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Completeness of tuberculosis case notifications in Germany in 2013-2017: first results of an inventory study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evaluating the completeness of tuberculosis (TB) notification data is important for monitoring of TB surveillance systems. We conducted an inventory study to calculate TB underreporting in Germany in 2013-2017.

Methods

Acquisition of two pseudonymized case-based data sources (national TB notification data and antibiotic resistance surveillance data) was followed by two-source Capture-recapture (CRC) analysis, as case-based data from a third source was unavailable. Aggregated data on consumption of a key anti-TB drug (pyrazinamide [PZA]) was compared to an estimated need for PZA based on TB notification data to obtain an independent underreporting estimation. Additionally, notified TB incidence was compared to TB rate in an aggregated health insurance fund dataset.

Results

CRC and PZA-based approaches indicated that between 93 and 97% (CRC) and between 91 and 95% (PZA) of estimated cases were captured in the national TB notification data in the years 2013-2017. Insurance fund dataset did not indicate TB underreporting on the national level in 2017.

Conclusions

Our results suggest that more than 90% of estimated TB cases are captured within the German TB surveillance system, and accordingly the TB notification rate is likely a good proxy of the diagnosed TB incidence rate. An increase in underreporting and discrepancies however should be further investigated.

SUBMITTER: Domaszewska T

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7568379 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Completeness of tuberculosis case notifications in Germany in 2013-2017: first results of an inventory study.

Domaszewska Teresa T Karo Basel B Preuss Ute U Kollan Christian C Reuss Annicka A Blank Hans-Peter HP Brodhun Bonita B Hauer Barbara B Altmann Doris D Fiebig Lena L Haas Walter W Perumal Nita N

BMC infectious diseases 20201017 1

<h4>Background</h4>Evaluating the completeness of tuberculosis (TB) notification data is important for monitoring of TB surveillance systems. We conducted an inventory study to calculate TB underreporting in Germany in 2013-2017.<h4>Methods</h4>Acquisition of two pseudonymized case-based data sources (national TB notification data and antibiotic resistance surveillance data) was followed by two-source Capture-recapture (CRC) analysis, as case-based data from a third source was unavailable. Aggre ...[more]

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Completeness of tuberculosis case notifications in Germany in 2013-2017: first results of an inventory study.

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