05 Apr Tuberculosis case finding in a population with high HIV prevalence in Western Kenya

Authored by: Anja H. van’t Hoog
Thesis Universiteit van Amsterdam
ISBN: 9789461912213
Promotor(s): Borgdorff M. W.
Copromotor(s): Laserson K. F.
Date of thesis defence: 05/04/2012

Anja van ‘t Hoog investigated the occurrence of TB in western Kenya. In this area, fifteen percent of the population is infected with HIV and a lot of TB occurs. Many cases of infectious TB are not noticed, both among the part of the population infected with HIV and among those who are not. Read more