HIV/Tuberculosis Co-Infection among Patients Attending a Referral Chest Clinic in Nasarawa State, Nigeria
| Autor: | Iheukwumere Cc, Ishaleku D, Umeh Eu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
education.field_of_study Multidisciplinary Tuberculosis biology business.industry Population virus diseases Odds ratio medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical research Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Relative risk Internal medicine Immunology Attributable risk medicine business education |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Applied Sciences. 7:933-935 |
| ISSN: | 1812-5654 |
| DOI: | 10.3923/jas.2007.933.935 |
| Popis: | Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) co-infection rate was investigated among patients referred to a chest clinic in Nasarawa State Nigeria. Out of the 344 patients who presented with respiratory problems at the clinic 44.8% had TB infection 24.7% HIV infection and 12.8% HIV/tubercle bacilli co-infection. Co-infection rate in HIV infected persons (HIV) was 51.8% and 28.6% in those with TB infection. The relative risk of HIV positive persons being co-infected was 1.075 while it was 0.401 for TB infected persons. The estimated Odds Ratio (OR) shows that the risk of co-infection was 2.68 times higher among HIV persons than among those with TB. The attributable risk was 45% and shows the extent to which co-infection could be attributed to HIV infection. A key socio-economic variable eating in groups was significantly correlated with co-infection (r = 0.107; p < 0.05). The results of this study may provide a useful policy guide in the formulation of HIV and TB control measures in Nigeria. (authors) |
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