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01-05-2014 | Poster presentation
Characterization of TB-HIV co infected cases of Udupi district in coastal Karnataka
Authors:
Parashuram Rao, Kiran Chawla, Vishnu Prasad Shenoy, Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay
Published in:
BMC Infectious Diseases
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Special Issue 3/2014
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Excerpt
The rapidly increasing HIV epidemic has fuelled the problem of controlling the spread of tuberculosis. There is a lack of data showing the prevalence of HIVTB co infection from coastal areas of Karnataka. This study was planned to look for the TB and HIV co infection in the Udupi district of Coastal Karnataka and to detect the drug resistance in the study population. …