Front Matter (i-xviii)

Executive Summary (1-12)

1 Fundamentals of Tuberculosis and Tuberculosis Control (13-22)

2 The Current Situation and How We Got Here (23-50)

3 Tuberculosis Elimination and the Changing Role of Tuberculosis Control Programs (51-85)

4 Advancing Toward Elimination (86-121)

5 Developing the Tools for Tuberculosis Elimination (122-148)

6 The U.S. Role in Global Tuberculosis Control (149-158)

7 Mobilizing for Elimination (159-168)

Appendix A Statement of Task (169-172)

Appendix B Public Session Agendas (173-181)

Appendix C Site Visit Summaries (182-204)

Appendix D Role of Public Health Laboratories in the Control of Tuberculosis (205-233)

Appendix E Estimating the Number of Tuberculosis Cases That Can Be Prevented by a Program of Screening and Preventive Therapy of Newly Arrived Immigrants to the United States from Countries with a High Rate of Tuberculosis a (234-243)

Appendix F Approval Dates for Existing and Prospects for Development of New Antituberculosis Drugs and Vaccines (244-249)

Appendix G Committee Biographies (250-256)

Index (257-269)