Ributed to the expansion in access to services for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV, the primary route of HIV acquisition in children. Sub-Saharan Africa is disproportionately represented in the epidemic with 69 of the global total of people living with HIV (UNAIDS 2012). An estimated 90 of the world's children living with HIV live in sub-Saharan Africa. At the end of 2011, 54 of
R patient. In particular, for individuals with low CD4+ cell counts at risk for smear-negative and disseminated forms of TB, implementation of an `Xpert plus LF-LAM' algorithm in place of continued reliance on smear-microscopy and clinical diagnoses may be preferable to a strategy of Xpert replacement of smearmicroscopy.AIDS. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2014 August 15.Shah et al.PageDespit
R patient. In particular, for individuals with low CD4+ cell counts at risk for smear-negative and disseminated forms of TB, implementation of an `Xpert plus LF-LAM' algorithm in place of continued reliance on smear-microscopy and clinical diagnoses may be preferable to a strategy of Xpert replacement of smearmicroscopy.AIDS. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2014 August 15.Shah et al.PageDespit
Of HIV and TB among multiple variables like gender, race, sexual orientation and age to get a comprehensive picture of the trends of HIV and TB. Keywords: tuberculosis; HIV; United States; sub-Saharan Africa1. Introduction Tuberculosis and HIV are common and often deadly infectious diseases. Tuberculosis is caused in humans by mycobacteria, mainly Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The mode of transmissi