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HIV/AIDS Co-Infection
Research data from San Francisco General Hospital update understanding of HIV/AIDS co-infection
August 26th, 2008
"Tuberculosis (TB) and the emerging multidrug-resistant TB epidemic represent major challenges to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care and treatment programs in resource-limited settings. Tuberculosis is a major cause of mortality among patients with HIV and poses a risk throughout the course of HIV disease, even after successful initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART)," researchers in the United States report. "Progress in the implementation of activities directed at reducing TB burden in the HIV population lags far behind global targets. HIV programs designed for longitudinal care are ideally suited to implement TB control measures and have no option but to...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-08-26)
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