Tuberculosis and HIV – infection
10.09.2021 | Heading: Information
Tuberculosis is an infection, which most often causes death of people, living with HIV and having low immune status. HIV and TB are so closely intertwined, that they are often called epidemic within epidemic. These diseases promote mutual development and reinforce each other..
The link between HIV and tuberculosis
The causative agent of tuberculosis is Koch's bacillus (or mycobacterium tuberculosis). Mycobacterium tuberculosis is transmitted from a sick person to a healthy airborne droplet. Worth noting, that mycobacterium lives in the body in 1/3 world population. In people with a high level of immune status, tuberculosis does not manifest itself in any way throughout life.. The disease develops then, when immunity weakens. All HIV-positive people sooner or later (on average through 5-15 years after infection) immunity begins to decline. Read completely »
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