TABLE 3.

Summary of status of mandatory case notification in intermediate tuberculosis (TB) incidence countries as of December 2014

Country	2013 TB incidence rate per 100 000 population	Mandatory TB case notification	Notification system	Type of cases for which notification is required	Time limit for notification	Agency responsible for enforcing mandatory notification	Penal provisions if fail to notify
Argentina	24	Yes	E	All diagnosed TB	Unclear	DoE/MoH	None
Belize	37	Yes	M+E	All diagnosed TB	Unclear	DoE/MoH	None
Brazil	46	Yes	E	All diagnosed TB	Unclear	DoE/MoH	Closure of facility, penalty, Imprisonment
Colombia	32	Yes	E	All diagnosed TB	Within a week	DoE/MoH	Warning call
Dominican Republic	60	Yes	M+E	All diagnosed TB	Within a week	DoE/MoH	Imprisonment
Ecuador	56	Yes	M+E	All diagnosed TB	Unclear	Unclear	Unclear
El Salvador	39	Yes	M+E	All diagnosed TB	Within a week	DoE/MoH	Closure of facility, penalty, Imprisonment
Guatemala	60	Yes	M+E	Only smear positive TB	Unclear	DoE/MoH	None
Honduras	54	Yes	M	All diagnosed TB	Unclear	NTP/MoH	None
Nicaragua	55	Yes	M+E	All diagnosed TB	Unclear	DoE/MoH	None
Panama	48	Yes	E	All diagnosed TB	Unclear	DoE/MoH	Penalty, imprisonment
Paraguay	44	Yes	M+E	All diagnosed TB	Unclear	NTP/MoH	None
Sri Lanka	66	Yes	M	All diagnosed TB	Within a week	NTP/MoH	None (No TB cases in the private sector)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	24	Yes	M	All diagnosed TB	Unclear	DoE/MoH	None
Uruguay	30	Yes	M+E	All diagnosed TB	Within a week	DoE/MoH	None
Venezuela	33	Yes	M+E	All diagnosed TB	Unclear	DoE/MoH	Visit by ministry officials, closure of facility

TB incidence data source [26]. M: manual; E: electronic; M+E: partly manual and partly electronic; DoE: Dept of Epidemiology; MoH: Ministry of Health; NA: not applicable.