Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 7 (week ending 16 February 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 2025/02 2025/03 2025/04 2025/05 2025/06 2025/07
Arboviruses Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
West Nile Virus 1 - - - - -
Bacillus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Bacillus cereus 19 12 13 26 23 12
Bordetella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Bordetella pertussis 20 18 11 14 10 11
Borrelia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Borrelia burgdorferi 19 25 22 18 19 14
Borrelia sp 2 4 4 7 5 3
Brucella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Brucella sp 2 2 3 - 2 -
Campylobacter Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Campylobacter coli 31 31 29 27 28 21
Campylobacter concisus - - - - - 1
Campylobacter jejuni 275 322 267 292 263 273
Campylobacter lari - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter other named 2 3 2 3 3 1
Campylobacter sp 838 934 949 938 1,045 1,104
Campylobacter upsaliensis - - - 1 1 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 2 2 1 1 1 -
Chikungunya virus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Chikungunya virus 2 2 - 1 - 1
Clostridium Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Clostridium perfringens 39 42 26 46 29 39
Clostridium tetani - - 1 - - -
Coronavirus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Coronavirus 197 201 215 265 253 270
Human coronavirus 229e 1 - - - - -
Human coronavirus hku1 2 4 3 7 - 1
Human coronavirus nl63 - - 1 - - -
Human coronavirus oc43 - 2 - - 1 -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 1 1 2 1 - 2
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 30 24 40 34 26 40
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 931 837 780 886 819 853
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 67 42 65 44 67 36
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 26 20 9 22 35 20
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 93 77 38 58 119 87
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 5 4 7 4 - 6
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 25 33 38 39 20 25
Corynebacterium Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 4 5 3 7 1 1
Corynebacterium ulcerans - 2 - - 1 -
Coxiella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Coxiella burnetii 1 - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Cryptosporidium cuniculus - - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 7 3 3 3 11 2
Cryptosporidium parvum 24 18 27 23 16 7
Cryptosporidium sp 17 22 21 23 19 44
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - 1 2 - - -
Entamoeba Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Entamoeba histolytica 2 - 1 3 - 5
Escherichia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Escherichia coli O 157 8 8 8 9 4 3
Flaviviruses Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Dengue virus 3 4 5 4 1 1
Giardia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Giardia sp 111 115 99 136 121 125
Haemophilus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Haemophilus influenzae 88 72 92 87 72 71
Hepatitis viruses Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Hepatitis A 20 29 14 25 20 34
Hepatitis B 281 281 306 337 280 286
Hepatitis C 234 238 245 286 293 308
Hepatitis D 5 7 11 6 7 7
Hepatitis E 36 28 38 22 42 36
Influenza virus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Influenza A 9,801 6,691 5,181 4,112 2,986 2,418
Influenza B 1,073 1,134 1,593 1,858 2,124 2,217
Influenza indeterminate 11 3 2 4 6 10
Influenza ungrouped 218 179 145 125 120 85
Legionella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Legionella pneumophila 6 6 5 4 9 8
Legionella sp 2 1 3 - 5 4
Leptospira Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Leptospira interrogans - 1 - 1 1 -
Listeria Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Listeria monocytogenes 5 4 4 2 5 6
Mycobacterium Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 99 69 91 76 84 82
Neisseria Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Neisseria meningitidis 42 33 34 39 45 31
Orthopoxvirus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Mpox virus positive 7 3 4 7 8 2
Paramyxoviruses Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Measles virus 17 26 20 18 18 6
Mumps virus 3 5 7 5 5 5
Plasmodium Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Plasmodium falciparum - 1 - - - 16
Plasmodium ovale - - - - - 2
Plasmodium vivax - - - - - 2
Polyomavirus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Polyomavirus BK 56 80 60 59 57 52
Polyomavirus JC 7 16 7 10 7 11
Polyomavirus untyped 20 25 14 17 17 10
Rickettsia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Rickettsia sp - - - - - 1
Rickettsia spotted fever 1 - - - - -
Rubella virus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Rubella virus 1 4 - 1 2 5
Salmonella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Other salmonellas 56 54 55 62 34 23
Salmonella chester - - 7 - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 28 33 22 23 18 -
Salmonella newport - 8 - - - -
Salmonella sp 16 15 20 21 70 104
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 8 8 19 8 15 8
Salmonella typhimurium 28 30 26 21 9 -
Salmonella virchow - 6 - - - -
Shigella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Shigella boydii - 2 2 - 1 -
Shigella dysenteriae 2 - - - - -
Shigella flexneri 29 17 20 13 12 10
Shigella sonnei 11 31 36 25 17 10
Shigella sp 65 68 48 43 53 70
Streptococcus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Streptococcus group A 61 81 63 74 76 52
Streptococcus pneumoniae 243 146 163 153 163 142
Vibrio Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Vibrio cholerae 2 1 1 2 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 2025/02 2025/03 2025/04 2025/05 2025/06 2025/07
Citrobacter Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Citrobacter spp IMP 1 - - - - -
Ìý KPC - 1 1 1 2 -
Ìý NDM 1 1 - 1 - -
Ìý OXA48 - 5 2 1 2 -
Ìý Other - - 1 - - -
Enterobacter Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 3 - 2 3 1 -
Ìý KPC 5 5 5 7 5 -
Ìý NDM 4 11 14 8 2 1
Ìý OXA48 2 7 8 3 3 -
Ìý VIM - - - - 1 -
Ìý Other 1 1 1 - 1 -
Enterobacter other named IMP - 1 - - - -
Ìý KPC - - 2 1 - -
Other enterobacter spp IMP 2 2 - - - -
Ìý NDM 2 - 2 - 1 -
Ìý OXA48 - - - - 2 -
Escherichia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Escherichia coli IMP - - 1 - 1 1
Ìý KPC 2 1 2 1 1 -
Ìý NDM 16 13 9 9 15 3
Ìý OXA48 25 25 21 21 14 4
Ìý VIM 1 - - - - -
Ìý Other 2 3 1 2 1 1
Escherichia hermannii KPC 1 - - - - -
Escherichia vulneris KPC 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Klebsiella aerogenes OXA48 - - - - 2 -
Klebsiella oxytoca IMP - - 1 1 - -
Ìý KPC - 3 2 - 1 -
Ìý NDM - 1 1 - 1 -
Ìý OXA48 - 2 - 1 1 -
Ìý VIM 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - 1 3 1 1 -
Ìý KPC 4 8 6 7 5 3
Ìý NDM 5 12 6 8 7 2
Ìý OXA48 17 11 19 10 7 2
Ìý VIM - - - 1 1 -
Ìý Other 1 1 2 1 - -
Klebsiella variicola KPC - 1 - - - -
Other klebsiella spp NDM - 1 - - - -
Ìý OXA48 1 1 - - - -
Kluyvera Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Kluyvera spp OXA48 - - - - 1 -
Leclercia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Leclercia spp NDM - 1 - - - -
Morganella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Morganella morganii OXA48 - - - 2 - -
Ìý Other - - - 1 - -
Proteus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Proteus mirabilis NDM 1 1 - 6 3 1
Ìý OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Ìý Other 2 - 1 1 2 1
Raoultella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Raoultella spp OXA48 1 - - - - -
Serratia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica 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 2025/02 2025/03 2025/04 2025/05 2025/06 2025/07
Acinetobacter Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM 1 1 - - - -
Acinetobacter pittii NDM - - - 1 - -
Acinetobacter variabilis NDM 1 - - - - -
Pseudomonas Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP - - 1 - - -
Ìý NDM 2 1 2 2 - -
Ìý VIM - 1 - - - -
Ìý Other 3 1 2 1 - 1
Pseudomonas nitroreducens VIM - - - 1 - -
Other pseudomonas spp NDM - - - 1 - -
Other Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Ìý OXA48 - - - 1 - -