Epidemiological investigation of tuberculosis HIV co-infection
- Author:
Do Ba Ho
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
epidemiology
- MeSH:
Epidemiologic Studies;
HIV;
tubeculosis
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2002;435(11):25-27
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The investigated numbers of TB/HIV co-infection was 31 cases. The investigated rate of the co-infection in TB group was 5.2% (17/329) and 17.3% (14/81) in positive HIV group, the dead rate of TB/HIV patients was 22.6%. The group of the highest risk was intravenous drug users (23/31). The numbers of co-infection focus on 4 districs which have had the greatest number of HIV cases in Lang Son province.
