Open AccessTuberculosis in Germany, 2000
Author(s) -
G Laude,
Osamah Hamouda,
W Kiehl
Publication year - 2001
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.05.49.02071-en
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , incidence (geometry) , medicine , public health , fell , demography , population , environmental health , epidemiology , pediatrics , geography , pathology , physics , sociology , optics , cartography
Although tuberculosis (TB) did not constitute a major public health threat in Germany in 2000, Germany is not a low incidence countries, and enhanced measures to prevent TB are required, according to an article published in Germany’s national surveillance bulletin (1). The number of notified cases of active TB in Germany fell for the fourth consecutive year, to 9064 in 2000 (1999: 9974; 1998: 10 440; 1997: 11 163), corresponding to an incidence of 11.0 cases per 100 000 population (1999: 12.2/100 000) (2).