TB Research

Era of COVID-19 Pandemic Influencing on Global Tuberculosis Epidemic

Attapon Cheepsattayakorn

Virology & Immunology Journal · 2023-11

Abstract

Between 2005 and 2019, globally, annual tuberculosis (TB, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M tuberculosis or M tb)) death (around 50 % of cases) decreased regularly and appeared 1.4 million of death in 2019, whereas TB deaths were back to 1.5 million and 1.6 million in 2020 and 2021, respectively [1].In 2020, global TB notification rate

MeSH terms

  • Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Pandemic
  • 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
  • Tuberculosis
  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
  • Virology
  • Geography