Infection prevention and control measures during the COVID-19 pandemic and airborne tuberculosis transmission during primary care visits in South Africa
Pandemic-related IPC measures to control COVID-19 transmission were rigorously implemented and likely reduced transmission of airborne respiratory infections, supporting their continued implementation in healthcare settings postpandemic.
Authors
- Nicolas Banholzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0138-6120)
- Juane Leukes
- Keren Middelkoop (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9922-4263)
- Lukas Fenner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3309-4835)
- Robin Wood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4276-7117)
- Kathrin Zürcher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7915-3194)
- Matthias Egger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7462-5132)
- Remo Schmutz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3207-8052)
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation (ZA)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-05-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2025.107921
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Infection Control and Ventilation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.04
Funders
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases