Community-Wide Universal HIV Test and Treat Intervention Reduces Tuberculosis Transmission in Rural Uganda: A Cluster-Randomized Trial.

Carina MarquezMucunguzi AtukundaJoshua NugentEdwin D CharleboisGabriel ChamieFlorence MwangwaEmmanuel SsemmondoJoel KirondeJane KabamiAsiphas OwaraganiseElijah KakandeBob SsekaynziRachel AbbottJames AyiekoTheodore RuelDalsone KwariisimaMoses KamyaMaya PetersenDiane V HavlirLaura B Balzer

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2024)

A universal HIV-test-and-treat intervention reduced incident TB infection, a marker of population-level TB transmission. Investments in community-level HIV interventions have broader population-level benefits, including TB reductions.

Keyphrases

antiretroviral therapy
hiv positive
mycobacterium tuberculosis
hiv infected
hiv testing
hiv aids
human immunodeficiency virus
hepatitis c virus
men who have sex with men
randomized controlled trial
south africa
healthcare
mental health
cardiovascular disease
physical activity
emergency department
drug induced