TB rate in parts of Cork three times that of other areas

Parts of Cork have three times the rates of tuberculosis infection over other parts of the county due to different vaccination polices, a new study has claimed.

Researchers claim that regional variations in the incidence of tuberculosis in counties Cork and Kerry in the past two decades are linked to a policy of not vaccinating people in Cork City and north Cork for the disease. They found a higher incidence of TB in areas where the vaccination was not in use since 1972.