Country and

study period

Incidence in children/ 100,000 pop

Notification in

children/year

Proportion of TB cases in children

Trends

Authors

Denmark

2000-2009

1.9 (2009)

323 cases

(2009)

7.6%

(2009)

↓ incidence

4.1/100,000 in 2000

1.9/100,000 in 2009

Hatleberg CI et al., 2014 [12]

Greece

2000-2009

5.37 (2009)

321 cases

No significant difference (p = 0.194)

Syridou G et al., 2012 [13]

Spain

2005-2009

8.1 (2009)

2690 cases

(2009)

6.76%

(2009)

↓ incidence in children and adults

Children (y = 0.15x + 7.8)

Adults (y = −2.8x + 20.2)

Elena Rodriguez et al., 2012 [14]

Kosovo and the Balkans

2012

39 Kosovo

7.5 Slovenia

13 Albania

20 Serbia

83 Romania

Xhevat Kurhasani et al., 2014 [15]

Brazil

(Sao Paulo)

2001-2005

2006-2010

3.23

2.13

2881 cases

2513 cases

Venancio TS et al., 2014 [16]

Australia

2003-2012

538 cases

4.6%

Teo SS et al., 2015 [17]

Israel

1999-2010

1.05 (2010)

405 cases

(2010)

8.4%

(2010)

Mor Z et al., 2013 [18]

Ethiopia, (Sidama Zone)

2003-2012

4656 cases

(2012)

13%

(2012)

No variations overall

However, ↑ in incidence from 2010 to 2011

Dangissoet al., 2015 [19]

Benin

(Cotonou)

2009-2011

13 (2011)

73 (2011)

4.9% (2011)

↑ incidence in children

13.2/100,000 in 2009

13.8/100,000 in 2011

Ade S et al., 2013 [20]

The DRC

1995-2014

10 (2014)

3438 cases

12% (2010-2013)

↓ incidence in children

11.47/100,000 in 2010

10.46/100,000 in 2014

Present study