Tuberculosis notification in Australia, 1994
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The fourth annual report of the National Mycobacterial Surveillance System (NMSS) is presented, containing notifications of new and reactivated cases of tuberculosis and cases of atypical mycobacterial infection reported in Australia in 1994. The overall rates of notification of tuberculosis have remained stable for some years and remain low by world standards. The situation is less clear for reactivated disease and atypical mycobacterial infection, both of which showed increased numbers of notifications in 1994. The data also show that some groups in the Australian community experience much higher than average rates of disease. These include Aboriginal and Torres Trait Islander people and persons born outside Australia. Surveillance through the NMSS has a major role to play in the control of these diseases. Efforts to further improve the quality of surveillance data in this database are recommended.
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