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2021 Zoonoses Human Data

20 December, 2023

Reports by the Health Protection Surveillance Center compiling human zoonoses data

Number of Zooniotic disease cases reported in Ireland 2021

Zoonotic disease No of cases
Campylobacter 3154
STEC 975
Cryptosporidiosis 845
Tuberculosis 219
Salmonellosis 173
Toxoplasmosis 20
Yersinosis 19
Listeriosis 16
Leptospirosis 16
Echinococcosis 1
Variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease 0
Trichinosis 0
Q fever 0
Brucellosis 0

Crude Incidence per 10,000 population of zoonotic diseases 2021

Zoonotic disease Crude Incidence Rate (CIR)
Campylobacter 62.94
STEC 19.46
Cryptosporidiosis 16.86
Tuberculosis 4.37
Salmonellosis 3.45
Toxoplasmosis 0.4
Yersinosis 0.38
Listeriosis 0.32
Leptospirosis 0.32
Echinococcosis 0.02
Variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease 0
Trichinosis 0
Q fever 0
Brucellosis 0

Brucellosis in Humans 2015 to 2021

Year No of cases
2021 0
2020 0
2019 0
2018 0
2017 2
2016 2
2015 0

Campylobactor in Humans 2015 to 2021

Year No of cases
2021 3154
2020 2432
2019 3777
2018 3029
2017 2785
2016 2511
2015 2447

Cryptosporidosis in Humans 2015 to 2021

 

Year No of cases
2021 845
2020 512
2019 605
2018 629
2017 589
2016 561
2015 439

 

Echinococcosis in Humans 2015 to 2021

Year No of cases
2021 1
2020 0
2019 0
2018 2
2017 0
2016 2
2015 0

Leptospirosis in Humans 2015 to 2021

Year No of cases
2021 16
2020 26
2019 25
2018 19
2017 20
2016 26
2015 16

Listeriosis in Humans 2015 to 2021

Year No of cases
2021 16
2020 6
2019 18
2018 22
2017 14
2016 13
2015 19

Q Fever in Humans 2015 to 2021

Year No of cases
2021 0
2020 2
2019 2
2018 0
2017 2
2016 6
2015 4

 

Salmonellosis in Humans 2015 to 2021

Year No of cases
2021 173
2020 219
2019 355
2018 363
2017 414
2016 302
2015 269

 

STEC in Humans 2015 to 2021

Year No of cases
2021 975
2020 826
2019 873
2018 1113
2017 923
2016 839
2015 730

Toxoplasmosis in Humans 2015 to 2021

Year No of cases
2021 20
2020 21
2019 47
2018 32
2017 20
2016 24
2015 25

Trichinosis in Humans 2015 to 2021

Year No of cases
2021 0
2019 0
2018 0
2017 0
2016 0
2015 0

Tuberculosis in Humans 2015 to 2021

Year No of cases
2021 219
2020 242
2019 266
2018 307
2017 300
2016 315
2015 283

Variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease in Humans 2015 to 2021

Year No of cases
2021 0
2020 0
2019 0
2018 0
2017 0
2016 0
2015 0

Yersinosis in Humans 2015 to 2021

Year No of cases
2021 19
2020 13
2019 9
2018 8
2017 6
2016 3
2015 13