Mortality among pulmonary tuberculosis and HIV-1 co-infected Nigerian children being treated for pulmonary tuberculosis and on antiretroviral therapy: a retrospective cohort study.

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Published in Germs on December 02, 2016

Authors

Augustine O Ebonyi1, Stephen Oguche2, Oche O Agbaji3, Atiene S Sagay4, Prosper I Okonkwo5, John A Idoko6, Phyllis J Kanki7

Author Affiliations

1: MBBS, MSc, Department of Pediatrics, University of Jos/Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria.
2: MBCH, Department of Pediatrics, University of Jos/Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria.
3: MBBS, Department of Medicine, University of Jos/Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria.
4: MBBS, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Jos/Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria.
5: MBBS, AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria (APIN) Ltd. Gte, Abuja, Nigeria.
6: MBBS, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Abuja, Nigeria
7: DVM, SD, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

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