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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Maurer, Florian P. [1 ,2 ]
Shubladze, Natalia [3 ]
Kalmambetova, Gulmira [4 ]
Felker, Irina [5 ]
Kuchukhidze, Giorgi [6 ]
Drobniewski, Francis [7 ]
Yedilbayev, Askar [7 ]
Ehsani, Soudeh [6 ]
机构
[1] Leibniz Lung Ctr, Res Ctr Borstel, Natl & WHO Supranatl Reference Lab Mycobacteria, Borstel, Germany
[2] Univ Med Ctr Hamburg Eppendorf, Inst Med Microbiol Virol & Hyg, Hamburg, Germany
[3] Natl Ctr TB & Lung Dis, Natl Reference Lab, Tbilisi, Georgia
[4] Natl TB Reference Lab, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
[5] Novosibirsk TB Res Inst, Sci Dept, Novosibirsk, Russia
[6] WHO, Reg Off Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark
[7] Imperial Coll London, Fac Med, Infect Dis, London, England
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10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.24.2100426
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R51 [传染病];
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摘要
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.
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