Epidemiology of HIV/HCV coinfection in patients cared for at the Tropical Medicine Foundation of Amazonas

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Autor(a) principal: Victoria,Marilú Barbieri
Data de Publicação: 2010
Outros Autores: Victoria,Flamir da Silva, Torres,Kátia Luz, Kashima,Simone, Covas,Dimas Tadeu, Malheiro,Adriana
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000200004
Resumo: The association of HIV infection and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection often occurs because both viruses share the same transmission routes, increasing the possibility of HIV/HCV coinfection. World prevalence greater than 30% of coinfected cases is estimated, and it can reach 90% depending on the transmission route. With the aim of determining the frequency and profile of HIV/HCV coinfected patients, a descriptive analysis was carried out with patients with HIV/AIDS whose serology was positive for hepatitis C virus (HCV), cared for at the Fundação de Medicina Tropical do Amazonas from 2000 to 2007. In the present study, of the 2,653 AIDS cases notified in SINAN, 1,582 patients underwent serology test for hepatitis C, and a frequency of 4.42% (n = 70) of HIV/HCV coinfected patients was identified in the period studied. The most frequent infection route was sexual transmission (84.3%), 68.6% among heterosexual individuals. Most patients were males (72.9%), aged between 25 and 40 years (60.1%), of low income (50% earning up to one minimum wage), and low educational level (80% had completed only middle school). A high percentage of deaths were observed during the study (34.3%). The results indicate a low seroprevalence of HIV/HCV coinfection in this population, in which sexual transmission, characterized by sexual promiscuity among heterosexual individuals, is the major transmission route of the virus rather than the use of injection drugs, as shown in world statistics.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Epidemiology of HIV/HCV coinfection in patients cared for at the Tropical Medicine Foundation of Amazonas
title Epidemiology of HIV/HCV coinfection in patients cared for at the Tropical Medicine Foundation of Amazonas
spellingShingle Epidemiology of HIV/HCV coinfection in patients cared for at the Tropical Medicine Foundation of Amazonas
Victoria,Marilú Barbieri
coinfection
hepatitis C
HIV
epidemiology
transmission
title_short Epidemiology of HIV/HCV coinfection in patients cared for at the Tropical Medicine Foundation of Amazonas
title_full Epidemiology of HIV/HCV coinfection in patients cared for at the Tropical Medicine Foundation of Amazonas
title_fullStr Epidemiology of HIV/HCV coinfection in patients cared for at the Tropical Medicine Foundation of Amazonas
title_full_unstemmed Epidemiology of HIV/HCV coinfection in patients cared for at the Tropical Medicine Foundation of Amazonas
title_sort Epidemiology of HIV/HCV coinfection in patients cared for at the Tropical Medicine Foundation of Amazonas
author Victoria,Marilú Barbieri
author_facet Victoria,Marilú Barbieri
Victoria,Flamir da Silva
Torres,Kátia Luz
Kashima,Simone
Covas,Dimas Tadeu
Malheiro,Adriana
author_role author
author2 Victoria,Flamir da Silva
Torres,Kátia Luz
Kashima,Simone
Covas,Dimas Tadeu
Malheiro,Adriana
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Victoria,Marilú Barbieri
Victoria,Flamir da Silva
Torres,Kátia Luz
Kashima,Simone
Covas,Dimas Tadeu
Malheiro,Adriana
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv coinfection
hepatitis C
HIV
epidemiology
transmission
topic coinfection
hepatitis C
HIV
epidemiology
transmission
description The association of HIV infection and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection often occurs because both viruses share the same transmission routes, increasing the possibility of HIV/HCV coinfection. World prevalence greater than 30% of coinfected cases is estimated, and it can reach 90% depending on the transmission route. With the aim of determining the frequency and profile of HIV/HCV coinfected patients, a descriptive analysis was carried out with patients with HIV/AIDS whose serology was positive for hepatitis C virus (HCV), cared for at the Fundação de Medicina Tropical do Amazonas from 2000 to 2007. In the present study, of the 2,653 AIDS cases notified in SINAN, 1,582 patients underwent serology test for hepatitis C, and a frequency of 4.42% (n = 70) of HIV/HCV coinfected patients was identified in the period studied. The most frequent infection route was sexual transmission (84.3%), 68.6% among heterosexual individuals. Most patients were males (72.9%), aged between 25 and 40 years (60.1%), of low income (50% earning up to one minimum wage), and low educational level (80% had completed only middle school). A high percentage of deaths were observed during the study (34.3%). The results indicate a low seroprevalence of HIV/HCV coinfection in this population, in which sexual transmission, characterized by sexual promiscuity among heterosexual individuals, is the major transmission route of the virus rather than the use of injection drugs, as shown in world statistics.
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