Public Health Surveillance for Tuberculosis

A primary strategy of tuberculosis (TB) surveillance is to promptly detect and report cases through the National TB Surveillance System (NTSS), which began as a standardized reporting system in 1953 and has grown in scope and coverage over the years. Today, the NTSS collects demographic, clinical, l...

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Published inConcepts and Methods in Infectious Disease Surveillance pp. 147 - 159
Main Authors Armstrong, Lori R, Miramontes, Roque
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 22.09.2014
Subjects
evaluation
history
Mycobacteria tuberculosis
public health surveillance
registries
Tuberculosis
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Summary:A primary strategy of tuberculosis (TB) surveillance is to promptly detect and report cases through the National TB Surveillance System (NTSS), which began as a standardized reporting system in 1953 and has grown in scope and coverage over the years. Today, the NTSS collects demographic, clinical, laboratory, and follow‐up information on individual cases of confirmed TB from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and other US‐affiliated areas in the Pacific and Caribbean. Strategies to insure the completeness, quality and timeliness of data are employed. The yearly TB case counts and rates stratified by demographic groups and by nation, state, and some local areas, as well as the national TB mortality counts and rates, are routinely reported through an annual report, an online interactive format, and print and online publications. Surveillance data are also used to measure the impacts of program changes and progress toward program goals.
ISBN:9780470659397
0470659394
DOI:10.1002/9781118928646.ch14