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Tuberculosis (TB) surveillance is an important component of modern TB control strategy. This chapter reviews the origin and developing history of TB surveillance and summarizes the main contents, methods, and previous results of routine TB surveillance. In addition, an application of an important supplemental approach to routine surveillance called the prevalence survey is discussed. We conclude with future prospects of TB surveillance development.

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  1. Department of Surveillance and Statistics, National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

    Wei Chen, Yinyin Xia & Fei Huang

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    Yichen Lu

  2. Chinese Nat’l Ctr Disease Control and Prevention, Nat’l Center for TB Control & Prevention Chinese Nat’l Ctr Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

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  3. National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

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Chen, W., Xia, Y., Huang, F. (2017). Global Tuberculosis Surveillance. In: Lu, Y., Wang, L., Duanmu, H., Chanyasulkit, C., Strong, A., Zhang, H. (eds) Handbook of Global Tuberculosis Control. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6667-7_28

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