Incidence and risk factors for tuberculosis in people living with HIV: cohort from HIV referral health centers in Recife, Brazil.
OBJECTIVE: To identify the incidence of and risk factors for tuberculosis in people living with HIV (PLHIV). DESIGN: Observational, prospective cohort study. METHODS: A total of 2069 HIV-infected patients was observed between July 2007 and December 2010. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to estimate...
Main Authors: | Joanna d'Arc Lyra Batista, Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque, Magda Maruza, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes, Marcela Lopes Santos, Ulisses Ramos Montarroyos, Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho, Heloisa Ramos Lacerda, Laura Cunha Rodrigues |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3651200?pdf=render |
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