INTRODUCTION: Cases of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and HIV co-infection have increased worldwide. We investigated the prevalence of HIV and associated factors among VL patients in Sergipe state, Brazil.
METHODS: We conducted a population-based study of all cases of VL and HIV reported in Sergipe from 1999 to 2015.
RESULTS: We studied a total of 917 patients; 41 (4.5%) co-infection cases were detected. VL-HIV co-infected patients were more likely to have weight loss, cough, treatment failure or loss to follow-up and death.
CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of VL-HIV co-infection was high and co-infected patients were more likely to have adverse outcomes.
BT - Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30892399?dopt=Abstract
DO - 10.1590/0037-8682-0257-2018 J2 - Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. LA - eng N2 -INTRODUCTION: Cases of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and HIV co-infection have increased worldwide. We investigated the prevalence of HIV and associated factors among VL patients in Sergipe state, Brazil.
METHODS: We conducted a population-based study of all cases of VL and HIV reported in Sergipe from 1999 to 2015.
RESULTS: We studied a total of 917 patients; 41 (4.5%) co-infection cases were detected. VL-HIV co-infected patients were more likely to have weight loss, cough, treatment failure or loss to follow-up and death.
CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of VL-HIV co-infection was high and co-infected patients were more likely to have adverse outcomes.
PY - 2019 EP - e20180257 T2 - Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical TI - Prevalence of HIV and associated factors among visceral leishmaniasis cases in an endemic area of Northeast Brazil. UR - http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822019000100623&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en VL - 52 SN - 1678-9849 ER -