Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis

AIDS Treatment Update, No. 44, August 1996
Edward King

A small study found that HIV-positive people who develop tuberculosis (TB) have increases in their viral load, and the increase persists even after the TB has been effectively treated (We.B.414). It is believed that infection with mycobacteria such as TB encourages HIV to reproduce.

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