2021
DOI: 10.9734/sajrm/2021/v9i130198
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Prevalence of Tuberculosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State Southwestern Nigeria

Abstract: Tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are major devastating infectious diseases African countries and other regions of the world. TB is a potentially serious infectious bacterial disease that mainly affects the lungs. While HIV is a virus that attacks the body's immune system; which if left untreated, can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Thus, this study was carried out to monitor the prevalence of tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) situation in Ikere-Ekiti… Show more

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“…In Nigeria, the control and prevention of Tuberculosis faces several challenges which include the impact of HIV/AIDS and the emergence of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). The HIV/AIDS pandemic fuels the burden of TB and poses great challenge to its diagnosis and management and the prevalence of TB among HIV cases in Nigeria is estimated at 17.8% [14,16]. In FCT, TB/HIV co-infection is 44.3%, with 19.5% defaulted, 11.5% deaths, and 0.7% treatment failures [17].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In Nigeria, the control and prevention of Tuberculosis faces several challenges which include the impact of HIV/AIDS and the emergence of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). The HIV/AIDS pandemic fuels the burden of TB and poses great challenge to its diagnosis and management and the prevalence of TB among HIV cases in Nigeria is estimated at 17.8% [14,16]. In FCT, TB/HIV co-infection is 44.3%, with 19.5% defaulted, 11.5% deaths, and 0.7% treatment failures [17].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%