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Assessment of tuberculosis surveillance by capture-recapture in the Balearic Islands, Spain, 2005-2007.

Citation:

Giménez-Duran J, Galmés-Truyols A, Luque-Fernández M-Á, Bonilla-Vargas LA, Bosch-Isabel C, Nicolau-Riutort A, de Mateo-Ontañón S. Assessment of tuberculosis surveillance by capture-recapture in the Balearic Islands, Spain, 2005-2007. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 2014;

Date Published:

2014 Dec 11

Abstract:

The tuberculosis surveillance system in the Balearic Islands was assessed from 2005 to 2007. Applying the capture-recapture method the completeness of this system was evaluated to be 58.4%. When a new electronic recorded data was included in Primary Health Care, up to 66.5% was obtained. This new source of data increased the detected cases of pulmonary tuberculosis from 572 to 681. As a result, the estimated annual incidence rate increases from 18.9 cases/10(5) to 22.6 cases/10(5) [95% CI, 20.9-24.3], similar to figures issued by WHO.