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

Clinical characteristics and histopathology of COVID-19 related deaths in South African adults

(2022) Marta C. Nunes et al.   PLoS One

The scientific response to TB – the other deadly global health emergency

(2022) R. E. Chaisson et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE

Continuity of TB services during the COVID-19 pandemic in China

(2021) X. Shen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE

Impact on health and provision of healthcare services during the COVID-19 lockdown in India: a multicentre cross-sectional study

(2021) Rajiv Raman et al.   BMJ Open

The BCG Vaccine for COVID-19: First Verdict and Future Directions

(2021) Maria Gonzalez-Perez et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Increase in Tuberculosis Diagnostic Delay during First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Data from an Italian Infectious Disease Referral Hospital

(2021) Francesco Di Gennaro et al.   Antibiotics-Basel

How COVID hurt the fight against other dangerous diseases

(2021) Leslie Roberts   NATURE

Incidence and prevalence of tuberculosis in incarcerated populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2021) Olivia Cords et al.   Lancet Public Health

Decline of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus detection in facility-based surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic, South Africa, January to October 2020

(2021) Stefano Tempia et al.   Eurosurveillance

The impact of COVID-19 on TB: a review of the data

(2021) C. F. McQuaid et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE

Tuberculosis in times of COVID-19

(2021) Alexandra Jaye Zimmer et al.   JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH

Early mortality in tuberculosis patients initially lost to follow up following diagnosis in provincial hospitals and primary health care facilities in Western Cape, South Africa

(2021) Muhammad Osman et al.   PLoS One

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in South Africa: A complex social phenomenon

(2021) S Cooper et al.   SAMJ SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL

Difference in mortality among individuals admitted to hospital with COVID-19 during the first and second waves in South Africa: a cohort study

(2021) Waasila Jassat et al.   Lancet Global Health

Convergence of infectious and non-communicable disease epidemics in rural South Africa: a cross-sectional, population-based multimorbidity study

(2021) Emily B Wong et al.   Lancet Global Health

Risk factors for COVID-19-related in-hospital mortality in a high HIV and tuberculosis prevalence setting in South Africa: a cohort study

(2021) Waasila Jassat et al.   Lancet HIV

Vax the world

(2021) Madhukar Pai et al.   SCIENCE

A position statement and practical guide to the use of particulate filtering facepiece respirators (N95, FFP2, or equivalent) for South African health workers exposed to respiratory pathogens including Mycobacterium tuberculosis and SARS-CoV-2

(2021) K Dheda et al.   African Journal of Thoracic and Critical Care Medicine

An interactive web-based dashboard to track COVID-19 in real time

(2020) Ensheng Dong et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Impact of COVID-19 on tuberculosis control in China

(2020) Y. Pang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE

Tuberculosis, COVID-19 and migrants: Preliminary analysis of deaths occurring in 69 patients from two cohorts

(2020) I. Motta et al.   Pulmonology

Impact of the SARS Coronavirus 2 epidemic on tuberculosis treatment outcome, Northern Italy

(2020) Paola Magro et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

The potential impact of COVID-19-related disruption on tuberculosis burden

(2020) C. Finn McQuaid et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Automated chest radiography and mass systematic screening for tuberculosis

(2020) F. Madhani et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE

Clinical evaluation of self-collected saliva by RT-qPCR, direct RT-qPCR, RT-LAMP, and a rapid antigen test to diagnose COVID-19

(2020) Mayu Nagura-Ikeda et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Pneumonia caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis

(2020) Meili Wei et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION

The Great Masquerader: Tuberculosis Presenting as Community-Acquired Pneumonia

(2020) Keertan Dheda et al.   SEMINARS IN RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria in low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling study

(2020) Alexandra B Hogan et al.   Lancet Global Health

Particle sizes of infectious aerosols: implications for infection control

(2020) Kevin P Fennelly   Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Activate: Randomized Clinical Trial of BCG Vaccination against Infection in the Elderly

(2020) Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis et al.   CELL

Risk factors for COVID-19 death in a population cohort study from the Western Cape Province, South Africa

(2020) Andrew Boulle et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Collateral Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Tuberculosis Control in Jiangsu Province, China

(2020) Qiao Liu et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The impact of COVID-19 and the restoration of tuberculosis services in the Western Pacific Region

(2020) Chen-Yuan Chiang et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

A comparison of digital chest radiography and Xpert® MTB/RIF in active case finding for tuberculosis

(2020) T. B. P. Nguyen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE

COVID-19: ensuring continuity of TB services in the private sector

(2020) W. Z. Jamal et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE

COVID-19 and tuberculosis—threats and opportunities

(2020) Alimuddin Zumla et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE

Containment of COVID-19 in Ethiopia and implications for tuberculosis care and research

(2020) Hussen Mohammed et al.   Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Decreased Influenza Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, Australia, Chile, and South Africa, 2020

(2020) Sonja J. Olsen et al.   MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT

COVID-19 and Tuberculosis-Related Catastrophic Costs

(2020) Ahmad Fuady et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

An ecological study to evaluate the association of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination on cases of SARS-CoV2 infection and mortality from COVID-19

(2020) Lucy Chimoyi et al.   PLoS One

KN95 filtering facepiece respirators distributed in South Africa fail safety testing protocols

(2020) L Mottay et al.   SAMJ SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL

Infection and mortality of healthcare workers worldwide from COVID-19: a systematic review

(2020) Soham Bandyopadhyay et al.   BMJ Global Health

Non-specific effects of BCG vaccine on viral infections

(2019) S.J.C.F.M. Moorlag et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Morbidity and mortality up to 5 years post tuberculosis treatment in South Africa: a pilot study

(2019) Muhammad Osman et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Unmasking the hidden tuberculosis mortality burden in a large postmortem study in Maputo Central Hospital, Mozambique

(2019) Alberto L. Garcia-Basteiro et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Influenza and tuberculosis co‐infection: A systematic review

(2019) Sibongile Walaza et al.   Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine Commission: 2019 update: epidemiology, pathogenesis, transmission, diagnosis, and management of multidrug-resistant and incurable tuberculosis

(2019) Keertan Dheda et al.   Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Isoniazid Preventive Therapy and Pregnancy Outcomes In HIV-Infected Women in the Tshepiso Cohort

(2019) Nicole Salazar-Austin et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Community-wide Screening for Tuberculosis in a High-Prevalence Setting

(2019) Guy B. Marks et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Towards selective tuberculosis screening of people in prison in a low-incidence country

(2019) Gerard de Vries et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Increased risk of active tuberculosis during pregnancy and postpartum: a register-based cohort study in Sweden

(2019) Jerker Jonsson et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

BCG Vaccination Protects against Experimental Viral Infection in Humans through the Induction of Cytokines Associated with Trained Immunity

(2018) Rob J.W. Arts et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Burden of tuberculosis in HIV-positive pregnant women in Cape Town, South Africa

(2018) J. Odayar et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE

False-Positive Xpert MTB/RIF Results in Retested Patients with Previous Tuberculosis: Frequency, Profile, and Prospective Clinical Outcomes

(2018) Grant Theron et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Risk and Timing of Tuberculosis Among Close Contacts of Persons with Infectious Tuberculosis

(2018) Mary R Reichler et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Adherence interventions and outcomes of tuberculosis treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis of trials and observational studies

(2018) Narges Alipanah et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Management of drug-resistant tuberculosis in special sub-populations including those with HIV co-infection, pregnancy, diabetes, organ-specific dysfunction, and in the critically ill

(2018) Aliasgar Esmail et al.   Journal of Thoracic Disease

NON-INVASIVE DETECTION OF TUBERCULOSIS BY ORAL SWAB ANALYSIS

(2018) Angelique K. Luabeya et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Ultrasound for patients in a high HIV/tuberculosis prevalence setting: a needs assessment and review of focused applications for Sub-Saharan Africa

(2017) Tom Heller et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Effect of new tuberculosis diagnostic technologies on community-based intensified case finding: a multicentre randomised controlled trial

(2017) Gregory L Calligaro et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Effect of isoniazid preventive therapy on risk of death in west African, HIV-infected adults with high CD4 cell counts: long-term follow-up of the Temprano ANRS 12136 trial

(2017) Anani Badje et al.   Lancet Global Health

The epidemiology, pathogenesis, transmission, diagnosis, and management of multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant, and incurable tuberculosis

(2017) Keertan Dheda et al.   Lancet Respiratory Medicine

CD4 count and tuberculosis risk in HIV-positive adults not on ART: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2017) Penelope K. Ellis et al.   PeerJ

The Burden and Clinical Presentation of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Adults With Severe Respiratory Illness in a High Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevalence Setting, 2012–2014

(2017) Sibongile Walaza et al.   Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Risk of Tuberculosis Infection and Disease for Health Care Workers: An Updated Meta-Analysis

(2017) Lydia Uden et al.   Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Bringing state-of-the-art diagnostics to vulnerable populations: The use of a mobile screening unit in active case finding for tuberculosis in Palawan, the Philippines

(2017) Fukushi Morishita et al.   PLoS One

Xpert MTB/RIF Results in Patients With Previous Tuberculosis: Can We Distinguish True From False Positive Results?

(2016) Grant Theron et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Successfully treated but not fit for purpose: paying attention to chronic lung impairment after TB treatment

(2016) A. D. Harries et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE

A Systematic Review of the Prevalence and Pattern of Imaging Defined Post-TB Lung Disease

(2016) Jamilah Meghji et al.   PLoS One

Risk factors associated with hospitalisation for influenza-associated severe acute respiratory illness in South Africa: A case-population study

(2016) Tochukwu Raphael Abadom et al.   VACCINE

Immunometabolic Pathways in BCG-Induced Trained Immunity

(2016) Rob J.W. Arts et al.   Cell Reports

Prevalence of tuberculosis in post-mortem studies of HIV-infected adults and children in resource-limited settings

(2015) Rishi K. Gupta et al.   AIDS

BCG Vaccination Enhances the Immunogenicity of Subsequent Influenza Vaccination in Healthy Volunteers: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study

(2015) Jenneke Leentjens et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

A global assessment of civil registration and vital statistics systems: monitoring data quality and progress

(2015) Lene Mikkelsen et al.   LANCET

Pre-treatment loss to follow-up in tuberculosis patients in low- and lower-middle-income countries and high-burden countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2014) Peter MacPherson et al.   BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Effect of household and community interventions on the burden of tuberculosis in southern Africa: the ZAMSTAR community-randomised trial

(2013) Helen Ayles et al.   LANCET

Can Point-of-Care Urine LAM Strip Testing for Tuberculosis Add Value to Clinical Decision Making in Hospitalised HIV-Infected Persons?

(2013) Jonathan G. Peter et al.   PLoS One

Contact investigation for tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2012) G. J. Fox et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Scoring systems using chest radiographic features for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in adults: a systematic review

(2012) Lancelot M. Pinto et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Into the Eye of the Cytokine Storm

(2012) J. R. Tisoncik et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Pulmonary impairment after tuberculosis and its contribution to TB burden

(2010) Jotam G Pasipanodya et al.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Comparison of two active case-finding strategies for community-based diagnosis of symptomatic smear-positive tuberculosis and control of infectious tuberculosis in Harare, Zimbabwe (DETECTB): a cluster-randomised trial

(2010) Elizabeth L Corbett et al.   LANCET

Role of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Hospitalization for Acute Community-acquired Pneumonia Associated With Culture-confirmed Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Children

(2010) David P. Moore et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Incidence of Tuberculosis and the Predictive Value of ELISPOT and Mantoux Tests in Gambian Case Contacts

(2008) Philip C. Hill et al.   PLoS One