Epidemiology of tuberculosis in the EU/EEA in 2010 – monitoring the progress towards tuberculosis elimination

A Sandgren; V Hollo; E Huitric; C Ködmön

doi:10.2807/ese.17.12.20124-en

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Epidemiology of tuberculosis in the EU/EEA in 2010 – monitoring the progress towards tuberculosis elimination
A Sandgren¹ , V Hollo¹ , E Huitric¹ , C Ködmön¹
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Affiliations: ¹ European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden

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A Sandgren
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Citation style for this article: Sandgren A, Hollo V, Huitric E, Ködmön C. Epidemiology of tuberculosis in the EU/EEA in 2010 – monitoring the progress towards tuberculosis elimination. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(12):pii=20124. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.17.12.20124-en Received: 22 Feb 2012

Abstract

The 2012 combined tuberculosis (TB) surveillance and monitoring report for the European Union and European Economic Area identifies a mean annual decline in TB notification rate by 4.4% from 2006 to 2010. Culture confirmation for new pulmonary cases and drug susceptibility testing have increased to 65.6% and 70.8%, but remain under their targets of 80% and 100%, respectively. Reporting of treatment outcome and co-infection with human immunodeficiency virus also remain suboptimal. Strengthened control practices are needed to allow progress towards TB elimination.