Impact of HIV and multidrug resistant tuberculosis coinfection on CD4+ and CD8+ T cells among patients attending Aminu Kano teaching hospital, Kano, Nigeria
Background: human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection triggers massive depletion of cluster of differentiation type 4 (CD4) T cells and is a known cause of developing active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb)infection also has a negative impact on the immune response to...
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Language: | English |
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Zagazig University, Faculty of Medicine
2022-08-01
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Series: | Microbes and Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://mid.journals.ekb.eg/article_234549_c00295bcdb3c99be5295b2888e762b8e.pdf |