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 |