Surveillance and disease data for tuberculosis
Surveillance is a crucial component in the control and elimination of TB in the European Union and European Economic Area. An accurate overview of the TB situation enables the strengths of TB control to be identified and the remaining challenges to be addressed. Together with the World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Europe, ECDC collects and disseminates TB surveillance data for the European region.
Whole genome sequencing for molecular typing and characterisation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
ECDC has initiated a 30-month (2017–2020) pilot project on the use of whole genome sequencing (WGS) for molecular typing and characterisation of M. tuberculosis in the EU/EEA. The pilot project is led by four European Research and Public Health Institutes (Ospedale San Raffaele, Forschungszentrum Borstel, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment and Public Health England), with extensive expertise on the use of WGS for M. tuberculosis complex strain characterisation and operational aspects for optimal implementation of WGS-based TB epidemiological surveillance.
Monitoring and evaluation
ECDC analyses trends in TB notification rates across the EU/EEA to assess how the region is progressing towards TB elimination. The performance of countries in tackling TB is monitored using the indicators of the ‘Roadmap to implement the tuberculosis action plan for the WHO European Region 2016–2020’.
Surveillance data
Disease data from ECDC Surveillance Atlas - tuberculosis
The Surveillance Atlas of Infectious Diseases is a tool that interacts with the latest available data about a number of infectious diseases. The interface allows users to interact and manipulate the data to produce a variety of tables and maps.
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Infographic: Pulmonary cases in the European Region, 2021
Pulmonary cases in the European Region, 2021
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Infographic: Tuberculosis cases in Europe 2021
Tuberculosis cases in Europe 2021
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Infographic: Multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis in the EU/EEA, 2021
Multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis in the EU/EEA, 2020
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Infographic: Tuberculosis treatment outcomes in the EU/EEA, 2021
Tuberculosis treatment outcomes in the EU/EEA, 2021
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Infographic: Tuberculosis treatment outcomes in the European Region, 2021
Tuberculosis treatment outcomes in the European Region, 2021
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Infographic: Tuberculosis in the EU/EEA 2021
Tuberculosis cases per 100 000 population in the EU/EEA, 2021
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Multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis in the EU/EEA, 2020
Proportion of tuberculosis cases notifies as Multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB in EU/EEA, 2020
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Infographic: Tuberculosis in the EU/EEA 2020
Tuberculosis cases per 100 000 population EU/EEA
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Infographic: Tuberculosis cases in Europe, 2020
Tuberculosis cases in Europe, 2020
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Infographic: Tuberculosis treatment outcomes in the European Region, 2020
Tuberculosis treatment outcomes in the European Region
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Infographic: Tuberculosis treatment outcomes in the EU/EEA, 2020
Tuberculosis treatment outcomes in the EU/EEA, 2020
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Infographic: Pulmonary tuberculosis in Europe, 2020
Pulmonary tuberculosis in Europe, 2020
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Infographic: Tuberculosis in the EU/EEA 2019
Infographic: Tuberculosis in the EU/EEA 2019
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Multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis in the EU/EEA, 2019
Multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis in the EU/EEA, 2019
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Infographic: Pulmonary tuberculosis in the EU/EEA, 2019
Infographic: Pulmonary tuberculosis in the EU/EEA, 2019
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Infographic: Tuberculosis cases in Europe, 2019
Infographic: Tuberculosis cases in Europe, 2019
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Infographic: Tuberculosis treatment outcomes in the European Region
Infographic: Tuberculosis treatment outcomes in the European Region
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Infographic: Tuberculosis in the EU/EEA 2017
Tuberculosis cases per 100 000 population EU/EEA 2017
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TB deaths, EU/EEA - SDG target
TB deaths, EU/EEA - SDG target
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ECDC and WHO Regional Office for Europe Tuberculosis fact sheet 2018
This fact sheet was created in collaboration with WHO Regional office for Europe to provide basic information on tuberculosis ahead of the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis 26th September 2018.
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Chasing the clones
How ECDC is investigating cross-border outbreaks of tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis clones.
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Tuberculosis in the EU/EEA 2016
Infographic: Tuberculosis in the EU/EEA 2016
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Tuberculosis situation in Europe [2015 data]
This infographic shows the tuberculosis situation in Europe based on data from the 2017 surveillance report (2015 data).
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TB and HIV co-infection in the EU/EEA
This infographic depicts the number of tuberculosis cases reported to be infected with HIV, according to the Tuberculosis Surveillance and Monitoring report 2017
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Tuberculosis situation in Europe [2014 data]
This infographic shows the tuberculosis situation in Europe based on data from the 2016 surveillance report (2014 data)
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The burden of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB
This infographic shows the burden in the EU of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB based on data from the 2014 surveillance report
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What is extrapulmonary TB?
This infographic explains what tuberculosis and extrapulmonary tuberculosis is
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Extrapulmonary TB in the EU
This infographic shows the situation in Europe regarding extrapulmonary TB based on data from the 2013 surveillance report
TB Surveillance Network
European Tuberculosis Surveillance Network
The network aims to maintain and further develop surveillance activities and thereby contribute to the international progress both in the TB epidemiology and laboratory fields.