Modeling the impact of HIV on the spread of tuberculosis in the United States

• Published in: Mathematical biosciences Vol. 143; no. 1; pp. 35 - 60
• Main Authors: Webster West, R., Thompson, James R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.07.1997; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - epidemiology; AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - transmission; AIDS/HIV; Biological and medical sciences; Forecasting; Humans; Immunodeficiencies; Immunodeficiencies. Immunoglobulinopathies; Immunopathology; Medical sciences; Models, Statistical; Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted; Population Surveillance; Reproducibility of Results; Risk Factors; Tuberculosis - epidemiology; Tuberculosis - transmission; United States - epidemiology; United States; North America; America; USA; Disease development; Human; Immunopathology; Parameter estimation; Retroviridae; AIDS; Mycobacterial infection; Immune deficiency; Time variation; Contamination; Infection; Virus; Tuberculosis; Viral disease; Bacteriosis; Lentivirinae; Complication; Human immunodeficiency virus; Mathematical model

Tuberculosis (TB) was thought to be safely in decline in the United States in the mid-1980s because the number of cases had dropped by 74% between 1953 and 1985. An increase in TB cases was reported, however, in 1986, and an upward trend in TB incidence has continued. The turnaround in TB is well co...