Pulmonary tuberculosis control: does COVID-19 have any effect?

Conclusions: COVID-19 pandemic seems to have had an impact in: decreased new cases of PTB; slight delay in treatment initiation; increased screening rate of positive contacts and household transmission.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 25, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Gigante, A. R., Sousa, M., Aguiar, A., Pinto, M., Gaio, R., Duarte, R. Tags: Tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacterial diseases Source Type: research