Abstract
Tuberculosis Trends, Vietnam
Highlights
To the Editor: The aims of the global strategy for tuberculosis (TB) control, the directly observed treatment short-course (DOTS) strategy, of the World Health Organization (WHO) are to detect >70% of new smear-positive pulmonary TB cases and cure >85% of these detected cases [1]. If these aims are met in a setting of low prevalence of multidrug-resistant TB and HIV infection, TB incidence is predicted to decrease by >7% annually [2]
We assessed whether TB case reporting rates in Vietnam are not decreasing because of increased diagnostic efforts in urban, rural, and remote settings
Observed trends were adjusted for variation in diagnostic effort over time by standardizing the number of notified cases to the rate of suspected cases in 1997 for that particular setting, age, and sex category
Summary
Tuberculosis and HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa. Global tuberculosis control: country profile: South Africa, WHO report. Impact of HIV infection on the epidemiology of tuberculosis in a peri-urban community in South Africa: the need for age-specific intervention.
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