Tuberculosis and HIV co-infection: do we have a surveillance system in Europe?
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چکیده
A question like, ‘‘Is TB–HIV co-infection a relevant issue?’’ is probably easier to answer, at least at a global level: TB–HIV coinfection is responsible for almost 400,000 deaths every year and TB is by far the major killer of HIV-infected persons, being responsible for over a quarter of the global burden of HIVassociated deaths; people living with HIV/AIDS infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis are at 20–30 times greater risk of developing TB compared with HIV-uninfected persons [1].
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The European respiratory journal
دوره 38 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011