Notorious Covid-19 pandemic gives eye opening aid to detect Tuberculosis comorbidity

  • Dattatreya Mukherjee MBBS student and Research Assistant, Jinan University, 601 Huangpu W Ave, Tian He Gong Yuan, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province
  • Purabi Sarkar Independent Researcher, Kolkata, India
  • Asmita Ghosh Department of Biotechnology, Heritage Institute of Technology, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT), WB, India
  • Parth Patel H. K. College of Pharmacy, Jogeshwari West, Mumbai
  • Jayeeta Chowdhury P.G Scholar, School of Biotechnology, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
  • Sagnika Samal P.G. Scholar, School of Biotechnology, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
  • Shibam Kundagrami MBBS student, North Bengal Medical College and Hospital, Siliguri, WB
  • Garima Tenguriya P.G. Scholar, Dept. of Biotechnology, Banasthali Vidhyapith, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
  • Madhurima Thakur U.G. Scholar, Dinabandhu Andrews College, University of Calcutta, India
  • Debraj Mukhopadhyay Dept. of Public Health, School of Allied Health Sciences, Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University (DPSRU), Govt. of N.C.T Delhi, New Delhi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26838/MEDRECH.2020.8.2.492
Keywords: Tuberculosis, Respiratory disease

Abstract

The coronavirus outbreak of 2019 (COVID-19) has arisen as a major challenge to global public health, necessitating immediate “action and resulting in unprecedented” global transformation in a brief period of time. This illness has wreaked havoc on economies around the globe, infringed on civil liberties, and wreaked havoc on the healthcare system in India.

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DOI: 10.26838/MEDRECH.2020.8.2.492
Published: 2021-04-27
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Mukherjee D, Sarkar P, Ghosh A, Patel P, Chowdhury J, Samal S, Kundagrami S, Tenguriya G, Thakur M, Mukhopadhyay D. Notorious Covid-19 pandemic gives eye opening aid to detect Tuberculosis comorbidity. Med. res. chronicles [Internet]. 2021Apr.27 [cited 2024Nov.23];8(2):I-V. Available from: https://medrech.com/index.php/medrech/article/view/485
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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2021): March-April
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Letter To The Editor