Abstract INTRODUCTION: HBV and HIV have identical transmission routes. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of HBV in HIV patients and to detect the presence of occult HBV infection.
Tuberculosis (TB) causes an estimated 2 million people per year globally. However, despite technological advances of the 21st century, there are no efficacious vaccines that prevent TB transmission. T
Footnotes: TB: tuberculosis; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; n/N = number of positive tests/number of tested sera in each group; TST: tuberculin skin test (cut-off 5 mm); Cut-off value for PGL-Tb1:
