Emerging Infectious Diseases (Nov 2020)

Worldwide Effects of Coronavirus Disease Pandemic on Tuberculosis Services, January–April 2020

  • Giovanni Battista Migliori,
  • Pei Min Thong,
  • Onno Akkerman,
  • Jan-Willem Alffenaar,
  • Fernando Álvarez-Navascués,
  • Mourtala Mohamed Assao-Neino,
  • Pascale Valérie Bernard,
  • Joshua Sorba Biala,
  • François-Xavier Blanc,
  • Elena M. Bogorodskaya,
  • Sergey Borisov,
  • Danilo Buonsenso,
  • Marianne Calnan,
  • Paola Francesca Castellotti,
  • Rosella Centis,
  • Jeremiah Muhwa Chakaya,
  • Jin-Gun Cho,
  • Luigi Ruffo Codecasa,
  • Lia D'Ambrosio,
  • Justin Denholm,
  • Martin Enwerem,
  • Maurizio Ferrarese,
  • Tatiana Galvão,
  • Marta García-Clemente,
  • José-María García-García,
  • Gina Gualano,
  • José Antonio Gullón-Blanco,
  • Sandra Inwentarz,
  • Giuseppe Ippolito,
  • Heinke Kunst,
  • Andrei Maryandyshev,
  • Mario Melazzini,
  • Fernanda Carvalho de Queiroz Mello,
  • Marcela Muñoz-Torrico,
  • Patrick Bung Njungfiyini,
  • Domingo Juan Palmero,
  • Fabrizio Palmieri,
  • Pavilio Piccioni,
  • Alberto Piubello,
  • Adrian Rendon,
  • Josefina Sabriá,
  • Matteo Saporiti,
  • Paola Scognamiglio,
  • Samridhi Sharma,
  • Denise Rossato Silva,
  • Mahamadou Bassirou Souleymane,
  • Antonio Spanevello,
  • Eva Tabernero,
  • Marina Tadolini,
  • Michel Eke Tchangou,
  • Alice Boi Yatta Thornton,
  • Simon Tiberi,
  • Zarir F. Udwadia,
  • Giovanni Sotgiu,
  • Catherine Wei Min Ong,
  • Delia Goletti

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2611.203163
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 11
pp. 2709 – 2712

Abstract

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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 during the first 4 months of the pandemic in 2020 than for the same period in 2019. Resources are needed to ensure tuberculosis care continuity during the pandemic.

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