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Editorial
. 2020 Jul 9;56(1):2001348.
doi: 10.1183/13993003.01348-2020. Print 2020 Jul.

COVID-19, tuberculosis and poverty: preventing a perfect storm

Matthew J Saunders  1   2   3 , Carlton A Evans  4   2   3
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Editorial

COVID-19, tuberculosis and poverty: preventing a perfect storm

Matthew J Saunders et al. Eur Respir J. .

Abstract

The global health community must learn from COVID-19 and take action now on tuberculosis and its social determinants, potentially saving millions from a preventable and curable disease https://bit.ly/2LLgLgA

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: M.J. Saunders has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: C.A. Evans has nothing to disclose.

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FIGURE 1
Mechanisms by which the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to worsen the tuberculosis (TB) pandemic.
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  • Active tuberculosis, sequelae and COVID-19 co-infection: first cohort of 49 cases.
    Tadolini M, Codecasa LR, García-García JM, Blanc FX, Borisov S, Alffenaar JW, Andréjak C, Bachez P, Bart PA, Belilovski E, Cardoso-Landivar J, Centis R, D'Ambrosio L, Luiza De Souza-Galvão M, Dominguez-Castellano A, Dourmane S, Fréchet Jachym M, Froissart A, Giacomet V, Goletti D, Grard S, Gualano G, Izadifar A, Le Du D, Marín Royo M, Mazza-Stalder J, Motta I, Ong CWM, Palmieri F, Rivière F, Rodrigo T, Silva DR, Sánchez-Montalvá A, Saporiti M, Scarpellini P, Schlemmer F, Spanevello A, Sumarokova E, Tabernero E, Tambyah PA, Tiberi S, Torre A, Visca D, Zabaleta Murguiondo M, Sotgiu G, Migliori GB. Tadolini M, et al. Eur Respir J. 2020 Jul 9;56(1):2001398. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01398-2020. Print 2020 Jul. Eur Respir J. 2020. PMID: 32457198 Free PMC article.

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