BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis is the leading killer of patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Preventive therapy is effective, but current regimens are limited by poor implementation a
Data depicted are median with interquartile range (IQR). TB, tuberculosis; TIBC, total iron binding capacity; sTfR, soluble transferrin receptor; MCV, mean cell volume; MCH, mean cell hemoglobin. Numb
The phylogeographic population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis suggests local adaptation to sympatric human populations. We hypothesized that HIV infection, which induces immunodeficiency, wil