?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Comparative+Study+Of+HIV+Associated+Pulmonary+Tuberculosis+In+Chest+Clinics+From+Two+Regions+Of+Edo+State%2C+Nigeria&rft.creator=Gilbert+Obiora%2C+Nwobu&rft.creator=Marcellinus+Aigbokhan%2C+Okodua&rft.creator=Mirabeau+Youtchou%2C+Tatfeng&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=A+comparative+study+of+HIV+associated+pulmonary+tuberculosis+(HIV-PTB)+was+carried+out+in+Chest+Clinics+situated+in+Benin+and+Irrua+environs+of+Edo+State%2C+Nigeria%2C+using+microscopical+and+serological+methods.+In+Irrua+environs%2C+HIV-PTB+co-infection+is+higher+in+females+(12.5%25)+than+in+males+(9.2%25)+but+not+statistically+significant+(P+%3E+0.05).+In+Benin%2C+HIV-PTB+is+also+higher+in+females+(11.3%25)+than+in+males+(7.2%25)+but+not+statistically+significant+(P+%3E+0.05).+In+Benin%2C+PTB+is+statistically+high+among+%3C20+years+and+21%E2%80%9330+years+old+subjects+(50%25+and+28.7%25+respectively%2C+P+%3C+0.05)%2C+while+HIV+is+statistically+high+among+age+group+31%E2%80%9340+years+and+41.50+years+(23.5%25+and+27.9%25+respectively%2C+P+%3C+0.05).+HIV-PTB+co-infection+is+also+statistically+high+among+drivers+and+traders+(13.8%25+and+12.6%25+respectively%2C+P+%3C+0.05)+in+Benin.+Generally%2C+there+is+no+significant+difference+in+the+prevalence+of+HIV%2C+PTB+and+HIV-PTB+infection+rate+in+the+two+regions+when+sex+and+occupation+of+the+subjects+are+considered+(P+%3E+0.05).+However%2C+subjects+of+%3E+60+years+old+have+a+significantly+higher+PTB+disease+in+Benin+than+their+counterpart+in+Irrua+(28.6%25+and+0%25+respectively%2C+P+%3C+0.05)&rft.publisher=Dr.+B.S.+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya+Bevinje%2C+Dr.+Srinivas&rft.date=2004-10&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3900%2F1%2F2004-3-4.pdf&rft.identifier=++Gilbert+Obiora%2C+Nwobu+and+Marcellinus+Aigbokhan%2C+Okodua+and+Mirabeau+Youtchou%2C+Tatfeng++(2004)+Comparative+Study+Of+HIV+Associated+Pulmonary+Tuberculosis+In+Chest+Clinics+From+Two+Regions+Of+Edo+State%2C+Nigeria.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3900%2F