Tuberculosis in the EU and EEA/EFTA countries - what is the latest data telling us?

V Hollo; A Amato-Gauci; C Ködmön; D Manissero

doi:10.2807/ese.14.11.19151-en

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Tuberculosis in the EU and EEA/EFTA countries - what is the latest data telling us?

V Hollo¹, A Amato-Gauci¹, C Ködmön¹, D Manissero²
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Affiliations: ¹ Surveillance Unit, Tuberculosis Programme, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden ² Scientific Advice Unit, Tuberculosis Programme, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden

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D Manissero
davide.manissero ecdc.europa.eu
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Citation style for this article: Hollo V, Amato-Gauci A, Ködmön C, Manissero D. Tuberculosis in the EU and EEA/EFTA countries - what is the latest data telling us?. Euro Surveill. 2009;14(11):pii=19151. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.14.11.19151-en Received: 16 Mar 2009

Abstract

Since 1 January 2008, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe) jointly coordinate the tuberculosis (TB) surveillance activities in Europe. The data collected provides an opportunity for a comprehensive analysis of the TB situation. We aimed at analysing the EU and EEA/EFTA data to identify general TB trends and to provoke some discussion regarding the challenges and needs for monitoring the epidemic.