COVID-19 case fatality rate and tuberculosis in a metropolitan setting

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In this study, we aimed to assess the relationship between tuberculosis case rate and COVID-19 case fatality rate (CFR) among districts within a tuberculosis-endemic metropolitan area. We analyzed data from 43 districts in Lima, Peru. We used districts as the units of observation. Linear regressions were used to investigate the relationship between COVID-19 CFRs and tuberculosis case rates. The mean COVID-19 CFR in each district for reporting Weeks 5-32 was used as the dependent variable. Independent variable was the mean rate of confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis cases for 2017-2019 period. Analyses were adjusted by population density, socioeconomic status, crowded housing, health facility density, and case rates of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and HIV infection. The mean COVID-19 CFR in Lima was 4.0% ± 1.1%. The mean tuberculosis rate was 16.0 cases per 10,000 inhabitants. In multivariate analysis, tuberculosis case rate was associated with COVID-19 CFR (β = 1.26; 95% confidence interval: 0.24-2.28; p = .02), after adjusting for potential confounders. We found that Lima districts with a higher burden of tuberculosis exhibited higher COVID-19 CFRs, independent of socioeconomic, and morbidity variables.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:93

Enthalten in:

Journal of medical virology - 93(2021), 5 vom: 30. Mai, Seite 3273-3276

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rojas-Bolivar, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Intimayta-Escalante, Claudio [VerfasserIn]
Cardenas-Jara, Ariana [VerfasserIn]
Jandarov, Roman [VerfasserIn]
Huaman, Moises A [VerfasserIn]

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COVID-19
Case fatality rate
Journal Article
Peru
Tuberculosis

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Date Completed 20.04.2021

Date Revised 16.07.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/jmv.26868

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM321302672