Open AccessHIV-TB coinfection: Clinico-epidemiological determinants at an antiretroviral therapy center in Southern India
Author(s) -
Ramachandra Kamath,
Vikram Sharma,
Sanjay Pattanshetty,
Mohandas B Hegde,
Venkatesh Chandrasekaran
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.120605
Subject(s) - coinfection , medicine , tuberculosis , epidemiology , retrospective cohort study , pediatrics , demography , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , pathology , sociology
HIV-TB (tuberculosis) coinfection has emerged as a major public health threat. Given the multifactorial enabling environment in a resource-constrained setting like India, the consequences are of epidemic proportions.