Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 46 (week ending 19 November 2023)

Updated 2 January 2024

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 2023/41 2023/42 2023/43 2023/44 2023/45 2023/46
Bacillus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Bacillus cereus 29 34 18 21 13 16
Bordetella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Bordetella pertussis 14 8 12 10 12 14
Borrelia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Borrelia burgdorferi 52 39 40 36 17 14
Borrelia sp 11 3 5 7 7 4
Brucella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Brucella melitensis - - - 1 - -
Brucella sp - - - - 2 -
Burkholderia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Burkholderia pseudomallei - - - - - 1
Campylobacter Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Campylobacter coli 46 28 36 32 27 31
Campylobacter gracilis - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter jejuni 334 240 303 283 303 277
Campylobacter other named 4 - 2 2 - 1
Campylobacter sp 975 1,105 1,047 1,013 971 1,079
Campylobacter upsaliensis - 2 1 2 - 2
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) - 1 3 - 1 -
Chikungunya virus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Chikungunya virus - 1 2 2 - 1
Clostridium Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Clostridium perfringens 26 24 19 25 21 38
Clostridium tetani - 1 1 - - -
Coronavirus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Coronavirus 16 22 20 14 18 14
Human coronavirus 229e - - - - - 1
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 126 114 133 129 105 120
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 8 2 6 2 2 2
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 12,031 8,837 6,894 5,849 3,889 4,430
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 124 167 97 70 57 55
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 60 58 25 41 41 36
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 207 236 163 158 191 177
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 105 49 60 43 33 66
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 260 145 139 116 94 108
Corynebacterium Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Corynebacterium diphtheriae - 2 1 8 1 1
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - 1 - - 1
Cryptosporidium Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Cryptosporidium cuniculus 1 1 - - 1 -
Cryptosporidium felis - 2 - - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 193 128 101 87 108 54
Cryptosporidium parvum 88 66 55 41 60 22
Cryptosporidium sp 93 155 89 107 75 198
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum 1 - 1 - - -
Cryptosporidium viatorum - - - 1 - -
Entamoeba Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Entamoeba histolytica - 2 1 - 1 1
Escherichia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Escherichia coli O 157 20 38 23 17 12 12
Flaviviruses Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Dengue virus 6 2 6 2 2 4
Haemophilus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Haemophilus influenzae 61 54 59 61 73 79
Hepatitis viruses Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Hepatitis A 22 22 14 13 13 9
Hepatitis B 330 299 314 312 262 286
Hepatitis C 282 274 275 240 206 288
Hepatitis D 8 6 10 6 3 20
Hepatitis E 33 29 37 20 28 24
Influenza virus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Influenza A 130 122 151 205 246 314
Influenza B 70 50 50 62 78 68
Influenza indeterminate - - - - - 1
Influenza ungrouped - 5 2 17 4 10
Legionella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Legionella longbeachae - - - 1 - -
Legionella pneumophila 10 6 7 5 4 7
Legionella sp 4 3 4 3 5 3
Listeria Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Listeria monocytogenes 5 6 4 6 4 4
Mycobacterium Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 97 70 85 71 63 80
Neisseria Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Neisseria meningitidis 20 32 19 25 26 33
Orthopoxvirus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Mpox virus 3 6 2 20 8 10
Paramyxoviruses Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Measles virus 5 3 3 3 6 10
Mumps virus 8 - 4 5 4 7
Plasmodium Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Plasmodium falciparum 19 15 8 1 - 16
Plasmodium malariae - 1 - - - -
Plasmodium ovale 2 1 3 - - 3
Plasmodium vivax 3 2 2 - - 3
Polyomavirus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Polyomavirus BK 87 53 48 45 55 74
Polyomavirus JC 11 11 8 6 5 11
Polyomavirus untyped 19 25 15 18 12 15
Rickettsia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Rickettsia spotted fever - - - 2 - -
Rubella virus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Rubella virus 2 6 1 6 1 5
Salmonella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Other salmonellas 81 53 61 64 42 26
Salmonella agona - 6 - - - -
Salmonella bareilly - 7 - - - -
Salmonella braenderup - 5 - - - -
Salmonella chester 6 6 5 - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 104 103 57 72 48 23
Salmonella infantis 9 7 6 9 - -
Salmonella java 8 - 5 - - -
Salmonella kentucky - - 6 - - -
Salmonella newport 7 10 7 - - -
Salmonella oranienburg - 5 - - - -
Salmonella saint-paul 16 16 24 13 7 -
Salmonella sp 22 24 18 38 78 140
Salmonella stanley 10 10 7 8 - -
Salmonella thompson 5 - - - - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 18 22 8 8 15 7
Salmonella typhimurium 47 31 34 34 22 10
Salmonella virchow - - 6 - - -
Salmonella enterica 9 5 5 - - -
Shigella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Shigella boydii - - 1 1 2 1
Shigella dysenteriae 1 - - - - -
Shigella flexneri 15 12 13 9 14 14
Shigella sonnei 31 34 27 33 17 27
Shigella sp 43 66 59 49 64 74
Streptococcus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Streptococcus group A 43 55 49 52 46 59
Streptococcus pneumoniae 104 112 113 134 122 124
Vibrio Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Vibrio cholerae - 3 - - - 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 2023/41 2023/42 2023/43 2023/44 2023/45 2023/46
Citrobacter Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Citrobacter spp IMP - - - - 1 -
Ìý KPC - 1 2 1 2 -
Ìý NDM 3 2 - 4 3 -
Ìý OXA48 3 1 1 2 3 1
Ìý VIM - - - 1 2 -
Cronobacter Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Cronobacter sakazakii KPC - - 1 - - 1
Other cronobacter spp KPC 1 - - 1 1 1
Enterobacter Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP - 3 3 3 3 -
Ìý KPC 9 6 7 14 10 3
Ìý NDM 12 4 7 6 5 2
Ìý OXA48 5 1 2 1 3 3
Ìý Other 1 - 1 - 1 -
Other enterobacter spp NDM 2 - - - 3 -
Ìý OXA48 1 - - - - -
Escherichia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Escherichia coli IMP - - - - 1 -
Ìý KPC 10 4 1 4 4 1
Ìý NDM 12 14 13 6 15 5
Ìý OXA48 16 5 17 12 16 3
Ìý VIM - 1 - - 1 -
Ìý Other - 1 2 1 - -
Escherichia hermannii KPC 1 - - 1 - -
Escherichia vulneris KPC - - - 1 - -
Other escherichia spp OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Klebsiella aerogenes KPC - - - - 1 -
Ìý OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella aerogenes Other - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP - - - - 1 -
Ìý KPC 7 5 8 3 5 2
Ìý OXA48 2 1 6 - 1 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - - - 2 - -
Ìý KPC 11 15 7 8 13 6
Ìý NDM 8 8 7 9 8 1
Ìý OXA48 6 17 16 15 8 3
Ìý VIM - 1 1 - - -
Ìý Other 3 2 1 - 1 -
Klebsiella variicola IMP - - 1 - - -
Ìý NDM 1 - - - - -
Other klebsiella spp KPC - 1 - - - -
Ìý OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Morganella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Morganella morganii OXA48 1 - - - - -
Pantoea Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Pantoea agglomerans KPC - 1 - - - -
Proteus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Proteus mirabilis NDM 2 - 2 2 - -
Ìý OXA48 1 - 1 - - 1
Other proteus spp OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Raoultella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Raoultella ornithinolytica KPC - 1 - - - -
Ìý OXA48 - - - - - 1
Other raoultella spp KPC - - - - - 1
Ìý OXA48 - - - - - 1
Serratia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica NDM - - 1 - - -
Other serratia spp 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 2023/41 2023/42 2023/43 2023/44 2023/45 2023/46
Acinetobacter Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Acinetobacter baumannii IMP - - - - 1 -
Ìý NDM - 1 1 - 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 - 1
Ìý VIM - 2 1 - 2 -
Ìý Other 1 2 3 1 2 1
Pseudomonas koreensis VIM - 1 - - - -
Ìý Other - 1 - - - -
Pseudomonas putida group NDM - - - - 1 -
Ìý VIM - - - - 1 -
Pseudomonas stutzeri group Other - 1 - - - -
Other Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Ìý NDM - - - 1 - -