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An estimate of the contribution of HIV infection to the recent rise in tuberculosis in England and Wales
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- Published on: 29 April 2016
- Published on: 29 April 2016HIV and TBShow More
Dear Editor
The relationship between HIV and tuberculosis are probably predictable. Both are lentiform diseases and immuno suppressive. Primary tuberculous lesions may be re-activated in an immuno suppressive state and new infections are more easily established. The real danger is that one partner (tuberculosis) of this vicious circle is transferable by droplet infection and in its presence the precaution required o...
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