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      On Tuberculosis and COVID-19 co-infection

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          we wish to thank, Alkesh Khurana and Deepak Aggarwal [1] for their interest in our research letter and comments [1].

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          COVID-19 may boost tuberculosis given infection and mortality, further studies are needed

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          Active tuberculosis, sequelae and COVID-19 co-infection: first cohort of 49 cases

          Marina Tadolini, Luigi Codecasa, José-María García-García … (2020)
          The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) disease (COVID-19) pandemic has attracted interest because of its global rapid spread, clinical severity, high mortality rate, and capacity to overwhelm healthcare systems [1, 2]. SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs mainly through droplets, although surface contamination contributes and debate continues on aerosol transmission [3–5].
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            Tuberculosis, COVID-19 and migrants: preliminary analysis of deaths occurring in 69 patients from two cohorts

            Ilaria Motta, Rosella Centis, Lia D’Ambrosio … (2020)
            Little is known about the relationship between the COVID-19 and tuberculosis (TB). The aim of this study is to describe a group of patients who died with TB (active disease or sequelae) and COVID-19 in two cohorts. Data from 49 consecutive cases in 8 countries (cohort A) and 20 hospitalized patients with TB and COVID-19 (cohort B) were analysed and patients who died were described. Demographic and clinical variables were retrospectively collected, including co-morbidities and risk factors for TB and COVID-19 mortality. Overall, 8 out of 69 (11.6%) patients died, 7 from cohort A (14.3%) and one from cohort B (5%). Out of 69 patients 43 were migrants, 26/49 (53.1%) in cohort A and 17/20 (85.0%) in cohort B. Migrants: 1) were younger than natives; in cohort A the median (IQR) age was 40 (27-49) VS. 66 (46-70) years, whereas in cohort B 37 (27-46) VS. 48 (47-60) years; 2) had a lower mortality rate than natives (1/43, 2.3% versus 7/26, 26.9%; p-value: 0.002); 3) had fewer co-morbidities than natives (23/43, 53.5 % versus 5/26- 19.2%) natives; p-value: 0.005). The study findings show that: 1) mortality is likely to occur in elderly patients with co-morbidities; 2) TB might not be a major determinant of mortality and 3) migrants had lower mortality, probably because of their younger age and lower number of co-morbidities. However, in settings where advanced forms of TB frequently occur and are caused by drug-resistant strains of M. tuberculosis, higher mortality rates can be expected in young individuals.
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              Clinical characteristics of COVID-19 and active tuberculosis co-infection in an Italian reference hospital

              Claudia Stochino, Simone Barbosa Villa, Patrizia Zucchi … (2020)
              The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), emerged in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. In February 2020, an outbreak was detected in Lombardy region, Italy, resulting in the first major outbreak outside Asia [1].
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                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Eur Respir J
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Eur. Respir. J
                Journal ID (publisher-id): ERJ
                Journal ID (hwp): erj
                Title: The European Respiratory Journal
                Publisher: European Respiratory Society
                ISSN (Print): 0903-1936
                ISSN (Electronic): 1399-3003
                Publication date (Electronic): 25 June 2020
                Publication date PMC-release: 25 June 2020
                Electronic Location Identifier: 2002328
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Unit of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
                [2 ]Tuberculosis Research Programme (PII-TB), SEPAR, Barcelona, Spain
                [3 ]Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Nantes, France
                [4 ]Moscow Research and Clinical Center for TB Control, Moscow, Russian Federation
                [5 ]Translational Research Unit, National Institute for Infectious Diseases “L. Spallanzani”, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
                [6 ]Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Clinica Universitaria Malattie Infettive, Ospedale Amedeo di Savoia, Torino, Italia
                [7 ]TB Reference Centre, Villa Marelli Institute, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy
                [8 ]Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
                [9 ]Division of Infection, Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
                [10 ]Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
                [11 ]Servizio di Epidemiologia Clinica delle Malattie Respiratorie, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Tradate, Italy
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                Prof. Giovanni Battista Migliori, Servizio di Epidemiologia Clinica delle Malattie Respiratorie, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Via Roncaccio 16, Tradate, Varese, 21049, Italy. E-mail: giovannibattista.migliori@ 123456icsmaugeri.it
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                Publisher ID: ERJ-02328-2020
                DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02328-2020
                PMC ID: 7315815
                PubMed ID: 32586888
                SO-VID: a03979c8-5c3f-46f5-bb64-99d5b2135cd1
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                Date received : 15 June 2020
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