COVID-19: Avoiding a second tragedy in a tuberculosis burdened country.
Monaldi Arch Chest Dis
; 90(2)2020 May 21.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-371692
ABSTRACT
To the Editor Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first notified in December 2019 from Wuhan, China. Now, it has spread rapidly and has been declared a pandemic affecting over 200 countries with widespread morbidity and mortality. It has been postulated that the most vulnerable population are the elderly, people living in crowded areas, children and immune-compromised individuals, such as people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The correlation of tuberculosis (TB), HIV and malnutrition are well documented and hence, people with tuberculosis should be considered as special population in this pandemic. TB is an ancient disease among humans recorded as far back as seventy thousand years which was declared a global public health emergency in 1993 by the World Health Organisation (WHO). India has the highest TB burden in the world.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
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Coronavirus Infections
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Pandemics
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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