HIV-prevalence in tuberculosis patients in Germany, 2002-2009: an estimation based on HIV and tuberculosis surveillance data.

Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV comorbidity is a major challenge in TB prevention and control but difficult to assess in Germany as in other countries, where data confidentiality precludes notifying the HIV status of TB patients. We aimed to estimate the HIV-prevalence in TB patients in Germany, 2002-2009...

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Main Authors: Lena Fiebig, Christian Kollan, Barbara Hauer, Barbara Gunsenheimer-Bartmeyer, Matthias An der Heiden, Osamah Hamouda, Walter Haas
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/8dd2593dc9ec4002bde425a43ca6186b
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