Prevalence of HIV and associated factors among visceral leishmaniasis cases in an endemic area of Northeast Brazil
| Autor: | Gardenia de Oliveira Santos, Nathalia Priscila Sales de Jesus, Juliana Vasconcelos Cerqueira-Braz, Victor Santana Santos, Ligia Mara Dolce de Lemos |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 52, Iss 0 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1678-9849 0037-8682 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/0037-8682-0257-2018 |
| Popis: | Abstract INTRODUCTION Cases of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and HIV co-infection have increased worldwide. We investigated the prevalence of HIV and associated factors among VL patients in Sergipe state, Brazil. METHODS We conducted a population-based study of all cases of VL and HIV reported in Sergipe from 1999 to 2015. RESULTS We studied a total of 917 patients; 41 (4.5%) co-infection cases were detected. VL-HIV co-infected patients were more likely to have weight loss, cough, treatment failure or loss to follow-up and death. CONCLUSIONS The prevalence of VL-HIV co-infection was high and co-infected patients were more likely to have adverse outcomes. |
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