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  • Public Health
  • Infectious Disease Epidemiology
  • Bioinformatics

Background:

  • Tuberculosis (TB) control requires integrated data for effective contact tracing and outbreak detection.
  • Monitoring the spread of TB strains is crucial for public health interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a tool for disseminating integrated laboratory, clinical, and demographic case data for TB.
  • To improve contact tracing and outbreak detection of tuberculosis.

Main Methods:

  • Implementation of a universal TB genotyping program in Ontario starting in 2007.
  • Development of the Ontario Universal Typing of TB (OUT-TB) Web application using GIS technology and a relational database.
  • Integration of genotyping matches, microbiological, epidemiological, and demographic data.

Main Results:

  • OUT-TB Web is accessible to health units managing over 85% of TB cases in Ontario.
  • The tool is valuable for TB case investigation, enabling visualization of TB strain spread.
  • Key enhancements requested by users include email alerts, customizable heat maps, socioeconomic layers, a surveillance dashboard, and temporal animation of strain spread.

Conclusions:

  • OUT-TB Web is an award-winning and useful application for TB surveillance.
  • Continuous user feedback drives the development and enhancement of the tool.
  • Future versions will incorporate additional data sources, improved filtering, and a mobile application.