| dc.contributor.author | Mungai, Mary W | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-03T15:24:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-06-03T15:24:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1990 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Degree of Master of Public Health (M.P.H) At the University Of Nairobi. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/11295/28867 | |
| dc.description | A dissertation submitted in part fulfilIment for the Degree of
Public Health (MPH) of the University of Nairobj. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This is a comparative study of 85 contacts of HIV infected
patients with tuberculosis and 191 contacts of tuberculosis
patients without HIV infection. All contacts were studied for
active disease or tuberculosis infection through a questionnaire,
physical examination, tuberculin skin test with or without X-rays
and appropriate laboratory investigations.
The main objective of thiswork. was to study the impact or HIV on
the infectivity of tuberculosis
Active tuberculosis was found to occur in 8 (9.4%) contacts of HIV
infected tuberculosis patients compared with 5 (2.6%) contacts of
patients without HIV infection. The difference was statistically
significant, (P(O.05) suggesting that secondary attack rate may be
higher among contacts of HIV infected tuberculosis patients and
this may in future contribute to an increased incidence of
tuberuclosis in the population.
It is therefore recommended that further studies be pertormed in
this area to help establish the impact of HiV on infectivity of
tuberculosis if effective control of the disease (tuberculosis) is
to be achieved. | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.title | A study of the infectivity of HIV associated tuberculosis | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| dc.description.department | a
Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine,
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya | |
| local.publisher | College of Health Sciences | en |
