Empirical Evidence for Synchrony in the Evolution of TB Cases and HIV+ Contacts Among the San Francisco Homeless

Abstract

This study confirms the hypothesis that the dynamics of HIV and TB are significantly intertwined and that HIV is likely a key factor in the sustenance of TB transmission among the San Francisco homeless. The findings of this study underscore the importance of contact tracing in detection of HIV+ individuals that may otherwise remain undetected, and thus highlights the ever increasing need for HIV related data and an integrative approach to monitoring high risk populations with respect to HIV and TB transmission.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2006
Accession Number
AD1108337

Entities

People

  • L. M. Kawamura
  • Mojdeh Mohtashemi

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
  • California
  • Corporations
  • Detection
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Dynamics
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hiv Infections
  • Infection
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
  • North America
  • Power Spectra
  • Public Health
  • Risk Factors
  • Skin Tests
  • Spectra
  • Time Series Analysis
  • United States
  • Wavelet Transforms
  • Wound Infections

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  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology