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Leveling of Tuberculosis Incidence - United States, 2013-2015

Leveling of Tuberculosis Incidence - United States, 2013-2015 MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT Salinas, J. L., Mindra, G., Haddad, M. B., Pratt, R., Price, S. F., Langer, A. J. 2016; 65 (11): 273-278

Abstract

After 2 decades of progress toward tuberculosis (TB) elimination with annual decreases of =0.2 cases per 100,000 persons (1), TB incidence in the United States remained approximately 3.0 cases per 100,000 persons during 2013-2015. Preliminary data reported to the National Tuberculosis Surveillance System indicate that TB incidence among foreign-born persons in the United States (15.1 cases per 100,000) has remained approximately 13 times the incidence among U.S.-born persons (1.2 cases per 100,000). Resuming progress toward TB elimination in the United States will require intensification of efforts both in the United States and globally, including increasing U.S. efforts to detect and treat latent TB infection, strengthening systems to interrupt TB transmission in the United States and globally, accelerating reductions in TB globally, particularly in the countries of origin for most U.S.

View details for DOI 10.15585/mmwr.mm6511a2

View details for Web of Science ID 000372733700001

View details for PubMedID 27010173