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HIV/AIDS Co-Infection
Research on HIV/AIDS co-infection published by scientists at Johns Hopkins University
June 2nd, 2009
" To investigate whether short-term annual declines of 5-10% in the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) can be sustained over the long term by maintaining high case detection rates (CDRs). We constructed a compartmental difference-equation model of a TB epidemic in a hypothetical population of constant size with a treatment success rate of 85%," scientists in the United States report. "The impact of CDR on TB incidence was then investigated by generating an equilibrium population with no TB case detection and increasing the smear-positive CDR under two scenarios: (i) rapid expansion by 10% per year to a CDR of 80% after 8 years, and (ii) gradual expansion by 10% per year to...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-06-02)
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