Open AccessCommunity study of the relative impact of HIV-1 and HIV-2 on intrathoracic tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Rémonie Seng,
Per Gustafson,
Vera Lúcia de Oliveira Gomes,
Cesaltina S Vieira,
Paulo Rabna,
Olav Larsen,
Bernard Larouzé,
Renée Norberg,
Ida Maria Lisse,
Badara Samb
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/00002030-200205030-00013
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , medicine , incidence (geometry) , population , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , seroprevalence , coinfection , immunology , pathology , environmental health , antibody , serology , physics , optics
HIV-1 infection is associated with an increased incidence of and mortality from tuberculosis. Few community studies have examined the effect of HIV-2 on tuberculosis.