Comments on: prevalence and risk factors for tuberculosis and HIV coinfections in Kenyan prison inmates

Abstract The study by Mwatenga et al. found a tuberculosis (TB) prevalence of 10.2% and an HIV prevalence of 19.1% among inmates, with all TB cases co-infected with HIV. Education level, smoking history, and substance use are key predictors of coinfections. Although informative, its single-centred d...

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Published in:	Tropical Medicine and Health
Main Authors:	Muhammad Hamza, ZIL-E-Huma Jalil, Abid Jan Abdul Sattar, Hamnah Sohail, Malik Olatunde Oduoye
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2024-10-01
Subjects:	TB HIV Inmates Malnutrition Infection Smoking
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-024-00650-z