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HIV/AIDS Co-Infection
Data on HIV/AIDS co-infection published by researchers at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
September 9th, 2008
A new study, 'Tuberculosis risk among staff of a large public hospital in Kenya,' is now available. According to a study from Nairobi, Kenya, "In sub-Saharan Africa, high rates of tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection pose a serious threat for occupationally acquired TB among health care workers. To identify factors associated with TB disease among staff of an 1800-bed hospital in Kenya." "We calculated TB incidence among staff and conducted a case-control study where cases (n=65) were staff diagnosed with TB and controls (n=316) were randomly selected staff without recent TB. The annual incidence of TB from 2001 to 2005 ranged from 645 to...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-09-09)
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