![]() HIV infection is one of the main risk factors for TB. In the same year, the total number of deaths from TB was 1.4 million, of which 208,000 were due to PLHIV. ![]() ![]() Although the global estimate was 10 million new TB cases for 2019, 7.1 million newly diagnosed people were reported, probably due to underreporting or underdiagnosis. Tuberculosis (TB) is a curable disease, which remains the leading cause of death among infectious diseases worldwide, and it is the leading cause of death in people living with HIV (PLHIV).
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