More intensive methods needed to identify TB in HIV-prone populations

Friday, January 14, 2011 - 17:31 in Health & Medicine

Identifying tuberculosis patients in Africa using passive methods is leaving many cases undiagnosed, according to researchers who studied case detection methods in HIV-prone western Kenya. Tuberculosis (TB) occurs commonly in men and women with HIV, but in these patients TB can be more difficult to detect.

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