This report discusses the results from the National TB Surveillance System for 2009. A total of 11,540 TB cases were reported in the United States for a TB rate of 3.8 cases per 100,000 population. This was a decrease of 11.4 percent from the rate of 4.2 per 100,000 reported for 2008. This rate was the greatest single-year decrease ever recorded and the lowest recorded rate since national TB surveillance began in 1953.
This report summarizes the National Tuberculosis Indicators Project (NTIP) results from 2002-2008, the most recent five-year period for which data are available. NTIP is a secure, web-based monitoring system that uses routinely collected surveillance data on individual TB cases to measure performance of state and local TB programs, help programs prioritize improvement efforts and focus on key TB control activities, and track progress toward national program objectives. Results show that TB program performance was mixed for this period.
This report discusses the CDC launch of the TB Genotyping Information Management System (TB GIMS), to improve dissemination of data to state and local health officers, including TB controllers. TB GIMS builds upon the established infrastructure of CDC’s National Tuberculosis Surveillance System (NTSS) and incorporates genotype data to create a centralized database and reporting system of patient-level results to generate local and national TB cluster-level reports, tables, and maps.
This pamphlet provides parents with information about TB infection in children. It explains that TB usually affects the lungs, how it is transmitted, TB testing, and the difference between latent TB infection (LTBI) and TB disease. The pamphlet also discusses treatment for LTBI and why the treatment is necessary, and side effects from the medication. It provides tips to help parents remember to give the child the medicine, what the parent should do if he/she forgets to give the medicine, and lists important points to remember.
This pamphlet discusses TB and its connection with HIV. It explains TB transmission, areas of the body commonly affected, and lists general symptoms of TB. It describes TB infection and TB disease, skin testing, and how to prevent infection from developing into TB disease. The pamphlet explains that TB is a preventable and curable opportunistic disease that commonly infects people with HIV because of their weakened immune system.
Using a question-and-answer format, this pamphlet provides general information about tuberculosis (TB). It briefly discusses transmission, symptoms, and the difference between TB infection and disease. The pamphlet explains testing using the QuantiFERON TB Gold (QFT) blood test and the tuberculin skin test, the procedures that are followed if the test result is negative or positive, whether it is possible for an individual who had received the BCG vaccine to get TB, and treatment for both TB infection and TB disease.
This monograph is a menu intended as a practical resource for public health officials and their legal counsel in their efforts to eliminate TB. It contains TB-related legal issues, and suggests possible approaches for addressing those issues, and provisions to be considered within the policy and legal frameworks of the jurisdiction contemplating adoption of the suggested provision. Each section of the menu has a brief note describing the purpose of the provisions included in the section.
The video describes ways to effectively manage active TB by providing information on TB testing, diagnosis, and treatment.
The video describes ways to effectively manage active TB by providing information on TB testing, diagnosis, and treatment.
This webinar introduces the topic of Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) and its application in TB programs. The content will address basic features of an EMR, benefits and challenges of EMR incorporation, as well as tools and strategies to tailor EMRs specifically for TB programs. The format includes two case studies, followed by a moderated discussion.
