Haemophilus influenzae, in Ireland, 2018: annual epidemiological report [v1.1]

Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC)

dc.contributor.author	Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC)
dc.date.accessioned	2024-02-27T17:14:19Z
dc.date.available	2024-02-27T17:09:51Z
dc.date.available	2024-02-27T17:14:19Z
dc.date.issued	2018-08
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10147/640956
dc.description	In 2018, 58 cases of invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease were notified in Ireland (1.2 cases per 100,000 total population). This is a 22.9% increase on the number reported in 2017. In 2004 the incidence rate was 0.9 cases/100,000 when there were 38 cases reported. No imported cases or outbreaks were reported in 2018. The main change in 2018, when compared to 2017, is the increase in the number of nontypeable/ non-capsular strains from 28 to 44 and the decrease in untyped cases from eight to four (Figure 1). Non-typeable/non-capsular cases accounted for the majority of the invasive H. influenzae cases notified in 2018 (75.8%, n=44/58). The remaining cases were due to H. influenzae type f (8.6%; n=5), two type e (3.5%), one each of types a, b and not b (1.7%, n=1) and isolates that were not typed (6.9%; n=4), of which one (1.7%) was diagnosed by PCR testing only.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Health Service Executive	en_US
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject	Epidemiology	en_US
dc.subject	public health	en_US
dc.subject	HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE	en_US
dc.subject	INFECTIOUS DISEASES	en_US
dc.title	Haemophilus influenzae, in Ireland, 2018: annual epidemiological report [v1.1]	en_US
dc.type	Report	en_US
dc.contributor.affiliation	Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC)	en
refterms.dateFOA	2024-02-27T17:09:52Z