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HIV/AIDS Co-Infection
Findings from N. Kanara et al in HIV/AIDS co-infection reported
April 15th, 2008
"Cambodia has the highest human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence (1.9%) and tuberculosis (TB) incidence (508/100 000) in Asia. Banteay Meanchey, a province with high HIV prevalence of 1.9%, established a pilot project in 2003 to enhance TB-HIV activities," researchers in the United States report. "We evaluated this project to improve performance. In March 2005, we analyzed 17 months of data on all persons diagnosed with HIV or TB at 11 participating clinics. We determined barriers to HIV testing and TB screening, modified the program to reduce these barriers and assessed whether our interventions improved testing and screening rates. Among 952 patients newly...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-04-15)
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