Not So Fast: Slowing Tuberculosis Decline in California

Not So Fast: Slowing Tuberculosis Decline in California Julie Higashi MD, PhD, and Pennan Barry MD, MPH Affiliation Julie Higashi is with the Tuberculosis Control Program, Division of Dental and Medical Affairs, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA. Pennan Barry is with the Tuberculosis Control Branch, Division of Communicable Disease Control, Center for Infectious Diseases, California Department of Public Health, Richmond.CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Julie Higashi, MD, PhD, Director, Los Angeles County Tuberculosis Control Program, 2615 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90007 (e-mail: jhigashi@ph.lacounty.gov). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking the “Reprints” link.CONTRIBUTORSBoth authors contributed equally to this editorial. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2018.304886 Accepted: November 14, 2018 Published Online: January 16, 2019