Tuberculosis cases in the U.S. increased 9.4% in 2021 after falling about 20% in 2020, according to a new study published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
At the same time, 2021 rates are still about 13% lower than before the pandemic.
In 2019, there were about 2.7 cases per 100,000 people, which fell to 2.2 in 2020 and rose to 2.4 in 2021. In total, 7,860 tuberculosis cases were reported in 2021, up from 7,173 in 2020 but lower than 8,900 in 2019. Several factors likely played into the tuberculosis trends during the past few years due to the pandemic, the researchers wrote. Travel restrictions and safety protocols may have led to fewer cases. A strained health care system may have also led to missed or delayed diagnoses, they wrote, as well as misdiagnoses since tuberculosis and COVID-19 share similar respiratory symptoms.
The pandemic also likely led to a decrease in tuberculosis testing due to an overwhelming focus on testing for the coronavirus.
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