What are the links between HIV & TB?
HIV/AIDS and TB are so closely connected that the terms “co-epidemic” or “dual epidemic” often are used to describe their relationship. The dual epidemic often is called TB/HIV or HIV/TB. HIV affects the immune system and increases the likelihood that people will acquire new TB infection. HIV also can facilitate both the progression of latent TB infection to active disease and relapse of the disease in previously treated patients. TB is one of the leading causes of death in HIV-positive people.
