Mortality related to tuberculosis-HIV/AIDS co-infection in Brazil, 2000-2011: epidemiological patterns and time trends

• Main Authors: Mauricélia da Silveira Lima (Author), Francisco Rogerlândio Martins-Melo (Author), Jorg Heukelbach (Author), Carlos Henrique Alencar (Author), Reagan Nzundu Boigny (Author), Alberto Novaes Ramos Júnior (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract: Co-infection of tuberculosis (TB)-HIV/AIDS is a persistent public health problem in Brazil. This study describes epidemiological patterns and time trends of mortality related to TB-HIV/AIDS co-infection. Based on mortality data from 2000-2011 (almost 12.5 million deaths), 19,815 deaths rel...