title: [Research progress of the pathological mechanisms of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) dual infections].
abstract: Along with the rapid spread of HIV / AIDS and TB prevalence, prevention and control of AIDS and tuberculosis has become an urgent problem in the field of public health. Recent studies demonstrate dual infections of HIV and TB are not a simple superposition of two diseases, but a course of mutual promotion. This article has summarized the pathological mechanisms and mutual interactions of HIV/TB dual infections.
authors.affiliation: Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing 210009,China. yuqingshensev@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yu-Qing
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D060085:Coinfection; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D015995:Prevalence; D011634:Public Health; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control