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| Brito,Ana Maria de; Castilho,Euclides Ayres de; Szwarcwald,Célia Landmann. |
| We examined the characteristics of the AIDS epidemic in the northeastern region of Brazil, comparing it to the epidemic in Brazil as a whole, and to the state of São Paulo, with respect to the temporal evolution of morbidity and mortality during the period 1990 to 1999, using information from communicable disease reports and mortality records. Since 1996, the incidence rate of AIDS in adults in Brazil as a whole and in São Paulo has been showing a trend towards stability, whereas in the Brazilian northeast the incidence rates of the disease continue to grow. In the northeast, sexual transmission is responsible for more than 80% of cases, injectable drug users (IDU) comprising only a small percentage of cases. There is a greater incidence of AIDS among... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: AIDS/morbidity; AIDS/mortality; Temporal trend; Antiretroviral therapy; Brazil; Northeastern region. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702005000100004 |
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| Cavalcanti,Ana Maria Salustiano; Brito,Ana Maria de; Salustiano,Daniela Medeiros; Lima,Kledoaldo Oliveira de; Silva,Sirleide Pereira da; Lacerda,Heloisa Ramos. |
| The BED capture enzyme immunoassay test makes it possible to determine whether individuals were recently infected with HIV. OBJECTIVE: In this study, the overall HIV and recent infections prevalences were determined at five Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) centers, in the Metropolitan Region of Recife, Northeastern of Brazil. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among users of five VCTs in the metropolitan region of Recife between July 2007 and April 2009. Out of the individuals who tested positive for HIV, 169 were analyzed to assess the prevalence of recent infection by means of the BED-CEIA (BED-Calypte®). RESULTS: Out of 46,696 individuals tested 916 (1.96%) turned out positive for HIV infection The highest prevalence was... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: HIV; HIV seroprevalence; Seroepidemiologic studies; HIV infections. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702012000200009 |
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