Open AccessPrevalence, incidence and mortality associated with tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients initiating antiretroviral therapy in rural Uganda
Author(s) -
David Moore,
Cheryl A. Liechty,
Paul Ekwaru,
Willy Were,
Gerald Mwima,
Peter Solberg,
George W Rutherford,
Jonathan Mermin
Publication year - 2007
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/qad.0b013e328013f632
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , incidence (geometry) , antiretroviral therapy , mortality rate , cumulative incidence , hazard ratio , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pediatrics , demography , viral load , immunology , cohort , confidence interval , pathology , physics , sociology , optics
Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death among people with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. Expanding access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) may reduce the burden of TB, but to what extent is unknown.