Coinfection (TB/HIV)

TB Contacts Screening Suggested

Published in AIDS Weekly, August 14th, 2000

Health clinics should look more carefully for the AIDS virus among people who have close contact with tuberculosis patients because HIV positive people are much more vulnerable to TB, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended August 3, 2000.

The CDC studied the screening practices of clinics in 11 urban areas. Researchers found that the AIDS virus status was unknown for 87% of the 6,225 people who had close contact with infectious tuberculosis patients.

People whose immune systems are weakened by the AIDS virus are much more likely than healthy people to contract TB, which is transmitted through the air by those with...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2000-08-14)

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