The intersecting pandemics of tuberculosis and COVID-19: population-level and patient-level impact, clinical presentation, and corrective interventions

K Dheda, T Perumal, H Moultrie, R Perumal… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
The global tuberculosis burden remains substantial, with more than 10 million people newly
ill per year. Nevertheless, tuberculosis incidence has slowly declined over the past decade …

The COVID-19 and TB syndemic: the way forward

A Trajman, I Felker, LC Alves, I Coutinho… - … of Tuberculosis and …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
Together, SARS-CoV-2 and M. tuberculosis have killed approximately 5.7 million people
worldwide over the past 2 years. The COVID-19 pandemic, and the non-pharmaceutical …

Early assessment of the clinical severity of the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant in South Africa: a data linkage study

N Wolter, W Jassat, S Walaza, R Welch, H Moultrie… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Summary Background The SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant of concern was identified in South
Africa in November, 2021, and was associated with an increase in COVID-19 cases. We …

Clinical severity of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 4 and BA. 5 lineages compared to BA. 1 and Delta in South Africa

N Wolter, W Jassat, S Walaza, R Welch… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Omicron lineages BA. 4 and BA. 5 drove a fifth wave of COVID-19 cases in South Africa.
Here, we use the presence/absence of the S-gene target as a proxy for SARS-CoV-2 …

SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in a rural and urban household cohort during first and second waves of infections, South Africa, July 2020–March 2021

J Kleynhans, S Tempia, N Wolter… - Emerging infectious …, 2021 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections may be
underestimated because of limited access to testing. We measured SARS-CoV-2 …

Characteristics and outcomes of an international cohort of 600 000 hospitalized patients with COVID-19

C Kartsonaki, JK Baillie, NG Barrio… - International journal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background We describe demographic features, treatments and clinical outcomes in the
International Severe Acute Respiratory and emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC) COVID …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis control in Indonesia: a nationwide longitudinal analysis of programme data

H Surendra, IRF Elyazar, E Puspaningrum… - The Lancet Global …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis control in high-burden
countries has not been adequately assessed. We aimed to estimate the impact of the COVID …

The impact of COVID-19 on communicable and non-communicable diseases in Africa: a narrative review

B Formenti, N Gregori, V Crosato… - Le Infezioni in …, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has disproportionately
impacted global human health, economy, and security. Because of weaker health-care …