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

Autor: Mansour Kargarpour Kamakoli, Shima Hadifar, Sharareh Khanipour, Ghazaleh Farmanfarmaei, Abolfazl Fateh, Shayan Mostafaei, Seyed Davar Siadat, Farzam Vaziri
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: mSphere, Vol 6, Iss 1 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2379-5042
DOI: 10.1128/mSphere.00076-21
Popis: 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 patients with suspected TB during the COVID-19 outbreak in Tehran, it is imperative that patients with suspected TB be tracked and diagnosed more quickly to make up for some of the decline in TB diagnosis in recent months and to recover lost cases.
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