HIV & TB “ The Deadly Duo ”
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چکیده
WHO estimates that more than 7 million people, 98% of whom are in the developing world are co-infected with HIV and TB. The situation is explosive, leading to unprecedented public health crises. Both diseases are devastating but the devastation of the TB /HIV co-epidemic surpasses the devastation of either disease on its own. An estimated 1.4 million new cases of HIV-TB occurred in 2008, representing 15% of the total global burden of TB. In addition, an estimated 5,00,000 HIV-TB deaths accounted for 26% of global HIV/AIDS mortality.
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