| ART | Anti-Retroviral Therapy |
| aHR | Adjusted Hazard Ratio |
| aIRR | Adjusted incidence rate ratio |
| CENTRAL | Cochrane Center for Clinical Trial |
| CI | Confidence Interval |
| IPT | Isoniazid Preventive Therapy |
| HAART | Highly active antiretroviral therapy |
| HR | Hazard Ratio |
| HIV | Human Immune Virus |
| IR | Incidence ratio |
| PLWHIV | People Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| PY | Person per Year |
| SD | Standard Deviation |
| TB | Tuberculosis |
| TST | Tuberculin Skin Test |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| WHO | World Health Organization |