Abstract: ObjectiveTo understand the state of HIV infection in patients of tuberculosis in Zhengzhou, and to provide evidence for TB/HIV co-infection control. MethodsThe primary screening of HIV infection was done by ELISA, those with positive result in primary screening were given final screening of HIV infection by WB and investigated by questionnaire. Results1. The rate of HIV infection was 0.6% (9 cases) in 1583 new tuberculosis patients. 2. HIV infection rate was 0.6% and 0.2% in male and female in 13～60 years. TB/HIV patients were mainly young people, accounting for 88.9%. 3. HIV infection rate was 0.6% and 0.43% for the patients registered in rural and urban area, 0.7% for permanent residents and 0.4% for migrant. 4. The transmission routes of HIV: 4 cases (44.4%) through transfusion, 2 cases (22.2%) through sexual contact. 5. New patients were main population with positive HIV. 6. The rates of HIV infection were 0.8% and 0.5% respectively in sputum smear positive and negative cases without statistic difference (P=0.24>0.05). ConclusionsHIV infection rate in TB patients in Zhen Zhou is 0.6%; new patient is main population with positive HIV; the people of HIV infection in TB patients were mainly young adults.

Key words: Tuberculosis/complications, HIV infections