World TB day: European countries report over 400,000 tuberculosis cases in 2004

D Falzon; J C Desenclos

doi:10.2807/esw.11.12.02928-en

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World TB day: European countries report over 400,000 tuberculosis cases in 2004
D Falzon , J C Desenclos
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Citation style for this article: Falzon D, Desenclos J C. World TB day: European countries report over 400,000 tuberculosis cases in 2004. Euro Surveill. 2006;11(12):pii=2928. https://doi.org/10.2807/esw.11.12.02928-en

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In 2004, 414 163 tuberculosis cases were notified by 51 of the 52 countries of the World Health Organization European Region, representing 8% of notifications to WHO worldwide in the same year. Seventy per cent of all TB cases in the region were in the 12 countries of the Former Soviet Union