Coinfecção Trypanosoma cruzi/HIV: revisão sistemática (1980 - 2010)

  • Almeida, Eros Antonio de
  • Ramos Júnior, Alberto Novaes
  • Correia, Dalmo
  • Shikanai-Yasuda, Maria Aparecida
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Publication date
November 2015
Publisher
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
Journal
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The co-infection Trypanosoma cruzi/HIV has been described as a clinical event of great relevance. The objective of this study wasto describe clinical and epidemiological aspects published in literature. METHODS: It is a systematic review of a descriptive nature from the databases Medline, Lilacs, SciELO, Scopus, from 1980 to 2010. RESULTS: There were 83 articles (2.8 articles/year) with a total of 291 cases. The co-infection was described in 1980 and this situation has become the defining AIDS clinical event in Brazil. This is the country with the highest number of publication (51.8%) followed by Argentina (27.7%). The majority of cases are amongst adult men (65.3%) native or from endemic regions with serological diagnosis in ...

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