Tuberculosis infection and disease in South African adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV on antiretroviral therapy: a cohort study.
Lisa Jane FrigatiKatalin A WilkinsonStanzi le RouxKarryn BrownSheena RuziveLeah Nyawira GithinjiWonita PetersenSabine BelardMark Fredric CottonLandon MyerHeather J ZarPublished in: Journal of the International AIDS Society (2021)
High incidence rates of TB disease occur in APHIV despite similar QFT conversion rates to HIV-negative adolescents. Strategies to prevent TB in this vulnerable group must be strengthened.