Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical ()

Visceral leishmaniasis and leishmaniasis-HIV coinfection: comparative study

  • 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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0193-2017
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 50, no. 5
pp. 670 – 674

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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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