Visceral leishmaniasis and leishmaniasis-HIV coinfection: comparative study

Abstract INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to draw clinical and epidemiological comparisons between visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and VL associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. METHOD: Retrospective study. RESULTS: Of 473 cases of VL, 5.5% were coinfected with HIV. The highest propo...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: João Victor Soares Coriolano Coutinho, Fabiana Silva dos Santos, Rosângela do Socorro Pereira Ribeiro, Iara Brito Bucar Oliveira, Victória Bezerra Dantas, Ana Barbara Feliciano Souza Santos, Jéssyca Rodrigues Tauhata
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Subjects:
AIDS
Visceral leishmaniasis
Human immunodeficiency vírus
Coinfection
Recurrence
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0193-2017
https://doaj.org/article/517daa926361438b88a0b6f45c00a9bf
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Summary:Abstract INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to draw clinical and epidemiological comparisons between visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and VL associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. METHOD: Retrospective study. RESULTS: Of 473 cases of VL, 5.5% were coinfected with HIV. The highest proportion of cases of both VL and VL/HIV were found among men. A higher proportion of VL cases was seen in children aged 0-10 years, whereas coinfection was more common in those aged 18-50 years. CONCLUSIONS: VL/HIV coinfected patients presented slightly differently to and had a higher mortality rate than those with VL only.

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