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Trichy: The occurrence of tuberculosis (TB) among HIV/ AIDS patients – which could potentially be dangerous – has decreased significantly over the past three years in Trichy district, health officials said here on Saturday. While the total number of TB cases among HIV/AIDS patients was 303 in 2016, it came down to 230 in 2017. “When it comes to the prevalence of HIV/ AIDS overall, compared to 18 HIV/AIDS patients in every 1,000 population in 2010, it has come down to around four per 1,000 currently,” he said. They said that compared to more than 300 cases of TB reported in 2016, only around 140 had been reported this year so far.The officials were speaking at an HIV/ AIDS awareness session at the collectorate held as part of observing World AIDS Day (which fell on December 1). “Since 2015, we’ve got the technology through which we could detect TB among people three months early..