title: Controlling tuberculosis: we can't do it if we don't find the cases.
abstract: The current international strategy for the control of tuberculosis emphasizes two different targets: a high success rate for the treatment of tuberculosis cases with an emphasis on positive sputum smear cases and a high case detection rate. Recent analyses indicate that while progress is being made towards successful treatment, targets for case-finding are not being achieved.
authors.affiliation: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Enarson
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D016358:Contact Tracing / Q000379:methods*; D014943:Global Health; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D019083:Mediterranean Region / Q000453:epidemiology; D011057:Politics; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014944:World Health Organization