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COVID-19 and Tuberculosis.
Yang, Heng; Lu, Shuihua.
  • Yang H; Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
  • Lu S; Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
J Transl Int Med ; 8(2): 59-65, 2020 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-714819
ABSTRACT
On March 11, 2020, the WHO declared that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can be characterized as a pandemic based on the alarming levels of spread and severity and on the alarming levels of inaction. COVID-19 has received worldwide attention as emergency, endangering international public health and economic development. There is a growing body of literatures regarding severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) as well as COVID-19. This review will focus on the latest advance of epidemiology, pathogenesis, and clinical characteristics about COVID-19. Meanwhile, tuberculosis (TB) remains the leading representative respiratory tract communicable disease threatening public health. There are limited data on the risk of severe disease or outcomes in patients with concurrence of TB and COVID-19. Nevertheless, co-infection of some virus would aggravate TB, such as measles. And tuberculosis and influenza co-infection compared with tuberculosis single infection was associated with increased risk of death in individuals. This review will also introduce the characteristics about the concurrence of TB and emerging infectious diseases to provide a hint to manage current epidemic.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Prognostic study Language: English Journal: J Transl Int Med Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Jtim-2020-0010

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Prognostic study Language: English Journal: J Transl Int Med Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Jtim-2020-0010