Effects of Coronavirus Disease Pandemic on Tuberculosis Notifications, Malawi
Rebecca Nzawa Soko
1, Rachael M. Burke
1
, 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. Corbett
2, and Peter MacPherson
2
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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Table 1
Modeled effects of coronavirus disease pandemic on tuberculosis case notifications, April–December 2020, Blantyre, Malawi*
Models
|
Observed no. notified TB cases with COVID-19
|
Median counterfactual model-estimated no. notified TB cases without COVID-19 (95% CI)
|
|
% Difference (95% CI)
|
Absolute
|
Relative
|
Model 1 |
|
|
|
|
Overall
|
1,075
|
1,408 (1,366–1,451)
|
333 (291–376)
|
23.7 (21.4–26.0)
|
Model 2 |
|
|
|
|
Sex |
|
|
|
|
M |
692 |
875 (848–901) |
183 (156–209) |
20.9 (18.5–23.3) |
F |
383 |
553 (534–571) |
170 (151–188) |
30.7 (28.4–33.0) |
Primary health centers |
488 |
761 (737–785) |
273 (249–297) |
35.9 (33.9–37.9) |
Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital |
587 |
666 (645–688) |
79 (58–101) |
11.9 (9.10–14.7) |
HIV status |
|
|
|
|
HIV-positive |
660 |
820 (796–845) |
160 (136–185) |
19.6 (17.2–21.9) |
HIV-negative |
415 |
607 (586–627) |
192 (171–212) |
31.6 (29.3–33.8) |
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