Tuberculosis Incidence and COVID-19 Related Mortality Rates in 20 Countries: An ecological study
Ardic, C., Yazan Arslan, A., Sahin, A., Usluoglu, B., Hur, M., Sarimehmet, D., Karakullukcu, S., Ozcelik, N. (2022). Tuberculosis Incidence and COVID-19 Related Mortality Rates in 20 Countries: An ecological study. EKB Journal Management System, 40(2), 108-113. doi: 10.21608/ejcm.2021.75136.1169
Cuneyt Ardic; Ayse Yazan Arslan; Ayse Sahin; Busra Usluoglu; Melek Hur; Didem Sarimehmet; Serdar Karakullukcu; Neslihan Ozcelik. "Tuberculosis Incidence and COVID-19 Related Mortality Rates in 20 Countries: An ecological study". EKB Journal Management System, 40, 2, 2022, 108-113. doi: 10.21608/ejcm.2021.75136.1169
Ardic, C., Yazan Arslan, A., Sahin, A., Usluoglu, B., Hur, M., Sarimehmet, D., Karakullukcu, S., Ozcelik, N. (2022). 'Tuberculosis Incidence and COVID-19 Related Mortality Rates in 20 Countries: An ecological study', EKB Journal Management System, 40(2), pp. 108-113. doi: 10.21608/ejcm.2021.75136.1169
Ardic, C., Yazan Arslan, A., Sahin, A., Usluoglu, B., Hur, M., Sarimehmet, D., Karakullukcu, S., Ozcelik, N. Tuberculosis Incidence and COVID-19 Related Mortality Rates in 20 Countries: An ecological study. EKB Journal Management System, 2022; 40(2): 108-113. doi: 10.21608/ejcm.2021.75136.1169

Tuberculosis Incidence and COVID-19 Related Mortality Rates in 20 Countries: An ecological study

The Egyptian Journal of Community Medicine
Article 2, Volume 40, Issue 2, April 2022, Page 108-113  XML PDF (408.9 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejcm.2021.75136.1169
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Authors
Cuneyt Ardic email 1; Ayse Yazan Arslan2; Ayse Sahin2; Busra Usluoglu2; Melek Hur2; Didem Sarimehmet3; Serdar Karakullukcu4; Neslihan Ozcelik5
1Department of Family Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize, Turkey
2Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Medicine, Rize, Turkey.
3Karadeniz Technical University Vocational School of Health Sciences, Department of Medical Services and Techniques, Trabzon, Turkey
4Bayburt Community Health Center, Bayburt, Turkey
5Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Faculty of Medicine Department of Chest Department, Rize, Turkey.
Abstract
Background: On 31 December, 2019, the China Country Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) reported cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology in the city of Wuhan in the province of Hubei. On 7 January, 2020, the agent was described as a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) not previously detected in humans.
Objectives: The study aimed to correlate average incidences of tuberculosis (TB) in the previous five years with COVID-19-related mortality rates in 20 countries.
Methods: Countries with the highest numbers of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases as of July 2020 according to WHO data (USA, Brazil, India, Russia, the United Kingdom, Peru, Chile, Spain, Mexico, Iran, Pakistan, Italy, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Germany, France, Bangladesh, Colombia, and Canada) were included in the study. The average incidences of tuberculosis (TB) in the previous five years in these countries were then correlated with COVID-19-related mortality rates.
Results: Correlation analysis revealed a negative, moderate relationship between COVID-19-related mortality and TB rates in the general population and in individuals over the age of 65 (r=-0.466, p=0.038 and r=-0.521, p=0.018, respectively).
Conclusions: COVID-19-related mortality rates were low in those countries in which the incidence of TB was high, thus highlighting the importance of investigating the immunology of the virus in determining the severity of the disease.
Keywords
COVID-19; tuberculosis; mortality
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