HIV/Tuberculosis Coinfection
HIV-1 replication persists despite treatment of pulmonary TB in coinfected patients
Published in AIDS Weekly, January 9th, 2006
"Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common life-threatening infection in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected persons and frequently occurs before the onset of severe immunodeficiency. Development of TB is associated with increased HIV type 1 (HIV-1) viral load, a fall in CD4 lymphocyte counts, and increased mortality," according to scientists in the United States.
H.M. Kizza and colleagues at Case Western Reserve University wrote, "The aim of [our] study was to examine how treatment of pulmonary TB affected HIV-1 activity in HIV-1/TB-coinfected...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2006-01-09)
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