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HIV/AIDS Co-Infection
Research by K. Baba and colleagues in HIV/AIDS co-infection provides new insights
July 15th, 2008
According to recent research from Bergen, Norway, "The aim of the study was to improve the diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis (TB) based on formalin-fixed biopsies from patients living in high TB and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) endemic areas. A real-time polymerase chain reaction (real-time PCR) assay targeting a segment of the gene for mycobacterial 65-kd heat shock protein was developed and evaluated on pleural biopsies from 25 patients clinically diagnosed as having TB, on the basis of the good response to treatment, and from I I controls." "A nested polymerase chain reaction (N-PCR) assay for the repetitive genetic sequence insert IS6110, common to...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-07-15)
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