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Impact of HIV infection on treatment outcome of tuberculosis in Europe.

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April 2016

aDepartment for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Berlin bPhD Programme 'Epidemiology', Braunschweig-Hannover cDepartment of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Braunschweig dHannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany eEuropean Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden.

Background: The effect of HIV on tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcomes has not been well established. We aimed to assess the impact of HIV infection on TB treatment outcomes by using data from notifiable disease surveillance in Europe.

Methods: We analyzed the treatment outcomes of TB cases reported from nine European countries during 2010-2012.

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