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Assess the impact of the HIV pandemic on global tuberculosis control and identify critical strategies required to curb coinfection rates.

May 12, 2003Archives of Internal Medicine

The Growing Burden of Tuberculosis

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ECElizabeth L. CorbettUniversity of Liverpool CWCatherine WattInstitute of Cancer Research NWNeff WalkerJohns Hopkins University

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Epidemiological review demonstrates the expanding challenge of tuberculosis control in high-HIV prevalence settings, indicating an urgent need to scale targeted interventions.

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Assess the impact of the HIV pandemic on global tuberculosis control and identify critical strategies required to curb coinfection rates.
Evaluated global tuberculosis control strategies in the context of the expanding HIV co-epidemic.
Assessed implementation requirements for the World Health Organization Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course (WHO DOTS) framework.
The HIV pandemic poses a substantial threat to global tuberculosis control by driving higher infection rates in affected populations.
Curbing the disease burden requires expanding WHO DOTS programs alongside targeted interventions in regions with high HIV prevalence.

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Corbett et al. (2003) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dd62e326032fe00d100e25 https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.163.9.1009

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Epidemiological review demonstrates the expanding challenge of tuberculosis control in high-HIV prevalence settings, indicating an urgent need to scale targeted interventions.

The Growing Burden of Tuberculosis

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The Growing Burden of Tuberculosis

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