HIV/AIDS and its interaction with tuberculosis in Latin America and the Caribbean
Bulletin of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
; 28(4): 312-23, Dec. 1994. ilus
Article
in English
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ABSTRACT
At present, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is thought to have infected over 17 million people worldwide, over 1 million in North America and roughly 2 million in Latin America and the Caribbean. By comparison, infection with the tuberculosis (TB) agent mycobacterium tuberculosis is far more common, current estimates that roughly one-third of the world's population is infected. These two infections tend to aggravate each other. That is, HIV leads to a progressive immune system depression that favors reactivation of TB in people with latent tuberculous infections; it promotes progression of TB primary infections or reinfections to full-blown tuberculous disease; and it fosters TB transmission, because those simultaneously infected with HIV and M. tuberculosis tend to develop a bacilliferous and contagious TB that can be transmitted to other susceptible individuals, even though the latter are HIV-negative. In addition, this coinfection tends to promote circulation of drug-resistant M. tuberculosis and to produce peculiar manifestations that complicate TB diagnosis, treatment, and control. Overall, it seems clear that the growing threat posed by the these associated agents demands effective action in the form of well-coordinated measures involving thoroughgoing participation by all countries
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Collection:
Databases of international organizations
Health context:
SDG3 - Health and Well-Being
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Neglected Diseases
Health problem:
Target 3.3: End transmission of communicable diseases
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Neglected Diseases
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Tuberculosis
Database:
PAHO
Main subject:
Tuberculosis
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HIV Infections
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Language:
English
Journal:
Bulletin of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Year:
1994
Document type:
Article