Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis laboratory services in Europe
Vladyslav Nikolayevskyy, Yen Holicka, Dick van Soolingen, Marieke J. van der Werf, Csaba Ködmön, Elena Surkova, Doris Hillemann, Ramona Groenheit, ERLTB-Net-2 study participants, Daniela Cirillo
Abstract
<b>Sustainable support from healthcare bodies is needed to preserve TB laboratory capacity, and maintain personnel and skills, to minimise negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on laboratory services severely disrupted in the early months of pandemic</b>https://bit.ly/38camaL
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PandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Tuberculosis2019-20 coronavirus outbreakHealth careBusinessMedicineVirologyMedical emergencyEconomic growthEconomicsInfectious disease (medical specialty)PathologyDiseaseOutbreakCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesRespiratory Support and MechanismsSARS-CoV-2 detection and testing