Introduction -- Scientific Basis of TB Control -- Principles and Practice of TB Control -- Recommended Roles and Responsibilities for TB Control -- Essential Components of TB Control in the United States -- Control of TB Among Populations at Risk -- Control of TB in Health-Care Facilities and Other High-Risk Environments -- Research Needs to Enhance TB Control -- Graded Recommendations for the Control and Prevention of Tuberculosis (TB) -- Acknowledgments -- References"November 4, 2005."Cover title."Corresponding preparers: Zachary Taylor, MD, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC; Charles M. Nolan, MD, Seattle-King County Department of Public Health, Seattle, Washington; Henry M. Blumberg, MD, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia. " - p. 1.Also available via the World Wide Web.Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-80)

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During 1993-2003, incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in the United States decreased 44% and is now occurring at a historic low level (14,874 cases in 2003). The Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis has called for a renewed commitment to eliminating TB in the United States, and the Institute of Medicine has published a detailed plan for achieving that goal. In this statement, the American Thoracic Society (ATS), CDC, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) propose recommendations to improve the control and prevention of TB in the United States and to progress toward its elimination. This statement is one in a series issued periodically by the sponsoring organizations to guide the diagnosis, treatment, control, and prevention of TB. This statement supersedes the previous statement by ATS and CDC, which was also supported by IDSA and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). This statement was drafted, after an evidence-based review of the subject, by a panel of representatives of the three sponsoring organizations. AAP, the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association, and the Canadian Thoracic Society were also represented on the panel. This statement integrates recent scientific advances with current epidemiologic data, other recent guidelines from this series, and other sources into a coherent and practical approach to the control of TB in the United States. Although drafted to apply to TB control activities in the United States, this statement might be of use in other countries in which persons with TB generally have access to medical and public health services and resources necessary to make a precise diagnosis of the disease; achieve curative medical treatment; and otherwise provide substantial science-based protection of the population against TB. This statement is aimed at all persons who advocate, plan, and work at controlling and preventing TB in the United States, including persons who formulate public health policy and make decisions about allocation of resources for disease control and health maintenance and directors and staff members of state, county, and local public health agencies throughout the United States charged with control of TB. The audience also includes the full range of medical practitioners, organizations, and institutions involved in the health care of persons in the United States who are at risk for TB."Corresponding preparers: Zachary Taylor, MD, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC; Charles M. Nolan, MD, Seattle-King County Department of Public Health, Seattle, Washington; Henry M. Blumberg, MD, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia. " - p. 1.Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-80)

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