Bureau of Tuberculosis Control

Report Communicable Diseases and Outbreaks

The mission of the Bureau of Tuberculosis Control is to prevent the spread of tuberculosis (TB) and eliminate it as a public health problem in New York City.

The goals of the Bureau of TB Control are:

1. To identify all individuals with suspected or confirmed TB disease and ensure their appropriate treatment, ideally on a regimen of directly observed therapy.
2. To ensure that individuals who are at high risk for progression from latent infection to active disease (e.g., contacts of active cases, immunocompromised individuals, recent immigrants from areas where TB is widespread) receive treatment for latent TB infection and do not develop disease.

Recent Activities

• Tuberculosis (TB) Annual Summary 2007 (PDF) NEW
• Tuberculosis (TB): Clinical Policies and Protocols, March 2008 (PDF) NEW
• City Health Information: Testing and Treatment for Latent Tuberculosis Infection (April 2006) (PDF)
• 2007 Health Alert # 3:Recent Transmission of Isoniazid (INH) resistant tuberculosis (TB) in Harlem and South Bronx (PDF)
• 2005 Health Alert # 45: Cluster of Strain W multidrug resistant tuberculosis among homeless HIV-infected individuals (December 5, 2005) (PDF)
• NYC Health Dept. Warns Against Consumption of Some Imported Mexican Cheeses (March 15, 2005)
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QuantFERON Test

The Bureau of TB Control now offers the QuantiFERON (blood-based) test for TB infection at most of our centers.

• Directions and hours for the chest centers offering QuantiFERON testing