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Formulaires et Registres d'Enregistrement et de Notification des Cas de Tuberculose[Revised TB Recording and Reporting Forms and Registers]

The Stop TB Department (STB) of the World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with technical partners, has revised the TB recording and reporting (R&R) system to align the forms and registers with the new Stop TB Strategy. The revision facilitates the monitoring of the six components of the Stop TB Strategy, which itself was developed to help achieve the Millenium Development Goals.

TB and Its Diagnosis

This brochure provides information for patients on tuberculosis and its diagnosis. The brochure also briefly covers transmission and symptoms.

Language Services Resources Guide

This guide gathers basic information about providing language services in one
document. Information includes interpreter and translator associations and agencies, training programs, assessment tools, and other materials. A searchable version is available online at www.healthlaw.org.

Guidelines for Using the QuantiFERON-TB Gold Test for Detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection, United States. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 54(RR15): 49-55, December 16, 2005

These CDC guidelines provide recommendations for using and interpreting the QuantiFERON-TB test in the detection of TB infection.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission in a Newborn Nursery and Maternity Ward — New York City, 2003. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 54(No. RR-50, 1280-1283), December 23, 2005.

In 2003, infectious pulmonary TB disease was diagnosed in a foreign-born nurse working in the newborn nursery and maternity ward of a New York City hospital. This report summarizes the results of the investigation that followed.

Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2005

This report presents summary data for U.S. TB cases reported to the Division of TB Elimination, CDC, during 2005.

Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR TB)

This fact sheet provides an overview of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB). This fact sheet covers definitions, symptoms, treatment, transmission, and prevention.

Trends in Tuberculosis, 2011

This fact sheet provides an overview of the trends in tuberculosis. General information about TB and statistics on TB are covered in the fact sheet.

Tuberculosis Information for International Travelers

This fact sheet provides an overview of Tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant TB and extensively drug resistant TB. The fact sheet covers definitions, how TB is spread, symptoms, risk factors, prevention and what to do before traveling internationally.

The Stop TB Strategy

This report defines the Stop TB Strategy. The goal of the Stop TB Strategy is to dramatically reduce the global burden of TB by 2015 in line with the Millennium Development Goals and the Stop TB Partnership targets.