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THRio Objectives. To determine if implementation of a policy of widespread use of isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) in HIV-infected patients with access to ARV therapy reduces the incidence of active TB and death in the HIV clinic populationScale up of tuberculin skin testing (TST) and IPT among
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1. Impact of tuberculosis screening and isoniazid preventive therapy on incidence of TB and death in the TB/HIV in Rio de Janeiro (THRio) study B. Durovni1,2, V. Saraceni1, A. Pacheco3, S. Cavalcante1,3, S. Cohn4, B. King4, L. Moulton4, R. Chaisson4, J. Golub4, THRio study group 1Rio de Janeiro City Health Secretariat, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 4Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States