CARACTERIZAÇÃO DA EPIDEMIA DE HIV/AIDS NO ESCUDO DAS GUIANAS E POSSÍVEL INFLUÊNCIA DAS MIGRAÇÕES NA DISSEMINAÇÃO DO VÍRUS

• Autor(a) principal: Divino, Flavia
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Peiter, Paulo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Hygeia (Uberlândia)
• Texto Completo: https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/hygeia/article/view/64248
• topic: HIV; AIDS; Fronteira Brasil-Guiana Francesa; Escudo das Guianas

From 1980 to June 2020, 1,011,617 AIDS cases were reported in Brazil, (Ministry of Health, 2020) and for some years there has been a stabilization in the incidence rate in Latin America, however there are great regional differences in Brazil. The North and Northeast regions still show an increase in HIV incidence rates and, nevertheless, there is a variant of HIV-1 of subtype B, the variant BCAR (B Caribbean), which was previously known for its circulation restricted to the Caribbean islands and recent studies have shown its high prevalence in the countries of the Guiana Shield. They are regions closely linked to the Caribbean and share on its borders: cultures, social and political constructions and an evident rise in HIV and new AIDS cases reported. The changes in the AIDS profile in Brazil have shown an increase in heterosexual transmission, a prevalence of young people aged 15 to 39 years and an epidemic that shows the imbalance between regions in the country. These results also point to strong epidemiological links between the countries in the far north of the South American continent, the Brazilian border municipalities, population mobility, migration and the HIV / AIDS epidemic.