
TB and TB / HIV - Tuberculosis


Increasing partner HIV testing and linkage to care in TB settings: findings from an implementation study in Pwani, Tanzania
Courtenay-Quirk C, Pals S, Howard AA, Ujamaa D, Henjewele C, Munuo G, Urasa P, Nyamkara M. AIDS Care. 2018 Jul 18:1-5. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2018.1499863. Abstract Couples HIV testing for tuberculosis (TB) patients and their partners may be an effective means...
The START Study: Bridging the Know-Do Gap to Ensure Timely and Effective Antiretroviral Treatment of TB/HIV Co-infected Patients in Lesotho
The TB and HIV epidemics are closely linked in Africa: approximately 32 percent of people with TB in the African region are also living with HIV (a proportion that exceeds 50 percent in parts of Southern Africa). It is estimated that TB is responsible for one in three...
Burden of tuberculosis in HIV-positive pregnant women in Cape Town, South Africa
Odayar J, Rangaka MX, Zerbe A, Petro G, McIntyre JA, Phillips TK, Abrams EJ, Myer L. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2018 Jul 1;22(7):760-765. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.17.0448. BACKGROUND: The burden of active tuberculosis (TB) in pregnancy compared with preconception and...