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HIV/AIDS Co-Infection
Researchers from University of Lund report details of new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS co-infection
September 2nd, 2008
"Few and inconclusive results have been presented regarding the influence of human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1) infection on the risk of acquiring tuberculosis (TB). In 1994-1997, we performed a prospective study on hospitalized adult patients with pulmonary TB in Guinea-Bissau and compared the clinical outcome in HIV-2 and HIV-negative patients," scientists in Lund, Sweden report. "We determined the prevalence of HTLV-1 in all patients screened and diagnosed with TB in that study and compared the infection rate with a serosurvey of HTLV-1 in a population sample from a community-based study conducted at the same time and in the same city. In the TB group, a total of...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-09-02)
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