Despite the availability of effective chemotherapy, tuberculosis (TB) killed 1.3 million people
in 2012. Alongside HIV, it remains a top cause of death from an infectious disease. Global …

Tuberculosis (TB) was the underlying cause of 1.3 million deaths among human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative people in 2016, exceeding the global number of …

Background Efficient and reliable surveillance and notification systems are vital for
monitoring public health and disease outbreaks. However, most surveillance and notification …

With 1.4 million deaths in 2011 and 8.7 million new cases, tuberculosis (TB) disease
remains a global scourge. Global targets for reductions in the epidemiological burden of TB …

The targets for tuberculosis control, framed within the United Nations' Millennium
Development Goals, are to ensure that the incidence per head of tuberculosis is falling by …

Objectives Achieve universal access to high-quality diagnosis and patient-centered
treatment Reduce the human suffering and socioeconomic burden associated with TB …

Objective To evaluate the impact of comorbidities, age and clinical presentation of TB on
mortality among Danish patients with TB. Methods Danish patients with an ICD-10 …

The aim of this study was to describe a systematic process of record-linkage, cross-
validation, case-ascertainment and capture–recapture analysis to assess the quality of …

In 1999 the Enhanced Tuberculosis Surveillance (ETS) system was introduced in the United
Kingdom to strengthen surveillance of tuberculosis (TB). The aim of this study was to assess …

The targets of tuberculosis (TB) control programmes are to detect 70% of new sputum smear-
positive cases of TB and to cure 85% of these. The Stop TB Partnership has set additional …