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        <journal-title>American Journal of PharmTech Research</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">AJPTR</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2249-3387</issn>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.46624/ajptr.2019.v9.i5.016</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">AJPTR95016</article-id>
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        <article-title>Clinico-Epidemiological Study of HIV-TB Co-Infection In Southern India</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Avutu</surname>
            <given-names>Sri Lakshmi</given-names>
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          <name>
            <surname>Mohammad</surname>
            <given-names>Shaheem Sulthana</given-names>
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          <name>
            <surname>Marreddy</surname>
            <given-names>Jhansi Lakshmi</given-names>
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      <aff id="aff1">Department of Pharmacology, ASN Pharmacy College, Burripalem Road, Tenali-522201, Andhra Pradesh, India.</aff>
      <aff id="aff2">Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis &amp; Quality Assurance, ASN Pharmacy College, Burripalem Road, Tenali-522201, Andhra Pradesh, India.</aff>
      <aff id="aff3">Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, ASN Pharmacy College, Burripalem Road, Tenali-522201, Andhra Pradesh, India.</aff>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub" iso-8601-date="2019-10-01">
        <month>10</month>
        <day>01</day>
        <year>2019</year>
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      <volume>9</volume>
      <issue>5</issue>
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        <p>This study was aimed at identifying the CLINICO-EPIDEMOLOGICAL study of underlying HIV–TB coinfection. A retrospective review of patient records was done from the antiretroviral therapy center (ART) at a government hospital in southern India between June 2018 and April 2019. Secondary data of 10155 patients on ART as well as pre-ART were collected between January 2009 and December 2018 and were analyzed. Wilcoxon signed rank tests were used with SPSS version 15.0 The prevalence of HIV-TB coinfection 0.13% among the sample was taken. HIV–TB coinfection was increased in trend of population from 1.41% in 2009 to 45.3% in 2018 until when the data were included in this study. The proportion of HIV infection among those registering at this particular ART center decreased from 18.7% in 2009 to 6.44% in 2018. The prevalence of HIV infection and HIV-TB coinfection higher in males (3.73% &amp; 33.3%) than females (3.20% &amp; 12.05%) respectively among those registering at this particular ART center. The fatality rate of HIV infection was decreased from 23.4% in 2009 to 2.33% in 2018. The CD4 count (200 cells/µl) lower in co-infected patients than HIV infected patients. The increasing trend of HIV–TB cases observed in this population from 1.41% in 2009 to 45.3% in December 2018. Creating grass root level awareness coupled with aggressive case finding in suspected high-risk population may be key in preventing and early detection of the dual infections.</p>
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