Volume : II, Issue : IV, April - 2013

A STUDY ON HIV–TB PREVALENCE AND CO–MORBIDITY STATUS IN INDIA

Dr. Vinod Kumar Khandelwal

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India, considered as a world capital of so many deadly diseases. TB–HIV co–morbidity reported in several cases in the country. In HIV positive people it has been observed that Tuberculosis being a silent killer. In most of the reported cases of HIV–AIDS, Tuberculosis is the first disease that seems to grip the patient. As we know, there are several strains of TB like MDR, XDR, XXDR, TDR etc. doctors have to diagnose the patient cautiously because poor or hasty diagnosis can lead to double the effect. Proper implementations of disease control programme including healthy environmental conditions are necessary to support the process of effective management of life threatening diseases. The present paper is an attempt to find out interlinks between TB and HIV. The paper also highlights the possible measures to prevent further spread of this deadly scourge. 

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DR. VINOD KUMAR KHANDELWAL, A STUDY ON HIV-TB PREVALENCE AND CO-MORBIDITY STATUS IN INDIA, International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.II, Issue.IV April 2013

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