SARS-CoV-2 infection and pulmonary tuberculosis in children and adolescents: a case-control study

Autor: Swanepoel, J, Van der Zalm, MM, Preiser, W, Van Zyl, G, Whittaker, E, Hesseling, AC, Moore, DAJ, Seddon, J
Rok vydání: 2023
Popis: Background The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has had an impact on the global tuberculosis (TB) epidemic but evidence on the possible interaction between SARS-CoV-2 and TB, especially in children and adolescents, remains limited. We aimed to evaluate the relationship between previous infection with SARS-CoV-2 and the risk of TB in children and adolescents. Methods An unmatched case-control study was conducted using SARS-CoV-2 unvaccinated children and adolescents recruited into two observational TB studies (Teen TB and Umoya), between November 2020 and November 2021, in Cape Town, South Africa. Sixty-four individuals with pulmonary TB (aged
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