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Estimating the impact of the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment outcomes in Southeastern City in Iran: an interrupted time series analysis of the preceding 10 years of ecological data

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11959-0

Published Online: 2024-11-28

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Authors

Sharafi, Mehdi

TalebiMoghaddam, Maryam

Narouee, Sakineh

Heiran, Alireza

Khaleghi, Mohsen

Mouseli, Ali

Amiri, Zahra
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Article History

Received: 23 August 2024

Accepted: 18 November 2024

First Online: 28 November 2024

Declarations

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: The authors have completely observed ethical issues, including plagiarism, informed consent, misconduct, data fabrication and/or falsification, double publication and/or submission, redundancy, etc. This ecological study was conducted on surveillance data of TB in Iranshahr and informed consent was exempted because it was reported as grouped data with no identifying factors. The study was performed according to the ethical guidelines expressed in the Declaration of Helsinki and the Strengthening of the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STORB) guideline. This study was approved by the Research Committee of Fasa University of Medical Sciences (ID: 402343) and the Research Ethics Committee of Fasa University of Medical Sciences, which waived the requirement for informed consent (Reference number: IR.FUMS.REC.1402.067).

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.

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