TB and HIV    Introduction to TB        TB-Disease        TB – Symptoms        TB – Diagnosis        TB – Treatment Options        MDR TB        Extra Pulmonary TB        TB & HIV        TB & Women        Pediatric TB        TB Fact Sheet        TB High Burden Countries HIV and MDRTB will make the TB epidemic much more severe unless urgent action is taken. One in three HIV-infected people worldwide is co infected with the TB bacterium. TB is responsible for the death of one out of every three people with HIV/AIDS worldwide. People who are HIV-positive and infected with TB are 30 times more likely to develop active TB than people who are HIV-negative. The TB bacterium enhances HIV replication and might accelerate the natural progression of HIV infection. Because of the increased spread of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, the number of TB cases in that region will double to 4 million new cases per year soon after 2005. Almost half of HIV patients in sub-Saharan Africa develop active TB, whereas only 5% to 10% of individuals infected with TB and not infected with HIV develop active TB. To know more on HIV and TB click on: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2004/9241546344.pdf http://www.columbia-icap.org/ethiopia/tb.html

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