Epidemic and pandemic viral infections: impact on tuberculosis and the lung

• Published in: The European respiratory journal Vol. 56; no. 4; p. 2001727
• Main Authors: Ong, Catherine Wei Min, Migliori, Giovanni Battista, Raviglione, Mario, MacGregor-Skinner, Gavin, Sotgiu, Giovanni, Alffenaar, Jan-Willem, Tiberi, Simon, Adlhoch, Cornelia, Alonzi, Tonino, Archuleta, Sophia, Brusin, Sergio, Cambau, Emmanuelle, Capobianchi, Maria Rosaria, Castilletti, Concetta, Centis, Rosella, Cirillo, Daniela M., D'Ambrosio, Lia, Delogu, Giovanni, Esposito, Susanna M.R., Figueroa, Jose, Friedland, Jon S., Ho, Benjamin Choon Heng, Ippolito, Giuseppe, Jankovic, Mateja, Kim, Hannah Yejin, Rosales Klintz, Senia, Ködmön, Csaba, Lalle, Eleonora, Leo, Yee Sin, Leung, Chi-Chiu, Märtson, Anne-Grete, Melazzini, Mario Giovanni, Najafi Fard, Saeid, Penttinen, Pasi, Petrone, Linda, Petruccioli, Elisa, Pontali, Emanuele, Saderi, Laura, Santin, Miguel, Spanevello, Antonio, van Crevel, Reinout, van der Werf, Marieke J., Visca, Dina, Viveiros, Miguel, Zellweger, Jean-Pierre, Zumla, Alimuddin, Goletti, Delia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.10.2020

Major epidemics, including some that qualify as pandemics, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), HIV, influenza A (H1N1)pdm/09 and most recently COVID-19, affect the lung. Tuberculosis (TB) remains the top infectious disease killer, but apart from...