title: Tuberculosis co-morbidity and perceptions about health care among HIV-infected plasma donors in rural China.
abstract: Limited community-based data exist about pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) comorbidity among HIV-infected individuals in China and no data exists about the TB burden in key high risk groups. We recruited 195 known HIV-infected plasma donors in one central China county and identified 9 (4.6%) active TB cases based on clinical assessment, including chest radiography. The low percentage of TB may be explained by improved immunity due to antiretroviral therapy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. han-zhu.qian@vanderbilt.edu
authors.forename: Han-Zhu
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Qingchun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hongyan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Yuhua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ruan
authors.forename: Sibylle
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kristensen
authors.forename: Joseph E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Schumacher
authors.forename: Stephen W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Yiming
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Kimerling