The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on reported tuberculosis incidence and mortality in China: An interrupted time series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The reported number of cases and deaths from common infectious diseases can change during major public health crises. We explored whether the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had an impact on tuberculosis (TB) incidence and mortality in China based on routinely reported TB data.

Methods

We used TB data used from the monthly national notifiable infectious disease reports in China from January 2015 to January 2023. Based on an interrupted time series (ITS) design, we applied Poisson and negative binomial regression models to assess the changes of reported TB incidence and mortality before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Results

We found a significant and immediate decrease in the levels of both reported TB incidence (relative risk (RR) = 0.887; 95% confi

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10569365 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature