Tuberculosis-HIV Co-infection in Kiev City, Ukraine

Tuberculosis-HIV Co-infection in Kiev City, Ukraine

In 2004, we tested all patients with newly diagnosed tuberculosis (TB) for HIV in Kiev City. The results were compared to information from medical records of 2002, when co-infection prevalence was 6.3%. Of 968 TB patients, 98 (10.1%) were HIV infected. TB-HIV co-infection is increasing, especially i...

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Main Authors: Marieke J. van der Werf, Olga B. Yegorova, Nelly Chentsova, Yuriy Chechulin, Epco Hasker, Vasyl I. Petrenko, Jaap Veen, Leonid V. Turchenko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
HIV
tuberculosis
co-infection
risk factors
Ukraine
Eastern Europe
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/5/05-1103_article

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