Diabetes mellitus and HIV as co-morbidities in tuberculosis patients of rural south India

• Main Authors: Soham Gupta (Author), Vishnu Prasad Shenoy (Author), Indira Bairy (Author), Hiresave Srinivasa (Author), Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2011-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Objectives: Incidence of tuberculosis (TB) is greatest among patients with impaired immunity. India is experiencing a double epidemic of HIV and diabetes mellitus (DM), both of which are strongly associated with immuno-suppression. This study aimed to discover the prevalence of HIV and DM i...