Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 4 (week ending 26 January 2025)

Updated 24 April 2025

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 2024/51 2024/52 2025/01 2025/02 2025/03 2025/04
Arboviruses Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
West Nile Virus 1 1 - 1 - -
Bacillus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Bacillus cereus 16 14 19 19 12 13
Bordetella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Bordetella pertussis 25 13 7 20 20 11
Borrelia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Borrelia burgdorferi 21 5 7 19 25 21
Borrelia sp 6 - 3 2 4 5
Brucella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Brucella sp 2 - - 2 2 3
Campylobacter Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Campylobacter coli 30 25 21 30 30 24
Campylobacter jejuni 221 201 201 274 318 210
Campylobacter lari - - - - 1 -
Campylobacter other named 1 1 1 2 3 4
Campylobacter sp 923 639 650 829 918 988
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 1 - - - -
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 1 1 1 2 2 1
Chikungunya virus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Chikungunya virus 2 2 - 2 1 -
Clostridium Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Clostridium perfringens 41 23 35 39 42 25
Clostridium tetani - - - - - 1
Coronavirus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Coronavirus 118 136 183 197 200 213
Human coronavirus 229e - - - 1 - -
Human coronavirus hku1 - 1 4 2 4 3
Human coronavirus nl63 - - - - - 1
Human coronavirus oc43 - - - - 2 -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 8 1 2 1 1 2
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void - 8 26 30 24 40
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 1,222 915 1468 929 837 775
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 88 49 77 67 42 65
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 29 3 22 26 20 9
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 98 22 77 93 77 38
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 9 3 8 5 4 7
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 27 12 22 25 33 38
Corynebacterium Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 6 1 1 4 5 3
Corynebacterium ulcerans 1 1 - - 2 -
Coxiella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Coxiella burnetii - - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Cryptosporidium hominis 18 7 5 7 3 2
Cryptosporidium parvum 47 15 23 23 16 14
Cryptosporidium sp 27 12 7 18 25 37
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum 1 - 1 - 1 -
Entamoeba Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Entamoeba histolytica 5 3 2 2 - 1
Escherichia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Escherichia coli O 157 12 6 10 8 7 6
Flaviviruses Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Dengue virus 5 8 5 3 4 5
Giardia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Giardia sp 122 61 74 109 112 95
Haemophilus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Haemophilus influenzae 84 59 55 88 72 92
Hepatitis viruses Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Hepatitis A 26 15 17 21 28 15
Hepatitis B 289 183 187 276 272 275
Hepatitis C 230 197 215 235 238 241
Hepatitis D 9 4 5 5 7 11
Hepatitis E 32 28 40 36 28 38
Influenza virus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Influenza A 12,217 12,786 12,491 9,791 6,665 5,152
Influenza B 568 654 871 1,070 1,129 1,586
Influenza indeterminate 5 15 4 11 3 2
Influenza ungrouped 263 283 297 218 179 145
Legionella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Legionella pneumophila 3 8 7 6 6 6
Legionella sp 3 1 2 2 1 3
Leptospira Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Leptospira interrogans 1 - - - 1 -
Listeria Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Listeria monocytogenes 4 2 3 5 4 4
Mycobacterium Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 111 67 71 99 66 81
Neisseria Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Neisseria meningitidis 43 26 42 42 33 34
Orthopoxvirus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Mpox virus positive 7 7 3 7 3 4
Paramyxoviruses Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Measles virus 27 23 12 17 26 20
Mumps virus 5 4 4 3 5 6
Plasmodium Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Plasmodium falciparum 20 - - - 1 -
Plasmodium malariae 1 - - - - -
Plasmodium ovale 3 - - - - -
Plasmodium vivax 1 1 - - - -
Polyomavirus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Polyomavirus BK 41 27 40 56 80 60
Polyomavirus JC 10 9 2 7 16 7
Polyomavirus untyped 13 10 7 19 25 14
Rickettsia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Rickettsia spotted fever - - - 1 - -
Rubella virus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Rubella virus 3 2 4 1 4 -
Salmonella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Other salmonellas 54 53 38 50 38 14
Salmonella agona 5 - - - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 36 15 18 26 18 7
Salmonella java 5 - - - - -
Salmonella newport 9 - - - - -
Salmonella sp 17 9 12 28 75 109
Salmonella stanley 5 - - - - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 7 16 10 8 8 15
Salmonella typhimurium 20 16 17 23 15 6
Shigella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Shigella boydii - 2 1 1 2 -
Shigella dysenteriae 1 - - 2 - -
Shigella flexneri 20 9 12 25 13 13
Shigella sonnei 14 9 11 12 25 26
Shigella sp 61 35 33 68 77 73
Streptococcus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Streptococcus group A 58 59 46 61 75 64
Streptococcus pneumoniae 196 220 277 239 146 160
Vibrio Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Vibrio cholerae 5 - 1 2 1 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 2024/51 2024/52 2025/01 2025/02 2025/03 2025/04
Citrobacter Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Citrobacter spp IMP 2 1 - 1 - -
Ìý KPC 2 2 - - 1 -
Ìý NDM 7 - 1 1 - -
Ìý OXA48 2 1 2 - 2 -
Ìý VIM - - 1 - - -
Ìý Other 1 - - - - -
Enterobacter Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 6 3 2 1 - -
Ìý KPC 5 2 1 5 5 1
Ìý NDM 9 5 4 4 10 2
Ìý OXA48 2 2 10 2 6 -
Ìý VIM - - 1 - - -
Ìý Other 2 - - 1 1 -
Other enterobacter spp IMP - - - 2 1 -
Ìý NDM 1 - - 2 - -
Ìý OXA48 - 1 1 - - -
Escherichia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Escherichia coli IMP 3 2 - - - -
Ìý KPC 3 1 3 2 1 2
Ìý NDM 16 12 11 14 10 -
Ìý OXA48 26 11 14 25 23 2
Ìý VIM - - - 1 - -
Ìý Other 1 1 1 2 3 -
Escherichia hermannii KPC - - - 1 - -
Escherichia vulneris KPC - - - 1 - -
Klebsiella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP - - - - - 1
Ìý KPC 2 - - - 2 1
Ìý NDM - - 1 - 1 -
Ìý OXA48 1 1 1 - 2 -
Ìý VIM 1 - - 1 - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 3 2 1 - - -
Ìý KPC 10 4 5 4 7 2
Ìý NDM 9 8 8 4 11 1
Ìý OXA48 14 7 12 17 10 4
Ìý VIM 1 - - - - -
Ìý Other 2 2 4 1 1 -
Klebsiella serogenes OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Klebsiella variicola KPC - - - - 1 -
Other klebsiella spp OXA48 1 - - 1 - -
Kluyvera Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Kluyvera spp OXA48 1 - - - - -
Proteus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Proteus hauseri VIM - 1 - - - -
Proteus mirabilis NDM 3 2 1 1 1 -
Ìý OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Ìý Other 2 2 1 2 - -
Other proteus spp NDM - 1 - - - -
Raoultella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Raoultella 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 theÌýAMRHAIÌýReference Unit.

Week notification received 2024/51 2024/52 2025/01 2025/02 2025/03 2025/04
Acinetobacter Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM - - - - 1 -
Acinetobacter variabilis NDM - - - 1 - -
Pseudomonas Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Pseudomonas aeruginosa NDM 1 2 - 2 1 -
Ìý VIM - - - - 1 -
Ìý Other 4 3 1 3 1 -
Pseudomonas alcaligenes Other 1 - - - - -
Pseudomonas putida group VIM - 1 - - - -
Ìý Other 1 - - - - -
Other Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Ìý KPC - - 1 - - -
Ìý NDM - - 1 - - -
Ìý Other 1 - - - - -