title: Epidemiology of tuberculosis in the EU/EEA in 2010: monitoring the progress towards tuberculosis elimination.
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 coinfection with human immunodeficiency virus also remain suboptimal. Strengthened control practices are needed to allow progress towards TB elimination.
authors.affiliation: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden. Andreas.Sandgren@ecdc.europa.eu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sandgren
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hollo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Huitric
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kodmon
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018563:Disease Notification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005062:European Union / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents