Prevalence and factors associated with syphilis in people living with HIV/AIDS in the state of Para, Northern Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Fontes Neto, Pedro Leão
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Fonseca, Ricardo Roberto de Souza, Avelino, Maria Eduarda de Sousa, Vilhena, Elizandro Monteiro, Barbosa, Maria dos Anjos de Abreu Pina, Lopes, Carmen Andrea Freitas, Gomes, Samara Tatielle Monteiro, Sequeira, Bianca Jorge, Laurentino, Rogério Valois, Freitas, Felipe Bonfim, Oliveira Filho, Aldemir Branco de, Machado, Luiz Fernando Almeida
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Digital do Instituto Evandro Chagas (Patuá)
• Texto Completo: https://patua.iec.gov.br/handle/iec/4437
• topic: Sífilis / patologia; HIV/AIDS / patogenicidade; Coinfecção; Infecções por HIV / virologia

Syphilis continues to be a public health problem worldwide and its incidence has increased in people living with HIV/AIDS in recent years. This study determined the prevalence and factors associated with syphilis in people living with HIV/AIDS in the city of Belem, northern Brazil. A cross-sectional study was conducted from June to November 2018. A total of 500 people living with HIV/AIDS attended at a specialized unit of the public health network of the State of Para were studied. Questionnaires were used to collect socio-demographic data and potential risk factors for syphilis. Blood samples were collected from all subjects and screened for syphilis using VDRL, and the seropositive were confirmed using FTA-abs. Logistic regressions were used to identify the factors associated with syphilis. Most subjects were male (56.8%), had more than 40 years (54.0%), single (63.0%), had finished high school (54.2%), had monthly income <= 1 minimum wage (72.4%), and had been born to the city of Belem (59.8%). Prevalence of syphilis was 6.4%. Eight characteristics/behaviors associated with syphilis: male, young adults, single, studied at least high school, monthly income >1 minimum wage, homosexual/bisexual, does not use or sporadically use condoms during sexual intercourse, and have had more than one sexual partner in the last three months. The prevalence of syphilis in people living with HIV/AIDS in Belem is low when compared to other Brazilian states. However, there is a need for public policies and actions to monitor, control and prevent these two sexually transmitted infections.