COVID-19: Avoiding a second tragedy in a tuberculosis burdened country
To the Editor Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first notified in December 2019 from Wuhan, China. Now, it has spread rapidly and has been declared a pandemic affecting over 200 countries with widespread morbidity and mortality. It has been postulated that the most vulnerable population are t...
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| author | Siddharth Raj Yadav Rohit Kumar Nitesh Gupta Pranav Ish Shibdas Chakrabarti Amit Kumar |
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Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first notified in December 2019 from Wuhan, China. Now, it has spread rapidly and has been declared a pandemic affecting over 200 countries with widespread morbidity and mortality. It has been postulated that the most vulnerable population are the elderly, people living in crowded areas, children and immune-compromised individuals, such as people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The correlation of tuberculosis (TB), HIV and malnutrition are well documented and hence, people with tuberculosis should be considered as special population in this pandemic. TB is an ancient disease among humans recorded as far back as seventy thousand years which was declared a global public health emergency in 1993 by the World Health Organisation (WHO). India has the highest TB burden in the world. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0cf3e30b5930411bbb0c57ffb42dbbb92022-12-21T22:11:21ZengPAGEPress PublicationsMonaldi Archives for Chest Disease1122-06432532-52642020-05-0190210.4081/monaldi.2020.1338COVID-19: Avoiding a second tragedy in a tuberculosis burdened countrySiddharth Raj Yadav0Rohit Kumar1Nitesh Gupta2Pranav Ish3Shibdas Chakrabarti4Amit Kumar5Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New DelhiDepartment of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New DelhiDepartment of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New DelhiDepartment of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New DelhiDepartment of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New DelhiDepartment of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New DelhiTo the Editor Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first notified in December 2019 from Wuhan, China. Now, it has spread rapidly and has been declared a pandemic affecting over 200 countries with widespread morbidity and mortality. It has been postulated that the most vulnerable population are the elderly, people living in crowded areas, children and immune-compromised individuals, such as people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The correlation of tuberculosis (TB), HIV and malnutrition are well documented and hence, people with tuberculosis should be considered as special population in this pandemic. TB is an ancient disease among humans recorded as far back as seventy thousand years which was declared a global public health emergency in 1993 by the World Health Organisation (WHO). India has the highest TB burden in the world.https://monaldi-archives.org/index.php/macd/article/view/1338COVID-19Tuberculosis |
| spellingShingle | Siddharth Raj Yadav Rohit Kumar Nitesh Gupta Pranav Ish Shibdas Chakrabarti Amit Kumar COVID-19: Avoiding a second tragedy in a tuberculosis burdened country Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease COVID-19 Tuberculosis |
| title | COVID-19: Avoiding a second tragedy in a tuberculosis burdened country |
| title_full | COVID-19: Avoiding a second tragedy in a tuberculosis burdened country |
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| title_short | COVID-19: Avoiding a second tragedy in a tuberculosis burdened country |
| title_sort | covid 19 avoiding a second tragedy in a tuberculosis burdened country |
| topic | COVID-19 Tuberculosis |
| url | https://monaldi-archives.org/index.php/macd/article/view/1338 |
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