Human immunodeficiency virus epidemic scenery among brazilian women: a spatial analysis study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Approximately 37.7 million people worldwide are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Although HIV detection among women, they still representing 53% of population living with the virus. Spatial analysis techniques are powerful tools for combating HIV allowing the association of the phenomenon with socioeconomic and political factors. Therefore, the main goal of this study was to spatially analyze HIV prevalence among Brazilian women from 2007 to 2020.

Methods

ecological study was conducted using secondary databases of the Notifiable Diseases Information System (SINAN) for HIV and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrom (AIDS) in Brazilian women 15 years old and over. Age-adjusted HIV/AIDS incidence rates were analyzed using spatial distribution, autocorrela

SUBMITTER: Bezerra ALL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10474736 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature