TY - JOUR
T1 - Global evidence directing regional preventive strategies in Southeast Asia for fighting TB/HIV
AU - Aung, Myo Nyein
AU - Moolphate, Saiyud
AU - Paudel, Damodar
AU - Jayathunge Ph, Mangalasiri
AU - Duangrithi, Duangjai
AU - Wangdi, Kinley
AU - Aung, Thin Nyein Nyein
AU - Lorga, Thaworn
AU - Higuchi, Kazue
PY - 2013/3/14
Y1 - 2013/3/14
N2 - Tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-epidemics form a huge burden of disease in the Southeast Asia region. Five out of eleven nations in this region are high TB/HIV burden countries: Myanmar, Thailand, India, Indonesia and Nepal. The trends of TB incidence in these countries have been rising in recent years, in contrast to a falling global trend. Experts in the field of TB control and health service providers have been perplexed by the association of TB and HIV infections which causes a mosaic clinical presentation, a unique course with poor treatment outcomes including death. We conducted a review of contemporary evidence relating to TB/HIV control with the aims of assisting integrated health system responses in Southeast Asia and demystifying current evidence to facilitate translating it into practice.
AB - Tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-epidemics form a huge burden of disease in the Southeast Asia region. Five out of eleven nations in this region are high TB/HIV burden countries: Myanmar, Thailand, India, Indonesia and Nepal. The trends of TB incidence in these countries have been rising in recent years, in contrast to a falling global trend. Experts in the field of TB control and health service providers have been perplexed by the association of TB and HIV infections which causes a mosaic clinical presentation, a unique course with poor treatment outcomes including death. We conducted a review of contemporary evidence relating to TB/HIV control with the aims of assisting integrated health system responses in Southeast Asia and demystifying current evidence to facilitate translating it into practice.
KW - Asia, Southeastern/epidemiology
KW - Coinfection/epidemiology
KW - Communicable Disease Control/methods
KW - HIV Infections/complications
KW - Humans
KW - Incidence
KW - Tuberculosis/complications
U2 - 10.3855/jidc.2903
DO - 10.3855/jidc.2903
M3 - Review article
C2 - 23492996
SN - 2036-6590
VL - 7
SP - 191
EP - 202
JO - Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
JF - Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
IS - 3
ER -
