Abstract: Objective To understand the demographic characteristics of HIV infected people among newly registered tuberculosis patients in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in order to provide evidence basis for the future HIV prevention and control. Methods Systematic sampling Methods was adopted to investigate HIV infection status among tuberculosis patients in 15 sites with HIV epidemic. Results Among 2795 newly registered tuberculosis patients between September to December in 2009,there are a total of 54 HIV positive cases found. Among which, 49 cases were newly discovered, accounting for 90.7%; and the remaining 5 cases were known before,accounting for 9.3%. Among all HIV positive patients, 85.2% were male in gender,70.4% between 15 to 49 years old in age,57.5% with junior middle school education level, 85.2% married,79.6% from area with high HIV prevalence.  Conclusion s The HIV prevalence among newly registered tuberculosis patients in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was relatively high. Targeted intervention should be provided based on the demographic characteristic of HIV positive cases among tuberculosis patients.

Key words: tuberculosis, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, Guangxi