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NOIDs causative agents: week 20 (week ending 18 May 2025) - GOV.UK

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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 Health Protection (Notification) (Amendment) Regulations 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:

Totals for the current week compared to the previous 5.

Week notification received 2025/15 2025/16 2025/17 2025/18 2025/19 2025/20
Arboviruses            
West Nile Virus - - 1 - - -
Bacillus            
Bacillus cereus 27 33 18 21 28 28
Bordetella            
Bordetella pertussis 8 8 4 13 7 5
Borrelia            
Borrelia burgdorferi 13 17 17 12 16 34
Borrelia sp 1 2 4 2 4 1
Brucella            
Brucella melitensis 1 - - - - -
Brucella sp 1 1 3 1 - 1
Campylobacter            
Campylobacter coli 34 21 19 30 31 31
Campylobacter fetus 1 - - 1 1 2
Campylobacter gracilis - 1 - - - -
Campylobacter hyointestinalis - - - - 1 -
Campylobacter jejuni 303 293 244 342 271 312
Campylobacter lari 1 - - - - -
Campylobacter other named 3 4 1 - 3 -
Campylobacter rectus - - - 1 - -
Campylobacter sp 988 1,046 880 1,117 887 1,257
Campylobacter upsaliensis - 1 - - - 3
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 2 1 - 1 1 1
Chikungunya virus            
Chikungunya virus - - - 1 2 -
Clostridium            
Clostridium perfringens 37 37 46 35 41 36
Coronavirus            
Coronavirus 114 99 87 67 57 50
Human coronavirus 229e 4 2 3 1 - 1
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void 6 20 26 20 14 12
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) 1,277 1,199 1,229 1,214 955 1,120
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate 44 30 65 48 63 51
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 12 24 32 21 15 11
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 62 47 86 117 77 71
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 4 4 4 8 8 -
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 16 18 20 44 13 22
Corynebacterium            
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 1 1 3 2 3 4
Corynebacterium ulcerans - - - 1 1 -
Coxiella            
Coxiella burnetii - 1 - 1 - 1
Cryptosporidium            
Cryptosporidium hominis 4 3 3 13 9 4
Cryptosporidium parvum 43 39 64 96 68 44
Cryptosporidium sp 36 26 46 81 41 104
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - - - - 1 -
Entamoeba            
Entamoeba histolytica 1 4 4 3 5 7
Escherichia            
Escherichia coli O 157 11 6 11 10 5 8
Flaviviruses            
Dengue virus 2 4 2 11 5 2
Giardia            
Giardia sp 91 117 93 119 78 148
Haemophilus            
Haemophilus influenzae 91 58 65 78 63 74
Hepatitis viruses            
Hepatitis A 29 19 19 13 17 17
Hepatitis B 304 299 309 275 250 285
Hepatitis C 291 261 267 292 211 314
Hepatitis D 3 5 3 7 6 3
Hepatitis E 34 32 36 35 39 43
Influenza virus            
Influenza A 911 710 647 497 350 311
Influenza B 687 432 308 189 104 71
Influenza indeterminate - - 8 - - 4
Influenza ungrouped 28 31 28 17 5 10
Legionella            
Legionella longbeachae - - - - - 1
Legionella pneumophila 7 1 7 2 6 9
Legionella sp 4 2 5 1 2 6
Leptospira            
Leptospira interrogans - 1 - - - -
Listeria            
Listeria monocytogenes 13 2 2 4 3 6
Mycobacterium            
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 110 108 88 97 67 80
Neisseria            
Neisseria meningitidis 35 36 23 29 24 26
Orthopoxvirus            
Mpox virus positive 5 5 5 13 8 7
Paramyxoviruses            
Measles virus 14 19 20 12 28 27
Mumps virus 15 10 3 3 9 8
Plasmodium            
Plasmodium falciparum 4 2 - - - 11
Plasmodium malariae 1 - - - - 1
Plasmodium ovale 2 1 - - - 1
Plasmodium vivax - - - - - 1
Polyomavirus            
Polyomavirus BK 63 57 46 46 42 50
Polyomavirus JC 9 12 8 6 10 13
Polyomavirus untyped 6 8 8 26 9 15
Rickettsia            
Rickettsia prowazekii - - 1 - - -
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi - - - 1 - -
Rubella virus            
Rubella virus 1 3 - 5 3 1
Salmonella            
Other salmonellas 61 73 66 66 30 25
Salmonella agona - - 7 - - -
Salmonella enteritidis 21 36 47 61 27 12
Salmonella infantis - - 5 - - -
Salmonella java 5 - - 5 - -
Salmonella kottbus - 5 - - - -
Salmonella newport 5 5 - 7 - -
Salmonella saint-paul - - 5 7 - -
Salmonella sp 14 36 18 50 94 159
Salmonella stanley - - - 6 - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 15 11 14 27 16 14
Salmonella typhimurium 17 16 23 17 18 10
Slmonella enterica - - - 6 - -
Shigella            
Shigella boydii 2 1 1 3 - -
Shigella dysenteriae 1 - 1 3 - -
Shigella flexneri 15 31 15 18 18 10
Shigella sonnei 16 13 14 22 16 8
Shigella sp 34 55 45 81 64 93
Streptococcus            
Streptococcus group A 54 62 49 59 52 65
Streptococcus pneumoniae 151 169 163 127 95 127
Vibrio            
Vibrio cholerae - 2 1 1 2 2

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 2025/15 2025/16 2025/17 2025/18 2025/19 2025/20
Citrobacter              
Citrobacter spp IMP - - - - 1 -
  KPC 1 2 - - - -
  NDM - - 1 - 2 -
  OXA48 4 5 2 2 1 1
Enterobacter              
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP 4 4 1 1 3 1
  KPC 5 4 5 5 5 1
  NDM 7 5 3 4 8 2
  OXA48 6 4 4 5 4 -
  VIM - - - - - 1
  Other 1 1 1 2 1 -
Other enterobacter spp NDM - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Escherichia              
Escherichia coli KPC - 3 - 1 5 1
  NDM 18 19 19 21 22 1
  OXA48 20 28 19 22 16 2
  VIM - - - - 1 1
  Other 3 3 1 1 - 1
Hafnia              
Hafnia alvei KPC - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella              
Klebsiella aerogenes IMP 1 - - - - -
  OXA48 - - - - - 1
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 1 - - 2 - -
  NDM - - - 1 - -
  OXA48 1 2 1 - 2 -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP 2 2 1 1 1 -
  KPC 7 6 6 4 3 1
  NDM 6 11 11 14 11 3
  OXA48 10 17 9 14 16 2
  VIM - 1 - - - -
  Other 2 1 2 4 1 4
Klebsiella variicola KPC - - - - - 1
Morganella              
Morganella morganii OXA48 1 - - - - -
Proteus              
Proteus mirabilis NDM 3 - 2 1 2 1
  Other 2 1 1 2 1 -
Other proteus spp NDM - - - 2 - -
Raoultella              
Raoultella ornithinolytica KPC 1 - - - - -
Other raoultella spp KPC - - 1 - - -
  VIM - - 1 - - -
Serratia              
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica NDM - - - - 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.

Note: the numbers presented here do not include specimens that have been referred to.

Week notification received 2025/15 2025/16 2025/17 2025/18 2025/19 2025/20
Acinetobacter              
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM 1 - - - - -
Pseudomonas              
Pseudomonas aeruginosa NDM - 1 - - - -
  VIM 1 - - - 1 -
  Other 1 4 1 1 1 -
Pseudomonas fluorescens group VIM - 1 - - - -
Pseudomonas putida group VIM - - - 1 - -
Other              
  NDM - 1 - - - -
  OXA48 - 1 - - 1 1
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