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Vulnerability of women with human immunodeficiency virus to cervical cancer

Abstract Objective: To identify the vulnerabilities of women with human immunodeficiency virus to cervical cancer. Methods: Cross-sectional study carried out in a clinic with 152 adult women with HIV, by means of the application of a structured form comprising several types of vulnerability. Results: ...

Correlation of Low CD4+ Counts with High Dental Caries Prevalence in Children Living with Perinatal HIV/AIDS Undergoing Antiretroviral Therapy

Abstract Objective: To investigate the correlation Cluster of Differentiation 4+ (CD4+) counts with a high prevalence of dental caries in Children Living with Perinatal Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (CLWPHA). Material and Methods: An analytical observational research w...

Factors associated with the consistent use of the male condom among women living with HIV/aids

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the factors associated with the consistent use of the male condom among women living with HIV/aids. Method: an analytical study with a quantitative approach involving 140 women living with HIV/aids who at the time of the study had an active sexual life and receiving fol...

Avaliação da dor e fatores associados em pessoas que vivem com HIV/AIDS

Objetivo: avaliar a dor em pessoas que vivem com o vírus da imunodeficiência humana/síndrome da imunodeficiência adquirida e relacionar com fatores sociodemográficos, clínicos, sintomas depressivos e qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde. Método: estudo descritivo, analítico, observacional, de...

Análise temporal dos casos de coinfecção Tuberculose-HIV na população de um estado do Nordeste do Brasil

Justificativa e Objetivos: A coinfecção tuberculose-HIV (TB/HIV) tem figurado uma importante causa de óbitos e de atendimento médico-hospitalar-ambulatorial nos serviços de saúde em todo o mundo. Por isso, o objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar comportamento da coinfecção TB/HIV no estado de Alagoas...

Conocimientos sobre VIH/SIDA en uniformados usuarios de una Clínica Regional de Tunja

Introducción. El Virus de la Inmunodeficiencia Humana (VIH) es un virus que ataca el sistema inmu-nológico del ser humano, haciendo que su cuerpo sea susceptible a enfermedades e infecciones. En la actualidad el VIH continúa siendo un gran problema para la salud pública a nivel mundial pues ha causad...

Detección de trastornos neurocognitivos en pacientes infectados por HIV mediante pruebas rápidas de cribado
Detection of neurocognitive disorders in patients infected by Human Immunodeficiency Virus through fast screening tests

Actual. SIDA. infectol; 27 (101), 2019
Introducción: Los trastornos neurocognitivos asociados con el HIV (HAND, por sus siglas en inglés) son altamente prevalentes entre las personas que viven con el virus. Existen tres categorías: demencia asociada a HIV, deterioro neurocognitivo leve y trastorno cognitivo asintomático...

Sociodemographic profile of elderly persons with the human immunodeficiency virus in a state in the northeast of Brazil

Abstract Objective: To describe the sociodemographic profile of elderly persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the state of Alagoas, Brazil. Method: An ecological study with a descriptive and quantitative approach was carried out. Data was used from elderly patients with HIV reported in the...