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The epidemiology of tuberculosis in Europe
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, Great Ormond Street, London, UK
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Delane Shingadia
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, Great Ormond Street, London, UK; shingd@gosh.nhs.uk
Accepted 30 March 2007
Abbreviations: INH, isoniazid; MDR, multi-drug resistance; TB, tuberculosis; WHO, World Health Organization
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Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be one of the most devastating and widespread infections in the world. It is estimated that in 2004 there were 8.9 million new cases of TB globally.1 In general, children make up only a small proportion of cases, but in some high-incidence countries up to 15% of all TB cases occur in children.2 In June 2005 the World Health Organization (WHO) approved a new Stop TB Strategy with the aim of dramatically reducing the global burden of TB by 2015.3 Their intention is to cure at least 85% of sputum smear-positive cases and reduce the prevalence of and deaths due to TB by 50% relative to the rates in 1990.
The WHO Global tuberculosiscontrol report shows that the greatest burden of TB is in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, with TB case notifications in the WHO European Region constituting less than 10% of worldwide notifications.1 While
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