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TB/HIV: Impact and Opportunities

Explore the profound effect of TB/HIV co-infection on individuals and populations, highlighting the need for new tools and discussing potential strategies to reduce incidence. This includes a focus on diagnostic advancements, drug development, and vaccine research.

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TB/HIV: Impact and Opportunities

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  1. TB/HIV: Impact and Opportunities Helene Gayle, MD, MPH Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation DATE, 2004

  2. HIV/TB: Profound Effect on Individuals The annual risk of TB in HIV infected approximates the lifetime risk of HIV uninfected Small and Fujiwara, N Eng J Med 343:189, 2001

  3. HIV/TB: Profound Effect on Populations Kenyon et al., Int J TB Lung Dis 1999;3:4-11

  4. HIV/TB: Profound Effect on Populations WHO TB Surveillance Report, 2003

  5. TB/HIV Co-Authorship Network Separate Responses Medline 97-01 TB 12,352 HIV 43,455 “Top” 50 authors Abernethy and Small, unpublished

  6. C R E A E A Coordinated Response To design, implement and evaluate a portfolio of community level trials of new strategies to reduce tuberculosis incidence in populations with high rates of HIV and TB co-infection.

  7. TB/HIV Ultimate Need for New Tools Reaping the benefits of science FIND/TDR for diagnostics ($30M) Global Alliance for new drug ($25 M) Aeras for vaccines ($83M)

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