Covid-19 prevalence, disease course, and impact on pulmonary outcome in a TB cohort in four African countries (Covid-19_TB)

The aim of the project is to examine the effects of Covid 19 disease on tuberculosis patients in four African countries (Gambia, Mozambique, South Africa and Tanzania). For this purpose, appropriate clinical data are collected and analyzed on site. The frequency of the diseases and other epidemiological parameters of the SARS-CoV-2 infection as well as the clinical characteristics of the Covid-19 disease are to be described and compared with other patient groups and the healthy population. In addition, the interrelationship between pulmonary tuberculosis (and chronic lung disease after TB) and Covid-19 in terms of the severity and severity of both diseases is the subject of the project. The work is flanked by questions relating to social science aspects.