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BMJ exposes serious weaknesses in case for compulsory HIV/TB tests for UK immigrants

Proposals to introduce mandatory HIV and TB screenings for immigrants to the UK are not based on adequate evidence and have practical and ethical problems,

Published
09 February 2004
By
Michael Carter
HIV treatment
Russian health policies and inaction risk 'super-resistant' TB warn MSF

Inaction by Russian health authorities could mean that super-resistant strains of tuberculosis (TB) emerge in the country, according to a letter from Medecins sans Frontiieres

Published
23 January 2004
By
Michael Carter
Tuberculosis and HIV
Blood concentrations of indinavir too low when dosed with rifampicin even if ritonavir boosted

Concentrations of the protease inhibitor indinavir are reduced by over 80% if the first-line anti-TB drug rifampicin is being taken at the same time, even

Published
16 January 2004
By
Michael Carter
Tuberculosis and HIV
TB diagnostics perform poorly in Botswana study

Lab tests that detect antibodies to TB in blood serum do not perform well in Botswana according to a study presented at the 1st National

Published
15 January 2004
By
Theo Smart
Tuberculosis and HIV
TB management in refugees and prisoners: Botswana's experience

Two studies presented at the 1st National HIV and AIDS Conference (NHASORC) last month in Gaborone, Botswana suggest the TB epidemic there could be even

Published
15 January 2004
By
Theo Smart
Tuberculosis and HIV
Multi-drug resistant TB: breakdown in counselling often to blame

Although the incidence is still fairly low, there is an increasing rate of resistance to TB drugs in patients in Botswana, and much of this

Published
15 January 2004
By
Theo Smart
Tuberculosis and HIV
HAART just as effective in HIV/TB coinfected patients

HIV-positive patients with active tuberculosis (TB), who receive anti-TB therapy and HAART are just as likely as HAART-treated HIV-positive patients without TB to benefit from

Published
01 January 2004
By
Michael Carter
Tuberculosis and HIV
TB case detection likely to prove more effective than HAART in limiting TB spread

Detecting and treating cases of active tuberculosis in countries with high HIV rates is more effective at reducing TB incidence and death than providing HAART,

Published
29 December 2003
By
Daniel Raymond
Tuberculosis and HIV
TB recurrence risk not reduced by longer therapy, or TB and HAART together

Providing concurrent anti-HIV and tuberculosis (TB) therapy, or TB treatment of greater than standard duration does not reduce the incidence of TB recurrence, according to

Published
23 December 2003
By
Michael Carter
TB prevention
Treating latent TB

Management of latent TB using isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT). Note 2003 publication date - may contain out of date information.

Published
23 May 2003
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