Incidence and risk factors for tuberculosis in people living with HIV: cohort from HIV referral health centers in Recife, Brazil.

Incidence and risk factors for tuberculosis in people living with HIV: cohort from HIV referral health centers in Recife, Brazil.

OBJECTIVE: To identify the incidence of and risk factors for tuberculosis in people living with HIV (PLHIV). DESIGN: Observational, prospective cohort study. METHODS: A total of 2069 HIV-infected patients was observed between July 2007 and December 2010. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to estimate...

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Main Authors: Joanna d'Arc Lyra Batista, Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque, Magda Maruza, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes, Marcela Lopes Santos, Ulisses Ramos Montarroyos, Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho, Heloisa Ramos Lacerda, Laura Cunha Rodrigues
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3651200?pdf=render

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