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. 2020 Jun 2;7(6):ofaa203.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa203. eCollection 2020 Jun.

Incidence of Tuberculosis During the First Year of Antiretroviral Treatment in West African HIV-Infected Adults

Boris Tchakounte Youngui  1 , Patrick Coffie  2 , Eugène Messou  2   3 , Armel Poda  4 , Louise Fortes Deguenonvo  5 , Denise Hawerlander  6 , Albert Minga  2   7 , Eric Balestre  8 , François Dabis  8 , Olivier Marcy  8
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Incidence of Tuberculosis During the First Year of Antiretroviral Treatment in West African HIV-Infected Adults

Boris Tchakounte Youngui et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. .

Abstract

We estimated tuberculosis incidence during the first year on antriretroviral therapy without isoniazid-preventive treatment in 6938 West African HIV-infected adults at 3.33 cases per 100 person-years (95% CI, 2.85-3.80). In multivariate Poisson models, sites in Cote d'Ivoire, male gender, low body mass index, low hemoglobin, low CD4 count, and young age were significantly associated with higher incidence.

Keywords: HIV; West Africa; antiretroviral treatment; incidence; tuberculosis.

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