Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6118810 International Journal of Infectious Diseases 2010 6 Pages PDF
Abstract
HIV/HTLV-1 co-infected patients hospitalized for pulmonary TB had a high mortality and had significantly higher CD4% compared to only HIV-positive subjects. This may imply that HTLV-1 has an adverse effect on the immune system in HIV-infected subjects, independently of the CD4 count, that makes co-infected subjects more vulnerable to TB.
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