Social-behavioral insights in understanding tuberculosis transmission pattern during the COVID-19 pandemic period in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: The MyTBNet study protocol.

ABSTRACT: Many countries have reported increase of TB incidence during the COVID-19 pandemic period, which demands dire attention as it may threaten global effort to end TB transmission. Services, are among many others, were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic during the years 2020 and 2021; but its impact on the TB transmission is not well understood. This retrospective population-based molecular and epidemiological cohort study aims to determine the pattern of TB transmission in Kuala Lumpur (an area with high population density, moderate TB burden and high rates of COVID-19 cases) for the cohort of Pulmonary TB (PTB) cases notified from 2020 until 2021 and factors associated with clustering or clear epidemiologic linkage. This study will be carried out from 2022 until 2024. The study will utilise

SUBMITTER: Aziz ZA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11426513 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature