Gauging the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis services: a global study

Giovanni Battista Migliori, Pei Min Thong, Jan‐Willem C. Alffenaar, Justin T. Denholm, Marina Tadolini, Fatma Alyaquobi, F.–X. Blanc, Danilo Buonsenso, Jin‐Gun Cho, Luigi Ruffo Codecasa, Edvardas Danila, Raquel Duarte, José-María García-García, Gina Gualano, Adrián Rendón, Denise Rossato Silva, Mahamadou Bassirou Souleymane, Sai Meng Tham, Tania A. Thomas, Simon Tiberi, Zarir Udwadia, Delia Goletti, Rosella Centis, Lia D’Ambrosio, Giovanni Sotgiu, Ong C, for the Global Tuberculosis Network

2021European Respiratory Journal159 citationsDOI Open Access PDF

Abstract

<b>This global study of 43 TB centres from 19 countries demonstrates the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on TB services. Newly diagnosed TB disease, drug-resistant TB, TB deaths, outpatient clinic attendances and newly diagnosed TB infection were reduced.</b>https://bit.ly/3sdHbfk

Topics & Concepts

MedicinePandemicTuberculosisCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Outpatient clinicSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakDiseaseFamily medicineVirologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)Internal medicinePathologyOutbreakTuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesPneumonia and Respiratory Infections