Tuberculosis: An ongoing challenge?

FitzGerald, T; Lanigan, P; Veale, A; Hickey, M; Molloy, K; Prendiville, P; DeSouza, N; O’Connor, M; O’Reilly, O

dc.contributor.author	FitzGerald, T
dc.contributor.author	Lanigan, P
dc.contributor.author	Veale, A
dc.contributor.author	Hickey, M
dc.contributor.author	Molloy, K
dc.contributor.author	Prendiville, P
dc.contributor.author	DeSouza, N
dc.contributor.author	O’Connor, M
dc.contributor.author	O’Reilly, O
dc.date.accessioned	2016-02-02T15:37:11Z	en
dc.date.available	2016-02-02T15:37:11Z	en
dc.date.issued	2004-09	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10147/595457	en
dc.description	During 2000/2001, a Community Care Area serving a population of 100,000 notified a total of 21 new cases of pulmonary Tuberculosis (TB) to the Department of Public Health. Of these 21 cases, 8 patients (38%) lived in a city suburb. This suburb of 763 publicly provided houses (population 3000) is an area of high unemployment, high levels of substance abuse and homelessness, dysfunctional interpersonal relationships and high dependency on welfare services. An Outbreak Control Team (OCT) was formed specifically to investigate possible links between the 8 cases, and to implement prevention and control measures in accordance with national and local guidelines	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Public Health Department	en
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject	TUBERCULOSIS	en
dc.subject	COMMUNICABLE DISEASES	en
dc.title	Tuberculosis: An ongoing challenge?	en
dc.type	Report	en
refterms.dateFOA	2018-08-16T02:06:23Z