TB-related technical enquiries received at the Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan, during COVID-19
During the COVID-19 era, we received two-thirds of technical enquiries compared with 2017-2019, because local health offices were overwhelmed by the pandemic. Since the most frequent enquiries were about diagnosis and treatment of TB, the health ministry of Japan should maintain a few specialised TB institutions with TB physicians to provide technical assistance.
Authors
- Minako Urakawa
- Youichi Hatamoto
- Akira Yasukawa
- Takashi Yoshiyama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7278-8816)
- T Zama
- Masaki Ota
- Susumu Hirao
- Yoko Nagata
Institutions
- Japan Anti Tuberculosis Association (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Public Health Action
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5588/pha.24.0014
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.39