Tuberculosis-Associated Hospitalizations and Deaths after COVID-19 Shelter-In-Place,San Francisco,California, USA |
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| Authors: | Janice K. Louie Rocio Agraz-Lara Laura Romo Felix Crespin Lisa Chen Susannah Graves |
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| Affiliation: | San Francisco Department of Public Health Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Program, San Francisco, California, USA (J.K. Louie, R. Agraz-Lara, L. Romo, F. Crespin, S. Graves);University of California, San Francisco (J.K. Louie, L. Chen) |
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| Abstract: | A mandated shelter-in-place and other restrictions associated with the coronavirus disease pandemic precipitated a decline in tuberculosis diagnoses in San Francisco, California, USA. Several months into the pandemic, severe illness resulting in hospitalization or death increased compared with prepandemic levels, warranting heightened vigilance for tuberculosis in at-risk populations. |
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| Keywords: | tuberculosis and other mycobacteria TB coronavirus disease COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 epidemiology hospitalizations mortality rate deaths bacteria viruses respiratory diseases respiratory infections zoonoses San Francisco California United States |
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