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Table 1 Survey participation and molecular typing rates of local PHO by German federal state

From: Assessment of the use and need for an integrated molecular surveillance of tuberculosis: an online survey in Germany

Federal State

Participating local PHOs (n)

Invited local PHOs (N)

Participation rate, % (n/N)

Local PHOs using molecular typing results (n1)

Molecular typing coverage, % (n1/N)

North Rhine-Westphalia

33

53

62.3

15

24.1

Baden-Württemberg

23

37

62.2

20

54.0

Bavaria

22

76

28.9

14

18.4

Lower Saxony

16

44

36.3

7

15.9

Hesse

13

25

52.0

4

16.0

Schleswig-Holstein

12

16

75.0

7

43.7

Brandenburg

11

21

52.4

4

19.0

Thuringia

9

24

37.5

5

20.8

Saxony-Anhalt

8

12

66.7

2

16.7

Unknowna

7

7

100.0

1

14.3

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

6

8

75.0

2

25.0

Saxony

5

13

38.5

3

23.1

Saarland

5

6

83.4

1

16.7

Berlin

1

1

100.0

0

0.0

Bremen

1

1

100.0

1

100.0

Hamburg

1

7

14.3

1

14.3

Rhineland-Palatinate

1

26

3.8

1

3.8

Total

174

377

46.2

88

23.3

  1. PHO Public health office
  2. a In seven cases, we had no information about the geographical location of the local PHO