Deadly TB, HIV merge into co-epidemic


	Deadly TB, HIV merge into co-epidemic

strivem

11-2-2007 2:59 PM

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hiv/aids, hiv, aids, tb-hiv merge, co-epidermic

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11-3-2007 10:35 AM

pokkets

HIV could only be transferred through bodily fluids like blood, and semen. TB is a respiratory infection which can be transmitted by lung tissue, and blood, ejected from the lungs when the disease causes the lungs to break down. This make the two combined far more virulent, and deadly.

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