Epidemiology and Surveillance

This area of TB Resources provides links to guidance, tips, and tools for case reporting and interjurisdictional notifications and surveillance reports.

Reporting Cases on the RVCT links to instructions, examples, and tips to report cases of TB on the Report of Verified Case of Tuberculosis (RVCT) as required by the CDC.
Interjurisdictional Notifications is where you can download and find instructions for using the NTCA’s interjurisdictional notifications forms.
Surveillance Reports links to recent surveillance reports on tuberculosis (TB) issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

General Epidemiology Resources

Understanding and Using TB Data

This handbook explains the analysis of TB surveillance data using practical examples of analyzing data from TB notification, surveillance of anti-TB drug resistance, and mortality data compiled in national vital registration systems. World Health Organization, 2014.

TB Drug Resistance Mutation Database

This comprehensive database lists mutations associated with TB drug resistance and the frequency of the most common mutations associated with resistance to specific drugs. It is an interactive database publicly available at http://www.tbdreamdb.com/ so that it can serve as a resource for the development of molecular diagnostics for TB. Other uses of the database include structural mapping of mutations to study mechanisms of resistance for drug discovery purposes. Sandgren A, Strong M, Muthukrishnan P, Weiner BK, Church GM, Murray MB; 2009.

Basic Epidemiology for Tuberculosis Program Staff, 2nd Edition

This guide is designed to assist in analyzing data, assessing current and evolving trends in TB morbidity, identifying risk groups, and determining where to allocate staff and resources. The guide provides a background on basic epidemiology, descriptions of how to put these concepts to practical use, epidemiologic and statistical techniques used in research studies, and information on TB genotyping. Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Global TB Institute, 2012.