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Edelweiss Journal of AIDS

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Background: World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates at year 2014 there were 9.6 million peoples worldwide suffering from Tuberculosis (TB). One third of the 37 million peoples living with HIV worldwide were infected by latent TB, in which people with latent TB were at risk 26 times (24-28) to become patients with active TB. In September 2014

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Volume 1 Issue 1

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Introduction: Tuberculosis is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among HIV-infected individuals. Tuberculosis and human immune deficiency virus infections are two major public health problems in many parts of the world. Globally tuberculosis is a leading cause of death among people living with HIV and it is the most potent risk factor for

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Background: The purpose of this project was to determine the prevalence of Hepatitis C among the inmates of Her Majesty s Prison in Anguilla, British West Indies, as well as the rate of transmission whilst incarcerated. Participation was voluntarily by 24 participants and confidentiality was maintained by replacing the inmate s names with numbe

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