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Tuberculosis/hiv Co-infection
Tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/ AIDS) constitute the main burden of infectious disease in resource-limited countries. Estimates by the World Health Orgnisation (WHO) indicate that there are more than nine million new active cases of TB and close to two million deaths per year and 2.6 million new cases of HIV infection and 1.8 million ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Pathogens
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1553-7374
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002464