A disease wrongly assumed to be a thing of the past, could be on the rise as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, an expert has warned.
The pandemic could lead to a rise in tuberculosis (TB) infections around the world as some patients will have gone undiagnosed amid the crisis, Dr Laura Cleghorn, of the University of Dundee said.
There is a “pressing need” to develop new treatments for the illness which some wrongly think of as a “disease of yesteryear”, she said.
