Providers should ‘think TB’ as data show possibility of underdiagnosis

There was a 20% decline in reported cases of tuberculosis in the United States in 2020 compared with previous years, which was not a result of underreporting but did raise concerns that TB was underdiagnosed, researchers said.
“This drop was dramatically different from the average yearly decrease of 2% to 3% observed over the past 10 years,” Kathryn Winglee, PhD, a statistician in the CDC’s Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, told Healio. “CDC explored whether this decrease could have been caused by underreporting due to strains on the public health system from the

There was a 20% decline in reported cases of tuberculosis in the United States in 2020 compared with previous years, which was not a result of underreporting but did raise concerns that TB was underdiagnosed, researchers said.
“This drop was dramatically different from the average yearly decrease of 2% to 3% observed over the past 10 years,” Kathryn Winglee, PhD, a statistician in the CDC’s Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, told Healio. “CDC explored whether this decrease could have been caused by underreporting due to strains on the public health system from the