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- Title
HIV and tuberculosis in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 1997-2002.
- Authors
Tran Ngoc Buu; Houben, Rein M. G. J.; Hoang Thi Quy; Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lan; Borgdorff, Martien W.; Cobelens, Frank G. J.; Tran, Ngoc Buu; Hoang, Thi Quy; Nguyen, Thi Ngoc Lan
- Abstract
In Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, reporting rates for tuberculosis (TB) are rising in an emerging HIV epidemic. To describe the HIV epidemic among TB patients and quantify its impact on rates of reported TB, we performed a repeated cross-sectional survey from 1997 through 2002 in a randomly selected sample of inner city TB patients. We assessed effect by adjusting TB case reporting rates by the fraction of TB cases attributable to HIV infection. HIV prevalence in TB patients rose exponentially from 1.5% to 9.0% during the study period. Young (<35 years), single, male patients were mostly affected; injection drug use was a potent risk factor. After correction for HIV infection, the trend in TB reporting rates changed from a 1.9% increase to a 0.4% decrease per year. An emerging HIV epidemic, concentrated in young, male, injection drug users, is responsible for increased TB reporting rates in urban Vietnam.
- Subjects
HO Chi Minh City (Vietnam); VIETNAM; REPORTING of tuberculosis; HIV infections; HIV-positive persons; EPIDEMICS
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007, Vol 13, Issue 10, p1463
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1310.060774