This issue of Snapshots from the Field examines the deadly impact of tuberculosis (TB) on the lives of those infected with HIV.

Active tuberculosis attacks the lungs and other vital organs of people weakened by HIV infection, usually with lethal effect. Among the most dangerous of all opportunistic infections (OIs), TB was responsible for the deaths of approximately 12 percent of all people living with HIV and AIDS (PLHA) in Africa in 2000, according to the World Health Organization.