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HIV/AIDS
New HIV/AIDS study findings have been reported from N. Bacaer et al
October 14th, 2008
"We present a simple mathematical model with six compartments for the interaction between HIV and TB epidemics. Using data from a township near Cape Town, South Africa, where the prevalence of HIV is above 20% and where the TB notification rate is close to 2,000 per 100,000 per year, we estimate some of the model parameters and study how various control measures might change the course of these epidemics," scientists in Bondy, France report. "Condom promotion, increased TB detection and TB preventive therapy have a clear positive effect. The impact of antiretroviral therapy on the incidence of HIV is unclear and depends on the extent to which it reduces sexual...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-10-14)
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