Respectively, compared with `Smear' when annual HIV costs are included (Table 2). All rapid diagnostic algorithms exceed the WTP threshold if annual HIV/ART costs increase beyond 600 per year (Supplemental Digital Content 2, http://links.lww.com/QAD/A400). Alternatively, if ART costs and benefits are eliminated altogether (i.e. reduced lifeexpectancy after TB treatment), the ICERs for algorithms
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
Ciency syndrome (AIDS) in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections. Infection with HIV occurs by the transfer of blood, semen, vaginal fluid, pre-ejaculate, or breast milk. The modes of transmission are unprotected sex, contaminated needles, breast milk and transmission from an infected mother to her baby at birth [5-7]. Tuberculosis and HIV are