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| Valentini,Melissa Bianchetti; Toledo,Maria Luíza Guerra de; Fonseca,Marise Oliveira; Thiersch,Laura Maria Silva; Toledo,Ingrid Silva Bremer de; Machado,Flávia Cristina Jácome; Tupinambás,Unaí. |
| Introduction: Since 1996 Brazil has provided universal access to free antiretroviral therapy, and as a consequence, HIV/AIDS patients' survival rate has improved dramatically. However, according to scientific reports, a significant number of patients are still late presenting for HIV treatment, which leads to consequences both for the individual and society. Clinical and immunological characteristics of HIV patients newly diagnosed were accessed and factors associated with late presentation for treatment were evaluated.Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in an HIV/AIDS reference center in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, in Southeastern Brazil from 2008 to 2010. Operationally, patients with late presentation (LP) for treatment were those whose... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: AIDS; Late presentation; HIV infection; CD4 cell count. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702015000300253 |
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