| provider-initiated hiv testing and counseling of tb patients--livingstone district, zambia, september 2004-december 2006. | tuberculosis (tb) is the second most common cause of death from infectious disease in the world after human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (hiv/aids). immunosuppressed hiv-infected persons are highly susceptible to tb disease, and countries in sub-saharan africa have the highest tb incidence rates, primarily because of the hiv epidemic. in zambia, the tb rate increased during 1984-2005 from approximately 100 cases per 100,000 population to 580 cases per 100,000 populat ... | 2008 | 18354372 |