Tuberculosis/HIV co-infection in Brazilian state capitals: comments from the data of the Information System of Notifiable Diseases

Objective: To describe the frequency of requests for serological testing for HIV infection in patients with Tuberculosis and the prevalence of such co-infection in Brazilian state capitals and in the Federal District (DF), between 2004 and 2006. Methods: It was a retrospective epidemiological survey...

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Main Authors: Helder Oliveira e Silva, Marcelo Luiz Carvalho Gonçalves
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade de Fortaleza 2009-09-01
Series:Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde
Subjects:
HIV
Online Access:http://www.unifor.br/images/pdfs/pdfs_notitia/3550.pdf