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KENYA: Displacement raises risk of drug-resistant TB

Quarantined South Africa TB Patients Flee Hospital

U.N. To Hold Meeting in June To Examine HIV/TB Coinfection Worldwide

New Strategy Backs Combined Efforts at Fighting TB and HIV

SOUTH AFRICA: Prison-like hospitals for drug-resistant TB patients

DRC: Rise in TB cases linked to co-infection with HIV

Report: TB Infection Rates in Africa Have Doubled Since 1990

ZAMBIA: Webster Katope: "I had no idea I had TB"

UGANDA: Only one third of TB patients cured

World TB Day is March 24: Updated TB Data on GlobalHealthFacts.org

Progress in TB diagnosis and control slowing, says new report

Progress in Global Fight To Stop TB Slowing, WHO Report Says

Spread of TB in Africa Fueled by HIV/AIDS, Other Factors, Perspective Piece Says

COTE D'IVOIRE: Tuberculosis infections spreading

'Still Time' To Prevent Global Outbreak of Drug-Resistant TB, Editorial Says

WHO Releases Report on Global Scale of Drug-Resistant TB

GLOBAL: Drug-resistant TB on the increase

Drug-Resistant TB Outbreaks in Africa, Ukraine Not Diminishing, Scientists Say

HIV/AIDS Fueling Increase in TB Cases in Uganda, Health Officials Says

BOTSWANA: Extremely dangerous TB strain detected

UGANDA: HIV/AIDS triggers rise in TB infections

First Two Cases of XDR-TB Confirmed in Botswana, Ministry of Health Says

Old TB Drug Gets a Second Look

S. African Authorities Urge TB Patients to Return to Hospital After Escape

Using the internet to train physicians on MDR-TB

Improved data on XDR-TB "early next year": WHO

GLOBAL: Simple measures could radically reduce TB

AFRICA: TB and AIDS Campaigns Urged to Co-operate

Q&A: "TB and XDR-TB Are Not an African Problem Only"

Experts Say New Drugs, Rapid Diagnosis Needed for Drug Resistant TB

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TB is the second leading single cause of death in Africa after malaria according to the WHO. TB is the commonest opportunistic infection in HIV/AIDS. 10 -15% of HIV/AIDS patients have TB as the initial presenting cause. The prevalence rate of co-infection with HIV is very high in Africa, over 50% in some countries.

National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention - Division of Tuberculosis Elimination

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INFORMATION

DRUGS & TREATMENT

World TB Day 2002

Research on the web

Antiretroviral drugs for tuberculosis control in the era of HIV/AIDS
AIDScience8/19/2003

Fluoroquinolones, tuberculosis, and resistance
The Lancet Infectious Diseases6/24/2003

Current medical treatment for tuberculosis
The BMJ11/29/2002

Better, stronger, faster - the new test for tuberculosis
The Lancet Infectious Diseases11/18/2002

Tuberculosis experts review 10 years of progress

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