Completeness of tuberculosis (TB) notification:inventory studies and capture-recapture analyses, six European Union countries, 2014 to 2016

Background: Progress towards the World Health Organization's End TB Strategy is monitored by assessing tuberculosis (TB) incidence, often derived from TB notification, assuming complete case detection and reporting. This assumption is unlikely to hold in many settings, including European Union (EU) countries. Aim: We aimed to assess observed and estimated completeness of TB notification through inventory studies and capture-recapture (CRC) methodology in six EU countries: Croatia, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Portugal Slovenia. Methods: We performed record linkage, case ascertainment and... Mehr ...