The adjusted tuberculosis incidence rate was 1.42 (95% CI 0.55–3.20) per 100 PY in women, aged 16–30 years, without prior tuberculosis history, with CD4 ≥500 cells/mm3 and haemoglobin ≥11 g/dl, followed in Burkina-Faso. The gene discussed is CD4; the disease is tuberculosis.