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. 2020 Oct;26(10):2506-2508.
doi: 10.3201/eid2610.202782. Epub 2020 Jul 16.

Effect of COVID-19 on Tuberculosis Notification, South Korea

Nakwon Kwak, Seung-Sik Hwang, Jae-Joon Yim

Effect of COVID-19 on Tuberculosis Notification, South Korea

Nakwon Kwak et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Oct.

Abstract

After South Korea raised its infectious disease alert to the highest level in response to coronavirus disease emergence, tuberculosis notification during the first 18 weeks of 2020 decreased significantly from the same period for each year during 2015-2019. Adequate measures to diagnose, control, and prevent tuberculosis need to be maintained.

Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; South Korea; bacteria; coronavirus disease; respiratory diseases; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; tuberculosis; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria; viruses; zoonoses.

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Mean weekly number of TB and COVID-19 case notifications in 2020 compared with the previous 5-year period, South Korea. Triangles indicate TB cases during 2015–2019; squares indicate TB cases during 2020; circles indicate COVID-19 cases during 2020. COVID-19, coronavirus disease; TB, tuberculosis.
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