The rate of TB-HIV co-infection depends on the prevalence of HIV infection in a community

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Datiko, Daniel G ^a,c   Yassin, Mohammed A ^a,b   Chekol, Luelseged T ^a   Kabeto, Lopisso E ^a   Lindtjørn, Bernt ^c  

^a Southern Nations   (Ethiopia)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 52249106658     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-266     Document Type: Article

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