Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2019
Acknowledgements
This report was prepared by:
Surveillance, Epidemiology & Outbreak Investigations Branch
Adam J. Langer, DVM, MPH, Chief
Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE)
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Surveillance Team
Julie L. Self, PhD, MPH, Lead
Robert H. Pratt, BS
Clarisse A. Tsang, MPH
Pei-Jean Feng, MPH
Lauren Lambert, MPH
Divia P. Forbes, MPH
Molecular Epidemiology Activity
CDR Benjamin J. Silk, PhD, MPH, Lead
J. Steve Kammerer, MBA
Yuri Springer, PhD
Sarah Talarico, PhD, MPH
Communications, Education, and Behavioral Studies Branch
Nickolas DeLuca, PhD, Chief
Leeanna Allen, MPH, Lead
Chitvan Yadav
Suzanne Sturm1
Meredith Moore, MPH
Annie Rossetti, MPH
Other DTBE Staff Contributing to the Production of this Publication:
Data Management, Statistics & Evaluation Branch
Sandy Price, PMP
Cynthia Adams1
Stacey Parker1
Katrina Williams1
Jeanette Roberts1
Field Services Branch
Laboratory Branch
Molecular Epidemiology Activity
Kala Marks Raz, MPH
Clinton McDaniel, MPH
Nancy Chow, PhD
Surveillance Team
Laura Vonnahme, MPH
William Walker, DVM, PhD, DACVPM
(Epidemiology)
Office of the Director
Philip LoBue, MD
Carla A. Winston, PhD
We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of all state and local health departments throughout the United States whose staff collected and reported the data used in this publication
This report is dedicated to Dr. Tom Navin and Elvin Magee for many years of federal public health service in DTBE.
1CDC Information Management Systems Contractor
Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2019
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
Division of Tuberculosis Elimination
| Centers for Disease Control & Prevention | Robert R. Redfield, MD | Director |
| Deputy Director of Infectious Diseases | Jay C. Butler, MD | Director |
| National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD & TB Prevention | RADM Jonathan Mermin, MD, MPH | Director |
| Division of Tuberculosis Elimination | Philip LoBue, MD | Director |
| Communications, Education & Behavioral Studies Branch | Nickolas DeLuca, PhD | Chief |
| Data Management, Statistics & Evaluation Branch | Roque Miramontes, PA-C, MPH | Chief |
| Field Services Branch | Terence L. Chorba, MD, DSc | Chief |
| Surveillance, Epidemiology & Outbreak Investigations Branch | Adam J. Langer, DVM, MPH | Chief |
| Surveillance Team | Julie Self, PhD, MPH | Lead |
For more information contact:
Division of Tuberculosis Elimination
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepititis, STD, and TB Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road NE, MS US12-4, Atlanta, GA 30329
Phone: 404-639-8120
Internet Address: http://www.cdc.gov/tb/
Suggested Citation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2019.
Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; 2020.