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1. Epidemiological profile of patients co-infected with visceral leishmaniasis and HIV/AIDS in Northeast, Brazil

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Graça Maria de Castro Viana, Marcos Antonio Custódio Neto da Silva, João Victor de Sousa Garcia, Helaine Dias Guimarães, Gelson Farias Arcos Júnior, Augusto Viana Arouche Santos, Pedro Viana da Paixão, Maria do Desterro Soares Brandão Nascimento, and Carolina de Souza Galvão

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Visceral Leishmaniasis, HIV/AIDS, State of Maranhão, Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962
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Abstract INTRODUCTION: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) co-infection has been a research topic of interest worldwide. In Brazil, it has been observed that there is a relative underreporting and failure in the understanding and management of this important association. The aim of this study was to analyze epidemiological and clinical aspects of patients with VL with and without HIV/AIDS. METHODS: We conducted an observational and analytical study of patients with VL followed in a Reference Service in the State of Maranhão, Brazil from 2007-2013. RESULTS: In total 126 patients were enrolled, of which 61 (48.4%) were co-infected with HIV/AIDS. There were more males among those with HIV/AIDS (85.2%, P>0.05) or with VL only (81.5%, P>0.05). These findings significantly differed based on age group (P

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2. Epidemiological profile of patients co-infected with visceral leishmaniasis and HIV/AIDS in Northeast, Brazil

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Pedro Viana da Paixão, Marcos Antonio Custódio Neto da Silva, João Victor de Sousa Garcia, Maria do Desterro Soares Brandão Nascimento, Carolina de Souza Galvão, Helaine Dias Guimarães, Graça Maria de Castro Viana, Gelson Farias Arcos Júnior, and Augusto Viana Arouche Santos

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Adult, Diarrhea, Male, 0301 basic medicine, Microbiology (medical), medicine.medical_specialty, lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, Adolescent, lcsh:RC955-962, 030106 microbiology, 030231 tropical medicine, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, Age Distribution, 0302 clinical medicine, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), Internal medicine, Epidemiology, medicine, Humans, Sex Distribution, Young adult, Child, Aged, Visceral Leishmaniasis, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Coinfection, business.industry, Incidence (epidemiology), Leishmaniasis, Middle Aged, Viral Load, medicine.disease, Blood Cell Count, Infectious Diseases, Visceral leishmaniasis, State of Maranhão, Socioeconomic Factors, Child, Preschool, Splenomegaly, Leishmaniasis, Visceral, HIV/AIDS, Female, Parasitology, medicine.symptom, business, Viral load, Brazil
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INTRODUCTION: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) co-infection has been a research topic of interest worldwide. In Brazil, it has been observed that there is a relative underreporting and failure in the understanding and management of this important association. The aim of this study was to analyze epidemiological and clinical aspects of patients with VL with and without HIV/AIDS. METHODS: We conducted an observational and analytical study of patients with VL followed in a Reference Service in the State of Maranhão, Brazil from 2007-2013. RESULTS: In total 126 patients were enrolled, of which 61 (48.4%) were co-infected with HIV/AIDS. There were more males among those with HIV/AIDS (85.2%, P>0.05) or with VL only (81.5%, P>0.05). These findings significantly differed based on age group (P

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2017

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