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Comment
. 2020 Oct 1;56(4):2002665.
doi: 10.1183/13993003.02665-2020. Print 2020 Oct.

Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic on tuberculosis treatment outcome in Northern Italy

Paola Magro  1   2   3 , Beatrice Formenti  4   3 , Valentina Marchese  2   5 , Maurizio Gulletta  6 , Lina Rachele Tomasoni  6 , Silvio Caligaris  6 , Francesco Castelli  1   2 , Alberto Matteelli  1   2
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Comment

Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic on tuberculosis treatment outcome in Northern Italy

Paola Magro et al. Eur Respir J. .

Abstract

It is important to recognise the impact of COVID-19 on TB care to mitigate its consequences. TB services have an urgent need to identify novel strategies to ensure the continuum of TB care at the time of the coronavirus pandemic. https://bit.ly/2OIKnwL

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: P. Magro has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: B. Formenti has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: V. Marchese has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: M. Gulletta has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: L.R. Tomasoni has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: S. Caligaris has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: F Castelli reports acting as a principle investigator of company-sponsored clinical trials in the field of HIV infection (ViiV Healthcare, GlaxoSmithKline, Gilead Sciences and Janssen Cilag). Conflict of interest: A. Matteelli has nothing to disclose.

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FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcome during the coronavirus disease 2019 (March to April 2020) and control (March to April 2019) periods.
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