Articles
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Articles published in HPSC's bulletin Epi Insight are available to view at: http://www.hpsc.ie/epi-insight/
2017
Decrease in the Uptake of Seasonal Influenza Vaccine in Persons Aged 65 Years and Older In Ireland since the 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) Pdm09 Pandemic - Irish Medical Journal, October 2017 Vol 110 Number 9
2016
Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli transmission in Ireland: a review of notified outbreaks, 2004–2012 - Epidemiology and Infection, Volume 144, Issue 5 April 2016, pp. 917-926
Vaccine effectiveness in preventing laboratory-confirmed influenza in primary care patients in a season of co-circulation of influenza A(H1N1)PDM09, B and drifted A(H3N2), I-MOVE multicentre case-control study, Europe 2014/15 - Eurosurveillance, Volume 21, Issue 7, 18 February 2016
2015
Tuberculosis incidence in the Irish Traveller population in Ireland from 2002 to 2013 - Epidemiology and Infection [published online 12/2/15]
Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Shigella sonnei associated with travel to India - Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 21, No 5, May 2015
2014
Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Uptake in HSE-Funded Hospitals and Nursing Homes During the 2011/2012 Influenza Season - Irish Medical Journal, Volume 103, Number 3, March 2014
2013
Influenza in hositalized children in Ireland in the pandemic and 2010/2011 season: risk factors for Pediatric Intensive Care Unit admission - Epidemiology and Infection, November 2013
Underreporting of Viral Encephalitis and Viral Meningitis, Ireland, 2005-2008 - Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 19, Issue 9, September 2013
Low and decreasing vaccine effectiveness against influenza A(H3) in 2011/2012 among vaccination target groups in Europe: Results from the IMOVE multicentre case control study - Eurosurveillance, Volume 18, Issue 5, 31 January 2013
A snapshot of genetic lineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Ireland over a two-year period, 2010 and 2011 - Eurosurveillance, 2013 Jan; 18(3), Article 4
International outbreak investigation of Salmonella Heidelberg associated with in-flight catering - Epidemiology and Infection, July 2013
2012
Effectiveness of 2010/2011 Seasonal Influenza Vaccine in Ireland - Irish Medical Journal, 105(2) February 2012
Overrepresentation of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus among severe influenza cases in the 2011/12 season in four European countries - Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 9, 01 March 2012
2011
First reported cases of human adenovirus serotype 14p1 infection, Ireland, October 2009 to July 2010 - Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 8, 24 February 2011
I-MOVE Multi-Centre Case Control Study 2010-11: Overall and Stratified Estimates of Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in Europe - PLoS Medicine, 6(11) November 2011
Estimates of Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in Europe, 2009–2010: Results of Influenza Monitoring Vaccine Effectiveness in Europe (I-MOVE) Multicentre Case-Control Study - PLoS Medicine, 8(1) January 2011
An investigation of the subtype diversity of clinical isolates of Irish Clostridium difficile ribotypes 027 and 078 by repetitive-extragenic palindromic PCR. Solomon K, Murray S, Scott L, McDermott S, Drudy D, Martin A, O'Donoghue C, Skally M, Burns K, Fenelon L, Fitzpatrick F, Kyne L, Fanning S. J Med Microbiol. 2011 Aug;60(Pt 8):1080-7
PCR ribotype prevalence and molecular basis of macrolide–lincosamide–streptogramin B (MLSB) and fluoroquinolone resistance in Irish clinical Clostridium difficile isolates - Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. September 2011; 66(9):1976-1982. Solomon K, Fanning S, McDermott S, Murray S, Scott L, Martin A, Skally M, Burns K, Kuijper E, Fitzpatrick F, Fenelon L, Kyne L
Potential role of asymptomatic kitchen food handlers during a food-borne outbreak of norovirus infection, Dublin, Ireland, March 2009 - Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 30, 28 July 2011
2010
Differences in national influenza vaccination policies across the European Union, Norway and Iceland 2008-2009- Eurosurveillance, Volume 14, Issue 44, 04 November 2010
Epidemiology, clinical characteristics and resource implications of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in intensive care units in Ireland - Critical Care and Resuscitation, Volume 12, Issue 4, December 2010
Effectiveness of swine flu vaccine measured - Forum, October 2010
Burns K, Skally M, Solomon K, Scott L, McDermott S, O'Flanagan D, Fanning S, Kyne L, Fenelon L, Fitzpatrick F. Clostridium difficile infection in the Republic of Ireland: results of a 1-month national surveillance and ribotyping project, March 2009. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. Oct;31(10):1085-7. 2010
2009
Surveillance of the first 205 confirmed hospitalised cases of pandemic H1N1 influenza in Ireland, 28 April – 3 October 2009 - Eurosurveillance, Volume 14, Issue 44, 05 November 2009
Fighting the flu - HSE Health Matters, Autumn 2009
Enhanced surveillance of initial cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Ireland, April - July 2009 - Eurosurveillance, Volume 14, Issue 38, 24 September 2009
Botulism in injecting drug users, Dublin, Ireland, November-December 2008 - Eurosurveillance, Volume 14, Issue 1, 08 January 2009
2008
National Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Survey in Europe, 2008 - Eurosurveillance, Volume 13, Issue 43, 23 October 2008
Low coverage of seasonal influenza in the elderly in many European countries - Eurosurveillance, Volume 13, Issue 41, 09 October 2008
Update of Clostridium difficile infection due to PCR ribotype 027 in Europe, 2008 - Eurosurveillance, Volume 13, Issue 31, 31 July 2008
Laboratory diagnosis of Clostridium difficile-associated disease in the Republic of Ireland: a survey of Irish microbiology laboratories - J Hosp Infect. 2008 Apr;68(4):315-21. Fitzpatrick F, Oza A, Gilleece A, O'Byrne AM, Drudy D; C. difficile subcommittee of the Health Protection Surveillance Centre.
2007
Risk groups and uptake of influenza and pneumoccocal vaccine in Ireland - Eurosurveillance, Volume 12, Issue 12, 01 December 2007
2006
2005
Outbreak of shigellosis in Irish holidaymakers associated with travel to Egypt - Eurosurveillance, 2005 Jun 30; 10(26)
Increased influenza activity in Ireland, January 2005 - Eurosurveillance, Volume 10, Issue 3, 20 January 2005
2003
An outbreak of Norwalk-like viral gastroenteritis in holidaymakers travelling to Andorra, January-February 2002 - Eurosurveillance, 2003 Jan;8(1):1-8
2002
Increased respiratory syncytial virus activity in Ireland - Eurosurveillance, Volume 6, Issue 49, 5 December 2002
2000
Surveillance of tuberculosis in Ireland - Eurosurveillance, 2000 Apr; 5(4):45-48
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