TY - JOUR
T1 - Spatiotemporal dynamics of sporadic shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli enteritis, Ireland, 2013-2017
AU - Cleary, Eimear
AU - Boudou, Martin
AU - Garvey, Patricia
AU - Oh'Aiseadha, Coilin
AU - McKeown, Paul
AU - O'Dwyer, Jean
AU - Hynds, Paul
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - The Republic of Ireland regularly reports the highest annual crude incidence rates of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) enteritis in the European Union, ≈10 times the average. We investigated spatiotemporal patterns of STEC enteritis in Ireland using multiple statistical tools. Overall, we georeferenced 2, 755 cases of infection during January 2013-December 2017; we found >1 case notified in 2, 340 (12.6%) of 18, 641 Census Small Areas. We encountered the highest case numbers in children 0-5 years of age (n = 1, 101, 39.6%) and associated with serogroups O26 (n = 800, 29%) and O157 (n = 638, 23.2%). Overall, we identified 17 space-time clusters, ranging from 2 (2014) to 5 (2017) clusters of sporadic infection per year; we detected recurrent clustering in 3 distinct geographic regions in the west and mid-west, all of which are primarily rural. Our findings can be used to enable targeted epidemiologic intervention and surveillance.
AB - The Republic of Ireland regularly reports the highest annual crude incidence rates of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) enteritis in the European Union, ≈10 times the average. We investigated spatiotemporal patterns of STEC enteritis in Ireland using multiple statistical tools. Overall, we georeferenced 2, 755 cases of infection during January 2013-December 2017; we found >1 case notified in 2, 340 (12.6%) of 18, 641 Census Small Areas. We encountered the highest case numbers in children 0-5 years of age (n = 1, 101, 39.6%) and associated with serogroups O26 (n = 800, 29%) and O157 (n = 638, 23.2%). Overall, we identified 17 space-time clusters, ranging from 2 (2014) to 5 (2017) clusters of sporadic infection per year; we detected recurrent clustering in 3 distinct geographic regions in the west and mid-west, all of which are primarily rural. Our findings can be used to enable targeted epidemiologic intervention and surveillance.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85113293484
U2 - 10.3201/eid2709.204021
DO - 10.3201/eid2709.204021
M3 - Review article
C2 - 34424163
AN - SCOPUS:85113293484
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 27
SP - 2421
EP - 2433
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 9
ER -
