School of Environment, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Respir Res. 2022 Mar 11;23(1):56. doi: 10.1186/s12931-022-01966-2.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) responses such as social distancing practices can decrease health care access and tuberculosis (TB) notification, particularly among individuals aged 60 years or older. Conversely, they can increase TB notification among younger individuals. These results may be attributable to household transmission and the similarity of TB respiratory symptoms to COVID-19.
冠状病毒病(COVID-19)应对措施,如社交距离措施,可能会减少医疗保健的可及性和结核病(TB)的报告,尤其是在 60 岁或以上的人群中。相反,它们可能会增加年轻人群中结核病的报告。这些结果可能归因于家庭传播和结核病呼吸道症状与 COVID-19 的相似性。