Prevalence of HIV1 in leprosy patients in RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

• Autor(a) principal: Andrade, Vera
• Data de Publicação: 1996
• Outros Autores: Alves, Tadiana Moreira, Avelleira, João Carlos Regazzi, Bayona, Manuel
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Hansenologia Internationalis (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br/hansenologia/article/view/35418
• topic: estudo de prevalência; infecção por HIV1; AIDS; Hanseníase; Epidemiologi; doadores de sangue; Cross-sectional survey; HIV1 infection; AIDS; Leprosy; Epidemiology; Blood donors

The purpose of this study was to learn if HI V1 infection was associated with leprosy in South America, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by comparing the prevalence rates of 1,016 leprosy patients tested on a voluntary basis and 78,482 blood donors. A cross-sectional survey of anti-HIV1 antibodies was conducted in Rio de Janeiro, from 1990 to 1992 for this purpose. HIV1 prevalence found among leprosy patients was (three cases) 2.9 per 1,000, and among blood donors was (282 cases) 3.8 per 1,000. Such difference was not significant (OR = 0,79, p = 0.69). Since HIV1 cases were only found among male leprosy patients, further analysis excluded females. Male leprosy patients showed a slightly higher prevalence of HIV1 than blood donors before and after age adjustment. However, this result was not statistically significant (adjusted odds ratio = 1.38, 95% Cl 0.35-4.5, p = 0.83). These data do not provide evidence that leprosy and HIV1 infection are associated in the State of Rio de Janeiro. This is consistent with similar investigations conducted elsewhere.