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Methods currently used by WHO to estimate TB incidence can be grouped into four major categories (Figure 2.2), presented in the next section.   \begin{itemize}  \item Case notification data combined with expert opinion about case detection gaps; gaps (120 countries);  \item Results from national TB prevalence surveys; surveys (19 countries);  \item Notifications in high-income countries adjusted by a standard factor to account for under-reporting and under-diagnosis; under-diagnosis (73 countries);  \item Results from inventory/capture inventory studies with capture  recapture studies. modelling (5 countries).  \end{itemize}