Tuberculosis Preventive Therapy among Persons Living with HIV, Uganda, 2016–2022

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Lukoye, Deus ; Gustavson, Gail ; Namuwenge, Proscovia M. ; Muchuro, Simon ; Birabwa, Estella ; Dejene, Seyoum ; Ssempiira, Julius ; Kalamya, Julius N. ; Baveewo, Steven ; Ferroussier-Davis, Odile ; Mills, Lisa A. ; Dirlikov, Emilio ; Nelson, Lisa J. ; Turyahabwe, Stavia
• Description:
  During October 2016-March 2022, Uganda increased tuberculosis (TB) preventive therapy coverage among persons living with HIV from 0.6% to 88.8%. TB notification rates increased from 881.1 to 972.5 per 100,000 persons living with HIV. Timely TB screening, diagnosis, and earlier treatment should remain high priorities for TB/HIV prevention programming.
• Subjects:
  Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Bacteria Dispatch HIV/AIDS And Other Retroviruses HIV Infections Humans Latent Tuberculosis Infection Mass Screening PEPFAR Respiratory Infections Tuberculosis Tuberculosis And Other Mycobacteria Tuberculosis Preventive Therapy Tuberculosis Preventive Therapy Among Persons Living With HIV, Uganda, 2016–2022 Uganda

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2023; 29(3):609-613
• Pubmed ID:
  36823496
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9973710
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC/CDC HHSUnited States/ ; PEPFAR/PEPFARUnited States/
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8487abcb0fbe51ca0532fb2243ec008018d4a80d971dfb618eab1c7d4945ff37
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/127662/cdc_127662_DS1.pdf
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