| prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) antibodies in tuberculosis patients in lagos, nigeria. | to establish the prevalence of hiv antibodies in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, 536 new cases presenting with symptoms of bronchopulmonary disorders were randomly selected from the six referral chest clinics in lagos and screened for tuberculosis and hiv infections. sputum and serum samples were obtained from all the patients. the sputum samples were examined for acid-fast bacilli (afb) by both microscopy and culture. the sera were screened for hiv-1 and hiv-2 antibodies by elisa and conf ... | 1994 | 8170009 |