Abstract: Objective To determine the current tuberculosis epidemic situation in immigrants and explore the concerned control strategy in Zhejiang.Methods To analysis the surveillance reports of tuberculosis cases in immigrants of every counties during 2001-2002.Results Pulmonary tuberculosis cases in immigrants accounted for 16.3% and 21.6% of the total number of cases in 2001 and 2002 respectively.Smear positive case rate was 31.16/100000 and 31.27/100000 respectively.It was 2.03 and 1.62 times of the rates of permanent residents.The cure rate was only 63.9% based on the cohort analysis.It’s obviously lower than that of cases of permanent residents (85.2%).The rate of transfer rate was 27.5%.Conclusion The treatment and management for tuberculosis cases in immigrants have become one of the constraints of tuberculosis control in Zhejiang.According to the characteristics of the immigrants,to apply appropriate approaches to ensure high cure rate and increasing case finding is the key for reaching the targets of tuberculosis control.

Key words: Pulmonary tuberculosis/prevention and control, Zhejiang province