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Andrea A Howard, MD
…, with the ultimate goal of improving health outcomes among HIV-infected TB patients in Lesotho. The study is a two-arm cluster randomized trial, randomized at the TB/HIV clinic level, which includes twelve TB/HIV clinics in Berea district. Clinics are randomized to deliver the c…
Tanvi, Aggarwal R, Kovacs T
In this paper, a HIV-TB co-infection model is explored which incorporates a non-linear treatment rate for TB. We begin with presenting a HIV-TB co-infection model and analyze both HIV and TB sub-models separately. The basic reproduction numbers corresponding to HIV-only, TB-only …
Abebe Fenta, Tebelay Dilnessa, Destaw Kebede, Mekuriaw Belayneh, Zigale Hibstu Teffera, et al.
…OUND:** Co-infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB) is a primary cause of death and morbidity. The rate of morbidity and death from TB-HIV is still Ethiopia's top health issue. **OBJECTIVE:** This study aimed to assess the incidence and predict…
Djatnika Setiabudi, Citra Cesilia, Almira Aliyannissa, Heda Melinda Nataprawira
…ackground Studies about virologic and immunologic status of HIV children are lacking. Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common opportunistic infection in HIV patients and co-infection is associated with much worse prognosis.
 Objective To describe the virologic and immunologic s…
Case Western Reserve University
… infection in children. Study participants will include 300 HIV-infected (HIV infection is a viral infection that causes disease which destroys the body's ability to protect itself from infection and disease.) children and 500 HIV-uninfected children, ages 3 months to 5 years, re…
Novi Pampalia, Agung Waluyo, Sri Yona
TB and HIV are still global health issues . Aim of this study was to identify the relationship between HIV knowledge, TB knowledge, HIV stigma, TB stigma and health seeking behavior in PLWHA coinfected TB in the city in Jakarta. Used a cross-sectional design with a purposive samp…
Khan NH, Verma C, Beg MMA, Kumar SN, Kaushik G, et al.
Background CD4+ cells, HIV-1 plasma viral load (PVL), and IFN-γ have been observed to enhance susceptibility in TB infection/reactivation among HIV-1 infected people, leading to unusual clinical manifestations. HIV-TB co-infection is significant for immunological and virological …
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
…the most common presenting illness among people living with HIV. At least one third of the 34 million people living with HIV worldwide are infected with TB. These coinfected persons are 21-34 times more likely to develop active TB disease than persons without HIV. TB is the leadi…
Mwatenga SA, Musa AA, Muturi MW, Musyoki AM
…s higher in prisons compared to the general population, and HIV-infected persons are at increased risk of developing active TB and death. In the World Health Organization (WHO) African region, however, where the TB and HIV coinfections are highest, and prisons rarely factored in …
S Thomson, V Overbeck, D Theron, B Botha, S Malatesta, et al.
**BACKGROUND:** Linking people diagnosed with TB and HIV into care is critical. However, many barriers exist to care linkage, especially for people who use drugs (PWUD). **OBJECTIVES:** Characterise differences in TB and HIV care linkage among PWUD in a high-TB/HIV-burden settin…
Rhodner J. Orisma
…deals with tuberculosis (TB), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in Broward County, South Florida. Theoretically, it demonstrates the existing co-infection between TB and HIV that provokes HIV-related TB or AIDS. Additionally, it indi…
Muhmmad Fachri, Salsabila Widya Pramesti, Risky Akaputra, Fitri Yanti
… Standard for TB Care (ISTC), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is one of the main comorbidities in TB. Purposes: To compare the positivity rate of GeneXpert in diagnosing TB to suspected TB adult patients with and without HIV infection at three private hospitals in Jakarta. Met…
Sisay S, Mekonen A, Abera A, Berhan Y, Kebede T, et al.
Background Globally, HIV and tuberculosis (TB) are a leading cause of death if they occur as co-morbidities in affected individuals. The aim of this study was to evaluate the collaboration between TB and HIV control activities by determining the co-morbidity rate in Oromia Region…
Bairwa P, Verma MC, Kumari A, Gupta A, Singh Y
Background India shares 2/3 of global TB burden. MDR and HIV coinfections are the main obstacle in achieving the successful TB control because it decrease the therapy effect. Objective To analyze the long-term trends of incidence of tuberculosis cases and identify any differences…
Godwin Anguzu, Amanda Meyer, Emmanuel Ochom, Ashley S. Tseng, Meixin Zhang, et al.
Abstract Background Strong epidemiological links between HIV and tuberculosis (TB) may make household TB contact investigation an efficient strategy for HIV screening and finding individuals in serodifferent partnerships at risk of HIV and linking them to HIV prevention services.…
Phoswa WN, Eche S, Khaliq OP
…is review highlights the impact of TB mono-infection and TB-HIV co-infection on the pathogenesis of adverse maternal outcomes such as hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) and adverse fetal outcomes such as recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA), fetal growth restriction (FGR),…
T van Dorsten Rebecca, Dewa Gde Mahiswara Suadiatmika, Ni Nyoman Margiani
…y Mycobacterium tuberculosis that mostly attacks the lungs. HIV is a virus that causes damage to the immune system. HIV infection increases the risk of developing pulmonary TB because TB is an opportunistic disease; vice versa TB infection increases HIV progression. This study is…
J. Lucian Davis, MD, Achilles Katamba, PhD, Mari Armstrong-Hough, PhD
…vioral intervention designed to normalize the acceptance of HIV testing in the household and increase diagnosis of HIV. An estimated 39 million people worldwide are living with HIV, but nearly half do not know their status because they are unaware that they are at risk, unable t…
Hoa NB, Nhung NV
Background Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV remain a major causes of morbidity and mortality globally. We conducted an analysis of TB/HIV surveillance data to describe the trends in HIV testing coverage and HIV positivity rate among TB patients in Viet Nam, 2011-2017. Main text This was…
Gamuchirai P. Gwaza, Monkoe Leqheka, Sabine Dittrich, Tsietso Mots’oane, Kekeletso Kao
Introduction: Integrated testing of TB and HIV can improve health outcomes and save costs. The GeneXpert (GX) instrument, a multi-disease testing platform, can allow for simultaneous HIV and TB testing. However, utilization of the platform for integrated testing remains suboptima…
Selimin DS, Ismail A, Ahmad N, Ismail R, Mohd Azman NF, et al.
… threat to people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This study aimed to identify the characteristics, unsuccessful TB treatment rate, and determinants of unsuccessful TB treatment outcome among patients with TB-HIV coinfection in Kuala Lumpur. Methods This was a cro…
Turbawaty DK, Surdjaja NR, Indrati AR, Lismayanti L, Logito V
Introduction Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is a risk factor for the occurrence of a large of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) antigen load in the body. The antigens cocktail namely early secretory antigenic target protein 6-kDa (ESAT-6), Culture filtrate protein 10…
Vecchione MB, Laufer N, Sued O, Corti M, Salomon H, et al.
…. Risk of developing TB among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-coinfected patients (HIV-TB) is 20-30 times higher than those without HIV infection, and a synergistic interplay between these two pathogens accelerates the decline in immunological functions. TB treatment in HIV-TB…
Villalva-Serra K, Barreto-Duarte B, Nunes VM, Menezes RC, Rodrigues MMS, et al.
…untries that also report high numbers of people living with HIV (PLWH) and/or diabetes mellitus (DM). However, the unique features of persons with TB-HIV-DM are incompletely understood. This study compared anti-TB treatment (ATT) outcomes of diabetic and non-diabetic TB/HIV co-in…
Hestad KA, Chinyama J, Anitha MJ, Ngoma MS, McCutchan JA, et al.
Background HIV infection may result in neurocognitive deficits, but the effects of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB+), a common comorbid condition in HIV infection, on cognition in HIV infections are unknown. Accordingly, we examined the effects of TB+, on neurocognitive functioning in…