[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 …

[HTML][HTML] The definition of tuberculosis infection based on the spectrum of tuberculosis disease

GB Migliori, CWM Ong, L Petrone, L D'Ambrosio… - Breathe, 2021 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Latent tuberculosis infection was the term traditionally used to indicate tuberculosis (TB)
infection. This term was used to define “a state of persistent immune response to stimulation …

Tuberculosis and COVID-19 co-infection: description of the global cohort

TB/COVID-19 Global Study Group - European Respiratory …, 2022 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Background Information on tuberculosis (TB) and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is
still limited. The aim of this study was to describe the features of the TB/COVID-19 co …

Clinical standards for the assessment, management and rehabilitation of post-TB lung disease

GB Migliori, FM Marx, N Ambrosino… - … of Tuberculosis and …, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
BACKGROUND: Increasing evidence suggests that post-TB lung disease (PTLD) causes
significant morbidity and mortality. The aim of these clinical standards is to provide guidance …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Worldwide effects of coronavirus disease pandemic on tuberculosis services, January–April 2020

GB Migliori, PM Thong, O Akkerman… - Emerging infectious …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Coronavirus disease has disrupted tuberculosis services globally. Data from 33 centers in
16 countries on 5 continents showed that attendance at tuberculosis centers was lower …

[HTML][HTML] A whole blood test to measure SARS-CoV-2-specific response in COVID-19 patients

L Petrone, E Petruccioli, V Vanini, G Cuzzi… - Clinical microbiology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives To examine whether specific T-cell-responses to SARS-CoV-2 peptides can be
detected in COVID-19 using a whole-blood experimental setting, which may be further …

Impact of aging on immunity in the context of COVID-19, HIV, and tuberculosis

A Grifoni, T Alonzi, G Alter, DMC Noonan… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Knowledge of aging biology needs to be expanded due to the continuously growing number
of elderly people worldwide. Aging induces changes that affect all systems of the body. The …

Pathology of TB/COVID-19 co-infection: the phantom menace

GT Mousquer, A Peres, M Fiegenbaum - Tuberculosis, 2021 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis (TB) and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are currently the two main
causes of death among infectious diseases. There is an increasing number of studies trying …

[HTML][HTML] Coinfection of tuberculosis and COVID-19 limits the ability to in vitro respond to SARS-CoV-2

L Petrone, E Petruccioli, V Vanini, G Cuzzi… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives The interaction of COVID-19 and tuberculosis (TB) are still poor characterized.
Here we evaluated the immune response specific for Micobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and …