Tuberculosis should not be considered an AIDS-defining illness in areas with a high tuberculosis prevalence

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 231-237

  Badri, M ^a   Ehrlich, R ^a   Pulerwitz, T ^a   Wood, R ^a   Maartens, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS; HIV; HIV staging systems; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0036209611     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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