Tuberculosis-HIV Co-infection in Kiev City, Ukraine
In 2004, we tested all patients with newly diagnosed tuberculosis (TB) for HIV in Kiev City. The results were compared to information from medical records of 2002, when co-infection prevalence was 6.3%. Of 968 TB patients, 98 (10.1%) were HIV infected. TB-HIV co-infection is increasing, especially i...
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author | Marieke J. van der Werf Olga B. Yegorova Nelly Chentsova Yuriy Chechulin Epco Hasker Vasyl I. Petrenko Jaap Veen Leonid V. Turchenko |
author_facet | Marieke J. van der Werf Olga B. Yegorova Nelly Chentsova Yuriy Chechulin Epco Hasker Vasyl I. Petrenko Jaap Veen Leonid V. Turchenko |
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description | In 2004, we tested all patients with newly diagnosed tuberculosis (TB) for HIV in Kiev City. The results were compared to information from medical records of 2002, when co-infection prevalence was 6.3%. Of 968 TB patients, 98 (10.1%) were HIV infected. TB-HIV co-infection is increasing, especially in injecting drug users. |
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spelling | doaj.art-647d37155097411d8407db032ea814492022-12-22T00:23:36ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592006-05-0112576676810.3201/eid1205.051103Tuberculosis-HIV Co-infection in Kiev City, UkraineMarieke J. van der WerfOlga B. YegorovaNelly ChentsovaYuriy ChechulinEpco HaskerVasyl I. PetrenkoJaap VeenLeonid V. TurchenkoIn 2004, we tested all patients with newly diagnosed tuberculosis (TB) for HIV in Kiev City. The results were compared to information from medical records of 2002, when co-infection prevalence was 6.3%. Of 968 TB patients, 98 (10.1%) were HIV infected. TB-HIV co-infection is increasing, especially in injecting drug users.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/5/05-1103_articleHIVtuberculosisco-infectionrisk factorsUkraineEastern Europe |
spellingShingle | Marieke J. van der Werf Olga B. Yegorova Nelly Chentsova Yuriy Chechulin Epco Hasker Vasyl I. Petrenko Jaap Veen Leonid V. Turchenko Tuberculosis-HIV Co-infection in Kiev City, Ukraine Emerging Infectious Diseases HIV tuberculosis co-infection risk factors Ukraine Eastern Europe |
title | Tuberculosis-HIV Co-infection in Kiev City, Ukraine |
title_full | Tuberculosis-HIV Co-infection in Kiev City, Ukraine |
title_fullStr | Tuberculosis-HIV Co-infection in Kiev City, Ukraine |
title_full_unstemmed | Tuberculosis-HIV Co-infection in Kiev City, Ukraine |
title_short | Tuberculosis-HIV Co-infection in Kiev City, Ukraine |
title_sort | tuberculosis hiv co infection in kiev city ukraine |
topic | HIV tuberculosis co-infection risk factors Ukraine Eastern Europe |
url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/5/05-1103_article |
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