Low HIV infection rates among tuberculosis patients in Dhaka, Bangladesh [5]

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 86-88

  Alam, M Shah ^a   Sarker, M S ^a   Mahmud, Asif Mujtaba ^b   Rahnian Faruq, A K M Mushfiqur ^c   Begum, Jahanara ^c   De Colombani, Pierpaolo ^d   Yirrell, David ^e   Sack, David A ^a   Azim, Tasnim ^a,f  

^a ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

^b Natl Inst Dis Chest/Hosp

^c National TB Control Project

^d World Health Organisation   (Bangladesh)

^e GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 13244294161     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462052932584     Document Type: Letter

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