"Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Activities in the United States: An Overview of the Organization of Tuberculosis Services."

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, "After a 20% increase in tuberculosis (TB) cases between 1986 and 1992, TB cases in the United States have declined from 1993 through 1997, an average of 5 to 7 percent per year. In this paper, we review trends and the current epidemiology of TB in the US, present a brief history of TB control efforts in the country, and present the key strategies for TB control in the US. We describe the current organizational structure of TB services in the US, the role of the private sector in TB control, and how TB control is funded. Finally we discuss the mechanisms by which TB...

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