Trends in, and factors associated with, HIV infection amongst tuberculosis patients in the era of anti-retroviral therapy: a retrospective study in England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Trends in, and factors associated with, HIV infection amongst tuberculosis patients in the era of anti-retroviral therapy: a retrospective study in England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Abstract Background HIV increases the progression of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection to active disease and contributed to increased TB in the UK until 2004. We describe temporal trends in HIV infection amongst patients with TB and identify factors associated with HIV infection. Methods We used na...

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Main Authors: Joanne R. Winter, Helen R. Stagg, Colette J. Smith, Maeve K. Lalor, Jennifer A. Davidson, Alison E. Brown, James Brown, Dominik Zenner, Marc Lipman, Anton Pozniak, Ibrahim Abubakar, Valerie Delpech
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
HIV
Tuberculosis
Epidemiology
Trends
Latent tuberculosis
Drug misuse
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-018-1070-2

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