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Moran, Joanne and McIver, Margaret and Thornton, Lelia (2013) Hepatitis C in Ireland: 2004-2012. Epi-Insight, 14, (7),

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Hepatitis C became a notifiable disease in Ireland in 2004. A total of 11,527 cases of hepatitis C have been notified in Ireland between 2004 and 2012, which averages at 1,281 notifications yearly. The number of hepatitis C notifications in 2012 (n=1036) is the lowest recorded annual figure since 2004. This represents a 33% decline compared to the highest notification figures recorded in 2007 (n=1539) (Figure 1). The higher notification rates seen in earlier years could be partly attributed to hepatitis C cases diagnosed before hepatitis C became notifiable, for whom repeat testing was carried out after 2004.


Item Type
Article
Publication Type
Irish-related, Report
Drug Type
Substances (not alcohol/tobacco), Opioid
Date
July 2013
Publisher
Health Protection Surveillance Centre
Volume
14
Number
7
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