The burden of HIV on Tuberculosis patients in the Volta region of Ghana from 2012 to 2015: implication for Tuberculosis control

The impact of HIV on TB, and the implications for TB control, has been acknowledged as a public health challenge. It is imperative therefore to assess the burden of HIV on TB patients as an indicator for monitoring the control efforts of the two diseases in this part of the world. This study aimed a...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMC infectious diseases 2017-07, Vol.17 (1), p.504-504, Article 504
Hauptverfasser: Osei, Eric, Der, Joyce, Owusu, Richard, Kofie, Philip, Axame, Wisdom Kudzo
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Zusammenfassung:The impact of HIV on TB, and the implications for TB control, has been acknowledged as a public health challenge. It is imperative therefore to assess the burden of HIV on TB patients as an indicator for monitoring the control efforts of the two diseases in this part of the world. This study aimed at determining the burden of HIV infection in TB patients. We conducted a retrospective review of TB registers in five districts of the Volta Region of Ghana. Prevalence of TB/HIV co-infection was determined. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression were used to identify the predictors of HIV infection among TB patients and statistical significance was set at p-value
ISSN:1471-2334
1471-2334
DOI:10.1186/s12879-017-2598-z