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Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol.
Sec. Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume 14 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2024.1423081

"Tuberculosis morbidity and mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic: a lifethreatening complex challenge"

Provisionally accepted
Alissar Al Khatib Alissar Al Khatib 1*Salwa Hassanein Salwa Hassanein 1,2Mohammed Almari Mohammed Almari 1Mohamad Koubar Mohamad Koubar 3,4Soha Fakhreddine Soha Fakhreddine 5
  • 1 Department of Nursing, Almoosa College of Health Sciences, Al Ahsaa, Saudi Arabia
  • 2 Department of Community Health Nursing-Cairo University-Cairo, Egypt, Cairo, Beni Suef, Egypt
  • 3 Department of Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Beirut Lebanon, Beirut, Lebanon
  • 4 Department of Microbiology, Lebanese food, Drugs and chemicals Administration, Beirut, Lebanon, Beirut, Lebanon
  • 5 Department of Infectious Diseases, Saint-Georges Hospital, Hadat, Lebanon, Beirut, Lebanon

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon.

    Keywords: Tuberculosis, COVID - 19, Incidence, Mortality, Complex challenge

    Received: 25 Apr 2024; Accepted: 13 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Al Khatib, Hassanein, Almari, Koubar and Fakhreddine. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Alissar Al Khatib, Department of Nursing, Almoosa College of Health Sciences, Al Ahsaa, Saudi Arabia

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