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Volume 27, Number 7—July 2021
Research

Effects of Coronavirus Disease Pandemic on Tuberculosis Notifications, Malawi

Rebecca Nzawa Soko1, Rachael M. Burke1Comments to Author , Helena R.A. Feasey, Wakumanya Sibande, Marriott Nliwasa, Marc Y.R. Henrion, McEwen Khundi, Peter J. Dodd, Chu Chang Ku, Gift Kawalazira, Augustine T. Choko, Titus H. Divala, Elizabeth L. Corbett2, and Peter MacPherson2
Author affiliations: Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi (R. Nzawa Soko, R.M. Burke, H.R.A. Feasey, W. Sibande, M. Nliwasa, M.Y.R. Henrion, M. Khundi, A.T. Choko, T.H. Divala, E.L. Corbett, P. MacPherson); London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK (R. Nzawa Soko, R.M. Burke, H.R.A. Feasey, M. Khundi, T.H. Divala, E.L. Corbett, P. MacPherson); University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre (M. Nliwasa); Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK (M.Y.R. Henrion, P. MacPherson); University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK (P.J. Dodd, C.C. Ku); District Health Office, Blantyre (G. Kawalazira)

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Figure 1

Effects of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on monthly TB case notification rates in Blantyre, Malawi. Circles represent the observed number of cases each month. Solid blue line represents the fitted model with both step and slope change due to COVID-19; teal shaded area represents 95% CI. Pink dotted line represents counterfactual expected TB rates; pink shaded area represents 95% CI. Gray shaded area on the right indicates timeframe in which the COVID-19 emergency was declared in Malawi. TB, tuberculosis.

Figure 1. Effects of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on monthly TB case notification rates in Blantyre, Malawi. Circles represent the observed number of cases each month. Solid blue line represents the fitted model with both step and slope change due to COVID-19; teal shaded area represents 95% CI. Pink dotted line represents counterfactual expected TB rates; pink shaded area represents 95% CI. Gray shaded area on the right indicates timeframe in which the COVID-19 emergency was declared in Malawi. TB, tuberculosis.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

2These last authors contributed equally to this article.

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