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Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Health ›› 2017, Vol. 6 ›› Issue (3): 289-292.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-3755.2017.03.022

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Progress of evaluation method of the tuberculosis case detection rate

GUO Jun-tao   

  1. Tuberculosis Division, Shanghai Municiple Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 200336, China
  • Received:2017-05-31 Online:2017-09-30 Published:2017-09-30

Abstract: Case detection rate is one of the important indicator to evaluate the progress of tuberculosis control,but case detection rate is difficult to observe directly and is often calculated indirectly. Each kind of the method to estimate the case detection rate is different because the precision and range of application of each method variant,by reviewing the references, the author reviews the merits and demerits of the current evaluation methods