title: Tuberculosis rates among HIV-infected persons in New York City, 2001-2005.
abstract: We calculated population-based tuberculosis (TB) rates among HIV-infected persons in New York City from 2001 through 2005 using data from the city's TB and HIV/AIDS surveillance registries, and we examined those rates using linear trend tests and incidence rate ratios (IRRs). HIV-infected individuals had 16 times the TB rate of a "non-HIV" population (HIV status negative or unknown; IRR = 16.0; 95% confidence interval = 14.9, 17.2). TB rates declined significantly among the US-born HIV-infected population (P (trend) < .001) but not among the foreign-born HIV-infected population (P (trend) = .355). Such disparities must be addressed if further declines are to be achieved.
authors.affiliation: Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 225 Broadway, 22nd floor, CN-72B, New York, NY 10007, USA. ltrieu@health.nyc.gov
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Trieu
authors.forename: Jiehui
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Hanna
authors.forename: Tiffany G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology
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