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HIV/AIDS Co-Infection
Recent studies from University of Paris add new data to HIV/AIDS co-infection
August 12th, 2008
"Vietnam is one of the 22 countries with the highest burden of tuberculosis (TB). Although its National Tuberculosis Programme (NTP) is effective, there is no ongoing surveillance of drug resistance," scientists in Paris, France report. "To establish the first step of a surveillance programme on anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in Haiphong, the third largest city in Vietnam. A regional survey using proportionate cluster sampling in 2006, and recording patients' characteristics, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection. There was a high prevalence of HIV co-infection (14.2%) among culture-positive pulmonary TB patients. The prevalence of drug resistance...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-08-12)
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