High prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis among female sex workers, men who have sex with men, and transgender women in Papua New Guinea.
Barne WillieAvi J HakimSteven G BadmanDamian WeikumRebecca NarokobiKelsey CoyJosephine GabuzziSimon PekonSamson GeneAngelyn AmosMartha KupulParker HouNick M DalaDavid M WhileyJohanna WaplingJohn M KaldorAndrew J VallelyAngela Kelly-HankuPublished in: Tropical medicine and health (2021)
Key populations have a higher estimated rate of pulmonary TB than the national rate of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary TB combined. This showed that screening key populations for TB should be integrated into HIV programs regardless of HIV status in PNG's national TB response.
Keyphrases
- hiv testing
- men who have sex with men
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- hiv positive
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- pulmonary hypertension
- antiretroviral therapy
- quality improvement
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv infected
- south africa
- public health
- hepatitis c virus
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- genetic diversity
- adipose tissue