Open AccessSurveillance of tuberculosis in Ireland
Author(s) -
Annika Smith,
Derval Igoe,
Deborah Flanagan,
Tony Holohan
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.05.04.00038-en
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , pulmonary tuberculosis , medicine , population , demography , environmental health , pathology , sociology
The first disaggregate data on tuberculosis in Ireland were collected in 1998. A total of 424 cases were notified (rate 11.7/100 000 population), of which 241 cases were culture positive and 122 were smear positive pulmonary cases. Only 35 cases were fore