Figure 1From: Influence of HTLV-1 on the clinical, microbiologic and immunologic presentation of tuberculosis Survival analysis of sputum smear conversion for acid-fast bacilli during tuberculosis treatment. Tuberculosis patients with and without HTLV-1 infection, who remained test positive by acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear microscopy after 10 and 20 days of tuberculosis treatment were evaluated with Kaplan-Meier survival estimates.Back to article page