@article {3022, title = {Tuberculosis and HIV: a global menace exacerbated via sex trafficking.}, journal = {International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases}, volume = {13}, year = {2009}, month = {2009 Sep}, pages = {543-6}, abstract = {Global tuberculosis (TB) elimination requires recognition and management of TB/HIV co-infected individuals, including those in marginalized and/or understudied populations. We sought to examine the prevalence of TB among repatriated sex trafficked Nepalese girls and women in whom a high HIV prevalence was previously reported.}, keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections, Child, Female, HIV Infections, HIV-1, Humans, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Nepal, Prevalence, Sex Offenses, Sputum, Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary, Women{\textquoteright}s Health, Young Adult}, issn = {1878-3511}, doi = {10.1016/j.ijid.2008.11.010}, author = {Dharmadhikari, Ashwin S and Gupta, Jhumka and Decker, Michele R and Raj, Anita and Silverman, Jay G} }