Latent Tuberculosis among Persons at Risk for Infection with HIV, Tijuana, Mexico
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Latent Tuberculosis among Persons at Risk for Infection with HIV, Tijuana, Mexico
Because there is little routine tuberculosis (TB) screening in Mexico, the prevalence of latent TB infection (LTBI) is unknown. In the context of an increasing HIV epidemic in Tijuana, Mexico, understanding prevalence of LTBI to anticipate emergence of increased LTBI reactivation is critical. Therefore, we recruited injection drug users, noninjection drug users, female sex workers, and homeless...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1080-6040,1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid1605.091446