Trend of HIV and tuberculosis co-epidemics in different regions of World Health Organization during 2003-2017
Ahmad Mehri, Yousef Alimohamadi, Mohsen Mohammadi, Mojtaba Sepandi, Farzad Khodamoradi, Firooz Eesmaeilzadeh
HIV & AIDS Review · 2020-10
Abstract
The co-infection of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/tuberculosis (TB) is one of the main public health problems globally. Due to the importance of this problem, the aim of the current study was to determine the trend of TB patients with known HIV status and TB patients who are HIV-positive in different regions of World Health Organization (WHO) from 2003 to 2017.
MeSH terms
- Tuberculosis
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
- Medicine
- Virology
- Demography