| Literature DB >> 20550779 |
X-W Wang1, Y Liu, B-Q Dong, F-Y Liu, Q Chen.
Abstract
To assess the prevalence of TB-HIV (tuberculosis-human immunodeficiency virus) co-infection and the effect of provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling (PITC) strategy among TB patients, we applied the PITC strategy to recruit and investigate 2795 newly registered TB patients from 15 TB institutes in Guangxi Province, Southern China. HIV test acceptance rate and HIV positivity were respectively 99.1% and 2.2%. This study indicates that it is feasible and effective to implement PITC HIV testing in TB patients. Guangxi Province had a high burden of HIV infection among TB patients.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID： 20550779
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Tuberc Lung Dis ISSN： 1027-3719 Impact factor: 2.373