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Epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of pregnant women living with HIV/AIDS in a region of Southern Brazil where the subtype C of HIV-1 infection predominates
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Autores: Manenti,Sandra Aparecida; Galato Júnior,João; Silveira,Elizângela da Silva; Oenning,Roberto Teixeira; Simões,Priscyla Waleska Targino de Azevedo; Moreira,Jeverson; Fochesato,Celine Maria; Brígido,Luís Fernando de Macedo; Rodrigues,Rosângela; Romão,Pedro Roosevelt Torres.
Southern Brazil has the highest prevalence rate of AIDS in the country and is the only region in the Americas where HIV-1 subtype C prevails. OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of pregnant women living with HIV/AIDS in the South region of Santa Catarina, Brazil. METHODS: All pregnant women with HIV infection attending the obstetric outpatient clinic of Criciúma, State of Santa Catarina, in 2007 (n = 46) were invited to participate. Data of 36 eligible participants were obtained through a standardized questionnaire. RESULTS: The great majority were young, with a steady partner, low family income, low education level and referring early first sexual intercourse. Many reported use of illicit non-injecting drugs (55.5%) and...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: AIDS; Serodiagnosis; HIV infections; Pregnancy; HIV-1 subtype C; Southern Brazil.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702011000400008