Low mortality rates at two years in HIV-infected individuals undergoing systematic tuberculosis testing with rapid assays at initiation of antiretroviral treatment in Mozambique

Background: Few studies have evaluated the mortality rate in individuals with HIV initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART), undergoing screening with combined or repeated rapid tests for tuberculosis (TB). Methods: All individuals with HIV starting ART, irrespective of the presence of TB-related symp...

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Main Authors: Marco Floridia, Fausto Ciccacci, Mauro Andreotti, Elsa Mutemba, Abdul Paulo, Marcelo Xavier, Stefano Orlando, Giovanni Guidotti, Marina Giuliano, Maria Cristina Marazzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
HIV
LAM
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220306457