Open AccessThe Impact of HIV Infection on TB Disparities Among US-Born Black and White Tuberculosis Patients in the United States
Author(s) -
Suzanne Marks,
Dolly Katz,
Amy L. Davidow,
Melissa Pagaoa,
Larry D. Teeter,
Edward A. Graviss
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of public health management and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.771
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1550-5022
pISSN - 1078-4659
DOI - 10.1097/phh.0000000000000949
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , odds ratio , confidence interval , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , population , demography , medical record , odds , immunology , logistic regression , environmental health , pathology , sociology
US-born non-Hispanic black persons (blacks) (12% of the US population) accounted for 41% of HIV diagnoses during 2008-2014. HIV infection significantly increases TB and TB-related mortality. TB rate ratios were 6 to 7 times as high in blacks versus US-born non-Hispanic whites (whites) during 2013-2016. We analyzed a sample of black and white TB patients to assess the impact of HIV infection on TB racial disparities.