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.

SUBMITTER: Domaszewska T 

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

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature