The impact of COVID-19 on TB: a review of the data

CF McQuaid, A Vassall, T Cohen… - … of Tuberculosis and …, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, models predicted hundreds of thousands of additional TB
deaths as a result of health service disruption. To date, empirical evidence on the effects of …

[HTML][HTML] Tuberculosis and COVID-19 interaction: a review of biological, clinical and public health effects

D Visca, CWM Ong, S Tiberi, R Centis, L D'ambrosio… - Pulmonology, 2021 - Elsevier
Evidence is accumulating on the interaction between tuberculosis (TB) and COVID-19. The
aim of the present review is to report the available evidence on the interaction between …

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

GB Migliori, PM Thong, JW Alffenaar… - European …, 2021 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on tuberculosis (TB)
disease and TB services emerged in the beginning of 2020 [1, 2]. Epidemiological and …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the diagnosis of leprosy in Brazil: An ecological and population-based study

WS da Paz, M do Rosario Souza… - The Lancet Regional …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background The pandemic caused by COVID-19 has seriously affected global health,
resulting in the suspension of many regular health services, making the diagnosis of other …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of coronavirus disease pandemic on tuberculosis notifications, Malawi

RN Soko, RM Burke, HRA Feasey… - Emerging infectious …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic might affect tuberculosis (TB)
diagnosis and patient care. We analyzed a citywide electronic TB register in Blantyre …

The COVID-19 and TB syndemic: the way forward

A Trajman, I Felker, LC Alves, I Coutinho… - … of Tuberculosis and …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
Together, SARS-CoV-2 and M. tuberculosis have killed approximately 5.7 million people
worldwide over the past 2 years. The COVID-19 pandemic, and the non-pharmaceutical …

[HTML][HTML] Accelerating development of new shorter TB treatment regimens in anticipation of a resurgence of multi-drug resistant TB due to the COVID-19 pandemic

S Tiberi, MJ Vjecha, A Zumla, J Galvin… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The WHO 2020 global TB Report estimates that in 2019 there were an estimated
500,000 cases of multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) of which only 186,772 MDR-TB cases …

[HTML][HTML] Different disease, same challenges: social determinants of tuberculosis and COVID-19

R Duarte, A Aguiar, M Pinto, I Furtado, S Tiberi… - Pulmonology, 2021 - Elsevier
Infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis (TB) and the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) relate
to environmental factors, understanding of which is essential to inform policy and practice …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the diagnosis of tuberculosis in Brazil: is the WHO End TB strategy at risk?

MR Souza, WS Paz, VBS Sales, GFH Jesus… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background: In 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the “post-2015 End
TB strategy”, that aims to end the global tuberculosis (TB) epidemic by 2030. However, the …

Assessing the real-time impact of COVID-19 on TB and HIV services: the experience and response from selected health facilities in Nairobi, Kenya

I Mbithi, P Thekkur, JM Chakaya, E Onyango… - Tropical medicine and …, 2021 - mdpi.com
There was concern that the COVID-19 pandemic would adversely affect TB and HIV
programme services in Kenya. We set up real-time monthly surveillance of TB and HIV …