THE CONVERSATION: Fungal infections cause more Aids deaths than tuberculosis – here’s what we can do about it

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Period9 Feb 2022

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  • TitleFungal infections cause more Aids deaths than tuberculosis – here’s what we can do about it
    Media name/outletThe Conversation
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date9/02/22
    DescriptionEven though annual deaths from Aids are coming down – from a peak of 1.9 million in 2004 to 690,000 in 2020 - that’s still way too many. In 2020, 214,000 people with Aids died of tuberculosis (TB), though only about 50% were confirmed cases while the rest were uncertain. More people probably die of fungal disease than of TB, both in the context of Aids and generally.

    As more and more people are treated for HIV infection, deaths will continue to come down. But the fall is slower than it should be, and the reason for the tardiness of this decrease in deaths is fungal disease.
    URLhttps://theconversation.com/fungal-infections-cause-more-aids-deaths-than-tuberculosis-heres-what-we-can-do-about-it-175002
    PersonsDavid Denning
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Keywords

  • fungal infection
  • HIV/AIDS