Tuberculosis cases in the U.S. jumped over 9% in 2021 from 2020 numbers, though cases are still significantly lower than years prior, according to a new study.
The medical intensive care unit at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York on Jan. 18, 2022. Photo: Alejandra Villa Loarca/Newsday RM via Getty Images
But the increase the following year is likely driven by people who had symptoms in 2020 but weren't diagnosed until 2021, the CDC researchers said.In 2021, a total of 7,860 cases were reported to the CDC, 687 more than the 7,173 cases reported in 2020.Diagnoses in 2021 remained roughly 13% lower than in years prior to the pandemic.The continued, substantial reduction from pre-pandemic levels "raises concern for ongoing underdiagnosis," the CDC researchers said.
"Timely evaluation and treatment of TB and latent tuberculosis infection remain critical to achieving U.S. TB elimination," they added.
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