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HIV/AIDS Co-Infection
Study results from V. Saraceni and colleagues update understanding of HIV/AIDS co-infection
August 11th, 2008
"Data from the mortality database, Rio de Janeiro City (RJC) Health Department, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. To determine the role played by tuberculosis (TB) in Brazil's human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive population, we investigated the frequency of TB as the primary cause of death among HIV-positive subjects in RJC," scientists in Brazil report. "Information about acquired immune-deficiency syndrome (AIDS) deaths from 1996 to 2005 in individuals aged > 12 years was obtained from the Mortality Information System (SIM), and the cause of death was classified according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10), through primary causes coded in Chapter...
Source: Tuberculosis Week (2008-08-11)
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