There has been limited detailed epidemiological data available on @entity378 in the Republic of Ireland. The 1998 and 1999 National @entity1906 Reports produced by the National Disease Surveillance Centre presented disaggregate national data describing in detail the epidemiology of @entity1906 in the Republic of Ireland. Individual case notifications were collated by health boards, forwarded to NDSC where they were entered onto a national @entity1906 database and then analysed using Epi-Info. There were 893 cases of @entity1906 notified in 1998-1999. It was more common in older age groups and @entity1 . 50% of cases occurred in those less than 45 years, an indication of considerable ongoing transmission of @entity378 . Regional variation in the rate of @entity1906 exists and a relatively small proportion of cases occurred in foreign-born @entity1 . @entity1906 in @entity645 positive @entity1 was not common and @entity6371 has also been observed. @entity1906 has not disappeared from the Republic of Ireland. Treatment, contact tracing and surveillance need to be maintained and preferably enhanced.

XXXX in the Republic of Ireland at the end of the 1990s.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'men'] @entity6371 :: ('MESH:D018088', 'Disease') :: ['MDR-TB'] @entity645 :: ('57667', 'Species') :: ['HIV'] @entity1906 :: ('MESH:D014390', 'Disease') :: ['TB'] @entity378 :: ('MESH:D014376', 'Disease') :: ['tuberculosis']
@entity378 :: (MESH:D014376,Disease) :: ['Tuberculosis']
