Tuberculosis under the Influence of COVID-19 Lockdowns: Lessons from Tehran, Iran

This study investigates the short-term effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic lockdown on tracing and detection of tuberculosis (TB) patients in Tehran, Iran. Results of this study have demonstrated that due to the significant decrease in the identification of patient...

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Main Authors: Mansour Kargarpour Kamakoli, Shima Hadifar, Sharareh Khanipour, Ghazaleh Farmanfarmaei, Abolfazl Fateh, Shayan Mostafaei, Seyed Davar Siadat, Farzam Vaziri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2021-02-01
Series:mSphere
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00076-21