Open AccessRisk Factors for Developing Tuberculosis in HIV-1–Infected Adults From Communities With a Low or Very High Incidence of Tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Robin Wood,
Gary Maartens,
Carl Lombard
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/00126334-200001010-00010
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , medicine , tuberculin , incidence (geometry) , cohort , cohort study , tuberculosis diagnosis , relative risk , immunology , confidence interval , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology , physics , optics
To estimate the incidence rate of tuberculosis in HIV-1-infected adults resident in a region with a high tuberculosis prevalence and to identify clinical and laboratory parameters associated with increased risk of developing tuberculosis.