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. 2021 Oct;93(10):5682-5686.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.27119. Epub 2021 Jun 9.

An updated meta-analysis on the association between tuberculosis and COVID-19 severity and mortality

Yadong Wang  1 , Ruo Feng  2 , Jie Xu  3 , Hongjie Hou  3 , Huifen Feng  4 , Haiyan Yang  3
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An updated meta-analysis on the association between tuberculosis and COVID-19 severity and mortality

Yadong Wang et al. J Med Virol. 2021 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; meta-analysis; mortality; severity; tuberculosis.

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The authors declare that there are no conflict of interests.

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Forest plot indicated that there was a significant association between tuberculosis and the increased risk for severity (A) and mortality (B) among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19); Leave‐one‐out sensitivity analysis demonstrated that our results were stable and robust ((C) for severity and (D) for mortality). For Mollalo et al.'s study, the combined odds ratio was used
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