Effect of COVID-19 on Tuberculosis Notification, South Korea

After South Korea raised its infectious disease alert to the highest level in response to coronavirus disease emergence, tuberculosis notification during the first 18 weeks of 2020 decreased significantly from the same period for each year during 2015–2019. Adequate measures to diagnose, control, an...

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Main Authors: Nakwon Kwak, Seung-Sik Hwang, Jae-Joon Yim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/10/20-2782_article
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spelling doaj-62ea7996c2d74bc18e7203412691d9b52020-11-25T03:07:35ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592020-10-0126102506250810.3201/eid2610.202782Effect of COVID-19 on Tuberculosis Notification, South KoreaNakwon KwakSeung-Sik HwangJae-Joon YimAfter South Korea raised its infectious disease alert to the highest level in response to coronavirus disease emergence, tuberculosis notification during the first 18 weeks of 2020 decreased significantly from the same period for each year during 2015–2019. Adequate measures to diagnose, control, and prevent tuberculosis need to be maintained.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/10/20-2782_articlecoronavirus disease2019 novel coronavirus diseaseCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2respiratory diseases
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author Nakwon Kwak
Seung-Sik Hwang
Jae-Joon Yim
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Seung-Sik Hwang
Jae-Joon Yim
Effect of COVID-19 on Tuberculosis Notification, South Korea
Emerging Infectious Diseases
coronavirus disease
2019 novel coronavirus disease
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
respiratory diseases
author_facet Nakwon Kwak
Seung-Sik Hwang
Jae-Joon Yim
author_sort Nakwon Kwak
title Effect of COVID-19 on Tuberculosis Notification, South Korea
title_short Effect of COVID-19 on Tuberculosis Notification, South Korea
title_full Effect of COVID-19 on Tuberculosis Notification, South Korea
title_fullStr Effect of COVID-19 on Tuberculosis Notification, South Korea
title_full_unstemmed Effect of COVID-19 on Tuberculosis Notification, South Korea
title_sort effect of covid-19 on tuberculosis notification, south korea
publisher Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
series Emerging Infectious Diseases
issn 1080-6040
1080-6059
publishDate 2020-10-01
description After South Korea raised its infectious disease alert to the highest level in response to coronavirus disease emergence, tuberculosis notification during the first 18 weeks of 2020 decreased significantly from the same period for each year during 2015–2019. Adequate measures to diagnose, control, and prevent tuberculosis need to be maintained.
topic coronavirus disease
2019 novel coronavirus disease
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
respiratory diseases
url https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/10/20-2782_article
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