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. 2020 Sep 24:taaa179. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa179

Neglected tropical diseases in non-endemic countries in the era of COVID-19 pandemic: the great forgotten

Marta Tilli 1, Piero Olliaro 2, Federico Gobbi 3, Zeno Bisoffi 4,5, Alessandro Bartoloni 6,7, Lorenzo Zammarchi 8,9,
PMCID: PMC7543559  PMID: 32970143

Abstract

In non-endemic countries, the access to healthcare for migrants and other patients with NTDs may be hampered by new barriers linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. Low awareness of health care professionals on the opportunistic potential of some NTDs may lead to unfavorable outcome of COVID-19 patients treated with immunomodulatory drugs.

Keywords: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Migrants, Screening programs, Immunosuppressive treatment, Strongyloidiasis, Leishmaniasis, Chagas disease


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