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Título
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis national reference laboratory services in the WHO European Region, March to November 2020
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Fecha de publicación
2021-06
Cita
Euro Surveill. 2021 Jun;26(24):2100426.
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Inglés
Tipo de documento
journal article
Resumen
We assessed the impact of COVID-19 on diagnostic services for tuberculosis (TB) by national reference laboratories in the WHO European Region. Of 35 laboratories, 30 reported declines in TB sample numbers, amounting up to > 50% of the pre-COVID-19 volumes. Sixteen reported reagent or consumable shortages. Nineteen reallocated ressources to SARS-CoV-2 testing, resulting in an overall increase in workload, largely without a concomitant increase in personnel (n = 14). This poses a risk to meeting the 2025 milestones of the End TB Strategy.
Palabras clave
MESH
COVID-19 | Tuberculosis | COVID-19 Testing | Humans | Laboratories | Pandemics | SARS-CoV-2 | World Health Organization
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