Effect of COVID-19 on Tuberculosis Notification, South Korea
Nakwon Kwak, Seung-Sik Hwang, Jae‐Joon Yim
Abstract
After South Korea raised its infectious disease alert to the highest level in response to coronavirus disease emergence, tuberculosis notification during the first 18 weeks of 2020 decreased significantly from the same period for each year during 2015-2019. Adequate measures to diagnose, control, and prevent tuberculosis need to be maintained.
Topics & Concepts
TuberculosisCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)MedicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)VirologyDiseaseContact tracingSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)CoronavirusNotification system2019-20 coronavirus outbreakTuberculosis controlOutbreakInternal medicinePathologyComputer scienceComputer networkCOVID-19 and healthcare impactsCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesCOVID-19 epidemiological studies