TB Online is no longer maintained. This is an archive of the site. For news on TB please go to: https://globaltbcab.org/

Incident TB in one in three people starting antiretroviral therapy in Thailand

Alain Volny-Anne
May 16, 2022, 8:52 p.m.

A study from Thailand has found that the incidence of tuberculosis was remarkably high among people with HIV during the first year on antiretroviral therapy, and thereafter, decreased significantly until reaching levels comparable to those in the Thai general population after ten years. The study, published in a recent issue of the Journal of the International AIDS Society, is important as it is most probably the first to report such data from a high TB/HIV burden country in Asia.

Read the full story at Aidsmap.