Visceral leishmaniasis and HIV/AIDS in Brazil: Are we aware enough?

ABSTRACT:

Background

The urbanization of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and the concurrent movement of the HIV infection to rural areas in Brazil are possible mechanisms associated with an increased number of Leishmania/HIV coinfected people. This study aimed to describe the clinical and epidemiological profile of VL/HIV coinfected patients and compare this profile to non-coinfected VL patients.

Methods

Cases of VL/HIV coinfection were obtained through a probabilistic record linkage of databases of VL and AIDS cases from the Brazilian Ministry of Health.

Results

We retrieved 760 cases of VL/HIV coinfection, most prevalent in adult males, with incidence ranging from 0.01 to 0.07 cases, per 100.000 population, in 2001 and 2010, respectively. Case-fatality rates were 27.3% in 2001 an

SUBMITTER: Leite de Sousa-Gomes M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5612457 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature