 7 2 4 8
Mycobacterium Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 245 59 97 70 75 71
Neisseria Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Neisseria meningitidis 11 10 13 18 17 9
Orthopoxvirus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Monkeypox virus 10 5 6 8 8 5
Paramyxoviruses Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Measles virus 1 1 1 - 1 -
Mumps virus 6 7 7 3 3 2
Plasmodium Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Plasmodium falciparum - 23 8 3 1 2
Plasmodium ovale - 1 3 - - 2
Plasmodium vivax - 1 1 - - -
Polyomavirus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Polyomavirus BK 45 65 33 55 52 42
Polyomavirus JC 6 5 3 6 6 7
Polyomavirus untyped - - - - - 1
Rubella virus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Rubella virus 2 6 6 5 5 2
Salmonella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Other salmonellas 55 53 56 58 35 18
Salmonella agona - - 6 - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 53 54 50 40 28 7
Salmonella infantis 6 5 7 5 - -
Salmonella java - - 11 7 - 5
Salmonella mbandaka 8 10 - - 5 -
Salmonella newport 6 9 - - - -
Salmonella sp 13 16 16 48 108 99
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 7 15 19 9 10 12
Salmonella typhimurium 32 33 29 21 16 7
Salmonella virchow - 9 - - - -
Shigella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Shigella boydii 1 1 4 2 3 -
Shigella dysenteriae - - 1 - - -
Shigella flexneri 14 15 14 20 8 9
Shigella sonnei 48 31 26 25 19 19
Shigella sp 113 35 46 34 55 57
Streptococcus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Streptococcus group A 59 51 75 88 55 97
Streptococcus pneumoniae 119 87 130 92 69 96
Vibrio Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Vibrio cholerae 1 - - 1 - -

Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE)*

Please note: the numbers presented here do not include specimens that have been referred to the AMRHAI Reference Unit.

Week notification received 2022/42 2022/43 2022/44 2022/45 2022/46 2022/47
Citrobacter Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Citrobacter spp IMP 1 1 - - - -
Ìý KPC - - 1 - - -
Ìý NDM - - 1 3 - -
Ìý OXA48 1 2 2 1 1 -
Enterobacter Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 2 - 1 - - -
Ìý KPC 2 3 1 3 3 1
Ìý NDM 2 4 5 4 2 -
Ìý OXA48 1 - 1 3 - -
Ìý VIM 1 1 - - - -
Other enterobacter spp IMP 1 1 - - - -
Escherichia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Escherichia coli IMP - - 1 - - -
Ìý KPC 1 1 10 7 3 -
Ìý NDM 6 2 4 13 3 -
Ìý OXA48 12 7 5 8 6 -
Ìý VIM - 1 - 1 - -
Ìý Other 2 1 1 2 1 -
Escherichia hermannii NDM 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Klebsiella aerogenes OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP - 1 - - - -
Ìý KPC - 1 1 1 1 -
Ìý OXA48 - 1 - 2 2 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - - - 1 - -
Ìý KPC 2 4 4 11 1 2
Ìý NDM 5 1 4 10 4 -
Ìý OXA48 16 4 3 9 2 -
Ìý VIM - - - 1 - -
Ìý Other 2 1 2 1 1 -
Klebsiella variicola OXA48 1 1 - - - -
Other klebsiella spp KPC 1 - - - - -
Leclercia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Leclercia adecarboxylata KPC - - 1 - - -
Pantoea Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Pantoea septica KPC - 1 - 1 - -
Pluralibacter Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Pluralibacter gergoviae Other - - - - 1 -
Other pluralibacter spp KPC - - 1 - - -
Proteus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Proteus mirabilis OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Proteus vulgaris VIM - - - 1 - -
Providencia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Providencia stuartii NDM - - 1 - - -
Raoultella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Raoultella planticola (klebsiella planticola) OXA48 - - - - 1 -

Other carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative organisms*

Please note: the numbers presented here do not include specimens that have been referred to the AMRHAI Reference Unit.

Week notification received 2022/42 2022/43 2022/44 2022/45 2022/46 2022/47
Acinetobacter Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM - - 1 - - -
Ìý Other - 1 - - - -
Other acinetobacter spp NDM 1 - - - - -
Pseudomonas Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP 1 1 - - - -
Ìý NDM 1 2 - 1 - -
Ìý VIM 3 2 2 - - -
Ìý Other 1 3 4 1 1 1
Other pseudomonas spp IMP 1 - - - - -
Other Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Ìý NDM - 1 - - - -
Ìý OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Ìý Other - - 1 - - -

*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.