MAPPING THE FOOTPRINTS OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Mapping the footprints of COVID-19 pandemic

The new member of the coronavirus family created havoc in the world in few days of its discovery and was declared as a pandemic by March 2020.The enveloped, single-stranded RNA virus was first identified in a patient with dry cough, pain, and weakness for the past1 week with unknown etiology in Wuhan.The coronavirus soon spread across the globe in

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Baseline predictors of sputum culture conversion in pulmonary tuberculosis: importance of cavities, smoking, time to detection and W-Beijing genotype.

BackgroundTime to detection (TTD) on automated liquid mycobacterial cultures is an emerging biomarker of tuberculosis outcomes.The M.tuberculosis W-Beijing genotype is spreading globally, indicating a selective advantage.There is a paucity of data on the association between baseline TTD and W-Beijing genotype and tuberculosis outcomes.AimTo assess

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