Anticipating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on TB patients and TB control programmes

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has currently overtaken every other health issue throughout the world. There are numerous ways in which this will impact existing public health issues. Here we reflect on the interactions between COVID-19 and tuberculosis (TB), which still ranks as the leading cause of...

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Main Authors: Toyin Togun, Beate Kampmann, Neil Graham Stoker, Marc Lipman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12941-020-00363-1