Decreasing incidence of tuberculosis among heterosexuals living with diagnosed HIV in England and Wales

AIDS

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1151-1157

  Rice, Brian ^a,b   Elford, Jonathan ^b   Yin, Zheng ^a   Kruijshaar, Michelle ^a   Abubakar, Ibrahim ^a,c   Lipman, Marc ^c   Pozniak, Anton ^d   Kall, Meaghan ^a   Delpech, Valerie ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co infection; England; HIV; Incidence; Tuberculosis; Wales

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOSIS; WALES;

EID: 84879106234     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32835e2cb1     Document Type: Article

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