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Comment
. 2020 Sep;81(3):e24-e25.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.07.004. Epub 2020 Jul 7.

The COVID-19 pandemic and the true incidence of Tuberculosis in Japan

Kosaku Komiya  1 , Mari Yamasue  2 , Osamu Takahashi  3 , Kazufumi Hiramatsu  2 , Jun-Ichi Kadota  2 , Seiya Kato  4
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The COVID-19 pandemic and the true incidence of Tuberculosis in Japan

Kosaku Komiya et al. J Infect. 2020 Sep.
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Fig 1
Fig. 1
Number of patients newly diagnosed with tuberculosis in Japan. The incidence in each month differed significantly among 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 (p < 0.01 for each by chi-square test), and the incidence in 2020 was significantly lower than that in 2017, 2018, or 2019 from February to April (p < 0.002 for each by Ryan's multiple comparison test). In April, no significant difference was noted in the incidence among 2017, 2018, and 2019, but the incidence in April 2020 was significantly lower than that in 2017, 2018, or 2019. (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)
Fig 2
Fig. 2
Number of acid-fast bacteria cultures reviewed at the largest commercial laboratory in Japan. The number of tests per month differed significantly among 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 (p < 0.01 for each by chi-square test), and the number in 2020 was significantly lower than that in 2017, 2018, or 2019 in April and May (p < 0.002 for each by Ryan's multiple comparison test). In April, no significant difference was noted in the number between 2018 and 2019, but the number in April 2020 was significantly lower than that in 2017, 2018, or 2019. (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)
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