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The Immune Response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in HIV-1-Coinfected Persons.
Annual review of immunology - 26 Apr 2018
Esmail Hanif, Riou Catherine, Bruyn Elsa du, Lai Rachel Pei-Jen, Harley Yolande X R, Meintjes Graeme, Wilkinson Katalin A, Wilkinson Robert J
Abstract excerpt
Globally, about 36.7 million people were living with HIV infection at the end of 2015. The most frequent infection co-occurring with HIV-1 is Mycobacterium tuberculosis-374,000 deaths per annum are attributable to HIV-tuberculosis, 75% of those occurring in Africa. HIV-1 infection increases the risk of tuberculosis by a factor of up to 26 and alters its clinical presentation, complicates diagnosis and treatment,...
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