Surveillance of tuberculosis in Ireland

A Smith; D Igoe; D O’Flanagan; T Holohan

doi:10.2807/esm.05.04.00038-en

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Surveillance of tuberculosis in Ireland
A Smith¹ , D Igoe¹ , D O’Flanagan¹ , T Holohan²
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Affiliations: ¹ National Disease Surveillance Centre, Dublin, Ireland ² Midland Health Board, Ireland

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Citation style for this article: Smith A, Igoe D, O’Flanagan D, Holohan T. Surveillance of tuberculosis in Ireland. Euro Surveill. 2000;5(4):pii=38. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.05.04.00038-en

Abstract

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