Results: 19

HPV-DNA test access based on self-collection of vaginal samples from women living with HIV/AIDS: pilot implementation in Brazil

Introduction: Women living with HIV/AIDS have a higher frequency of anogenital neoplasms resulting from human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. The World Health Organization recommends that cervical cancer screening uses molecular tests that amplify viral genetic material, such as HPV-DNA....

Resistance to protease inhibitors and HIV-1 genetic variability in V3 region in people living with HIV/AIDS

One of the main characteristics of HIV-1 is its high genetic vari-ability and the occurrence of resistance mutations to antiretroviral therapy (ART), particularly in individuals who use these medica-tions for prolonged periods. In addition, HIV-1 has a high muta-tion rate in the env gene, particularly in...

O trânsito entre armários: encontros entre ativismo, HIV e arte no Brasil
Transit between closets: encounters between activism, HIV and art in Brazil

Esta tese é resultado de uma investigação com o objetivo geral de compreender os trânsitos entre arte, ativismo e saúde nas narrativas de vida de artistas vivendo com HIV que trazem a temática do HIV e da AIDS para seus trabalhos artísticos. Para o alcance desta finalidade, recorro a narrativas de...

HIV knowledge and its correlation with the Undetectable = Untransmittable slogan in Brazil

ABSTRACT Knowledge about HIV transmission and prevention is a necessary step for adopting preventive behaviors. We assessed HIV knowledge and its correlation with the perceived accuracy of the "Undetectable = Untransmittable" (U=U) slogan in an online sample with 401 adult Brazilians. Overall, 28% of par...

Instruments to assess adherence to medication in people living with HIV: a scoping review

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To compile the instruments validated in Brazil for assessing adherence of people living with HIV to antiretroviral therapy. METHODS Scoping review using the Web of Science, Scopus, Medline (via PubMed), Embase, BDENF, CINAHL and Lilacs databases. In addition, the Preprints bioRxiv,...

Memórias, trajetórias e experiência no campo do cuidado às pessoas vivendo com HIV/AIDS: uma autoetnografia
Memories, trajectories and experience in the field of care for people living with HIV/AIDS: an autoethnography

Essa dissertação comparece entrelaçando produção de conhecimento no campo da atenção e pesquisa dirigida às crianças, adolescentes, jovens e gestantes vivendo com Hiv/aids, e minhas memórias e experiência no campo do cuidado. Para tanto assume a perspectiva metodológica autoetnográfica suste...

Narrativas corporais de pessoas vivendo com HIV/AIDS: ressignificações do corpo a partir do diagnóstico, do estigma e do tratamento
Body narratives of people living with HIV/AIDS: reframing the body based on diagnosis, stigma and treatment

A aids é uma doença infectocontagiosa que se tornou uma realidade a partir dos anos 1980. Desde o início da epidemia de HIV/aids, quando os corpos das Pessoas vivendo com HIV/aids (PVHA) eram caracterizados pela magreza extrema, as imagens corporais das PVHA vêm sofrendo modificações. Com o início...

Non-polarized cytokine profile of a long-term non-progressor HIV infected patient

Braz. j. infect. dis; 22 (2), 2018
ABSTRACT The HIV-1 initial viral infection may present diverse clinical and laboratory course and lead to rapid, intermediate, or long-term progression. Among the group of non-progressors, the elite controllers are those who control the infection most effectively, in the absence of antiretroviral therapy...

Avaliação dos serviços ambulatoriais de assistência a pessoas vivendo com HIV no Sistema Único de Saúde: estudo comparativo 2007/2010

O papel dos serviços de saúde é crucial para o alcance da meta 90-90-90 de controle da epidemia do HIV. O estudo avalia a organização dos serviços brasileiros nas ações de promoção, monitoramento e suporte à retenção no seguimento e apoio ao tratamento. Foram comparadas, por meio de variaç...

Quality of life, socioeconomic and clinical factors, and physical exercise in persons living with HIV/AIDS

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze whether socioeconomic and clinical aspects and the aspects of healthy life habits are associated with the quality of life of persons living with HIV/AIDS. METHODS This is a cross-sectional exploratory quantitative research, with 227 persons living with HIV/AIDS, treated ...