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Time series cross-correlation analysis of HIV seropositivity and pulmonary tuberculosis among migrants entering Kuwait

Author(s) -

Saeed Akhtar,

Hameed GH.H. Mohammad

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

international journal of mycobacteriology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 2212-554X

pISSN - 2212-5531

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijmyco.2012.01.005

Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , demography , pulmonary tuberculosis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , mycobacterium tuberculosis , population , immunology , environmental health , pathology , sociology

There is a paucity of published data on burden and pattern of dual infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and HIV among migrants from South Asia, South-east Asia and sub-Saharan Africa entering the Middle-East, particularly Kuwait. Therefore, this study assessed the overall prevalence of HIV infection and pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and evaluated the ecological relationship between them.

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