Impact of human immunodeficiency virus and CD4 count on tuberculosis diagnosis: analysis of city-wide data from Cape Town, South Africa.

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Published in Int J Tuberc Lung Dis on August 01, 2013

Authors

R K Gupta1, S D Lawn, L-G Bekker, J Caldwell, R Kaplan, R Wood

Author Affiliations

1: Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa.

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