Notifiable Infectious Diseases & Causative Pathogens (Regulations 2024)

Vocabulary flashcards linking each notifiable infectious disease listed in the 2024 regulations with its principal causative pathogen(s).

Acute anterior poliomyelitis

Polio virus

Ano-genital warts

Human papillomavirus (HPV)

Anthrax

Bacillus anthracis

Bacillus cereus food-borne infection / intoxication

Bacillus cereus

Bacterial meningitis (not otherwise specified)

Inflammation of the meninges caused by non-specified bacterial species

Botulism

Clostridium botulinum

Brucellosis

Brucella species

Campylobacter infection

Campylobacter species

Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae infection / colonisation

Enterobacteriaceae that produce carbapenemase enzymes

Chancroid

Haemophilus ducreyi

Chickenpox (hospitalised cases)

Varicella-zoster virus

Chikungunya disease

Chikungunya virus

Chlamydia trachomatis infection (genital)

Chlamydia trachomatis

Cholera

Vibrio cholerae

Clostridium difficile infection

Clostridium difficile

Clostridium perfringens (type A) food-borne disease

Clostridium perfringens type A

COVID-19

SARS-CoV-2

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)

Human prion disease caused by misfolded prion proteins

Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD)

Prion disease linked to bovine spongiform encephalopathy

Cryptosporidiosis

Cryptosporidium parvum or C. hominis

Cytomegalovirus infection (congenital)

Cytomegalovirus (CMV)

Dengue fever

Dengue virus

Diphtheria

Toxin-producing Corynebacterium diphtheriae or C. ulcerans

Echinococcosis

Echinococcus species (tapeworm)

Enterococcal bacteraemia

Enterococcus species in the bloodstream

Escherichia coli infection (invasive)

Escherichia coli detected in blood or CSF

Giardiasis

Giardia lamblia

Gonorrhoea

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Granuloma inguinale

Klebsiella granulomatis

Haemophilus influenzae disease (invasive)

Haemophilus influenzae in blood, CSF or other sterile site

Hepatitis A (acute)

Hepatitis A virus

Hepatitis B (acute & chronic)

Hepatitis B virus

Hepatitis C infection

Hepatitis C virus

Hepatitis E infection

Hepatitis E virus

Herpes simplex (genital)

Herpes simplex virus—usually HSV-2

Herpes simplex (neonatal)

Herpes simplex virus transmitted to newborn

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection

Human immunodeficiency virus

Influenza

Influenza A or B virus

Klebsiella pneumoniae infection (invasive)

Klebsiella pneumoniae in blood or CSF

Legionellosis

Legionella species

Leprosy

Mycobacterium leprae

Leptospirosis

Leptospira species

Listeriosis

Listeria monocytogenes

Lymphogranuloma venereum

Chlamydia trachomatis serovars L1-L3

Malaria

Plasmodium falciparum, vivax, knowlesi, ovale or malariae

mcr-positive Enterobacteriaceae infection / colonisation

Enterobacteriaceae carrying the mcr colistin-resistance gene

Measles

Measles virus

Meningococcal disease

Neisseria meningitidis

Monkeypox

Monkeypox virus (Orthopoxvirus genus)

Mumps

Mumps virus

Non-specific urethritis

Urethral inflammation without an identified pathogen (often Chlamydia)

Novel or Rare Antimicrobial-resistant Organism (NRAO)

Any newly identified or rare organism exhibiting antimicrobial resistance

Noroviral infection

Norovirus

Paratyphoid

Salmonella Paratyphi

Pertussis (whooping cough)

Bordetella pertussis

Plague

Yersinia pestis

Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection (invasive)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa detected in blood or CSF

Q Fever

Coxiella burnetii

Rabies

Rabies virus

Respiratory syncytial virus infection

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

Rotavirus infection

Rotavirus

Rubella

Rubella virus

Salmonellosis

Salmonella species other than S. Typhi & S. Paratyphi

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV-1)

Shigellosis

Shigella species

Smallpox

Variola virus

Staphylococcal food poisoning

Enterotoxigenic Staphylococcus aureus

Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia

Staphylococcus aureus isolated from blood

Streptococcus group A infection (invasive)

Streptococcus pyogenes in blood, CSF or other sterile site

Streptococcus group B infection (invasive)

Streptococcus agalactiae in blood, CSF or other sterile site

Streptococcus pneumoniae infection (invasive)

Streptococcus pneumoniae in blood, CSF or other sterile site

Syphilis

Treponema pallidum

Tetanus

Clostridium tetani

Toxoplasmosis

Toxoplasma gondii

Trichinosis

Trichinella species

Trichomoniasis

Trichomonas vaginalis

Tuberculosis

Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

Tularemia

Francisella tularensis

Typhoid

Salmonella Typhi

Typhus

Rickettsia prowazekii

Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection

Verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC)

Viral encephalitis

Inflammation of brain caused by viruses (e.g., HSV, arboviruses)

Viral haemorrhagic fevers

Severe illness caused by viruses such as Ebola, Lassa, Marburg

Viral meningitis

Aseptic meningitis caused by viruses (e.g., enteroviruses, HSV-2)

West Nile fever

West Nile virus

Yellow fever

Yellow fever virus

Yersiniosis

Yersinia enterocolitica or Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Zika virus infection

Zika virus