| paracoccidioidomycosis in patients with human immunodeficiency virus: review of 12 cases observed in an endemic region in brazil. | to study the clinical characteristics of 12 patients with paracoccidioidomycosis (pcm) and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection. | 2005 | 16230222 |
| [epidemiologic profile of puerperals and prevalence of antibodies for hiv and hepatitis c virus infection in cuiabá, mato grosso]. | a seroepidemiologic survey was performed aimed at estimating the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus, the prevalence of hepatitis c virus antibodies (anti-hcv), the risk factors associated with human immunodeficiency virus transmission and the epidemiological profile of the women in puerperal period in three public hospitals of cuiabá city between december 2001 and march 2002. the sample was composed of 1,607 women who were interviewed in order to obtain information about socio-demographi ... | 2006 | 16699643 |
| [frequency of hiv-1, rubella, syphilis, toxoplasmosis, cytomegalovirus, simple herpes virus, hepatitis b, hepatitis c, chagas disease and htlv i/ii infection in pregnant women of state of mato grosso do sul]. | it was aimed to estimate the frequency of syphilis, rubella, hepatitis b, hepatitis c, toxoplasmosis, chagas disease, htlv i/ii, simple herpes virus, hiv-1 and cytomegalovirus in pregnant women and to evaluate the relationship between age and the frequency of the infections studied. a transversal study of 32,512 pregnant women submitted to pre-natal screening in the period of november 2002 to october 2003. the frequency of the tried infections among the pregnant women were 0.2% of hiv-1, 0.03% o ... | 2007 | 17568885 |
| [htlv 1/2 infection: prenatal performance as a disease control strategy in state of mato grosso do sul]. | in this study, the prevalence of htlv 1/2 infection among pregnant women in the state of mato grosso do sul was estimated by means of the elisa, western blot and pcr techniques, in blood samples collected by peripheral venous puncture. 116,689 pregnant women were examined and 153 were diagnosed as presenting htlv 1/2 infection, with prevalence of 0.13%. among these 153 pregnant women, 133 (86.9%) had type 1 and 20 (11.1%) had type 2; 73.2% were black, brown or indigenous; about 90% performed dom ... | 2008 | 18545834 |
| moderate prevalence of transmitted drug resistance and high hiv-1 genetic diversity in patients from mato grosso state, central western brazil. | few reports have described the molecular characteristics of the aids epidemic within the interior regions of brazil, a country of continental dimensions. to help fill this gap, the prevalence of transmitted antiretroviral drug resistance and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1) diversity in mato grosso state, central western brazil are reported. drug-na+»ve patients (n = 105) were recruited at a reference center in cuiab+í/mato grosso state located across the border with bolivia and consi ... | 2011 | 21678433 |
| epidemiological aspects of hepatitis c virus infection among hiv-infected individuals in mato grosso state, central brazil. | the present study has been carried out to estimate the prevalence of hcv among hiv-positive individuals in the state of mato grosso, central brazil, as well as to identify the associated epidemiological factors. one thousand and eight individuals over 18 years of age bearing hiv/aids and being attended in the reference public health network of the state of mato grosso participated in this research. hiv-positive subjects were interviewed and blood samples were taken to be tested for anti-hcv anti ... | 2007 | 17888391 |
| hepatitis b virus infection in hiv-positive population in brazil: results of a survey in the state of mato grosso and a comparative analysis with other regions of brazil. | end-stage liver disease is currently a major concern among hiv-positive individuals due to co-infection with hepatotropic virus. hepatitis c has been pointed out as a remarkable factor for that. more recently, hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection has also been found to play a role on liver disease in this population. hiv-hbv co-infection prevalence remains largely unknown in vast areas of brazil. the objective of the present study was to estimate the prevalence of hbv and hdv infection in hiv-infec ... | 2006 | 16504137 |
| hiv/aids-associated visceral leishmaniasis in patients from an endemic area in central-west brazil. | an increase in morbidity associated with visceral leishmaniasis (vl) in human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)/aids patients has been described in africa and the mediterranean. despite the high endemicity of vl and hiv-1/aids in brazil, this association has not been thoroughly investigated. our aim was to evaluate the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of vl-hiv-1/aids cases from central-west [mato grosso do sul (ms)] brazil. medical records of 23 vl-hiv-1/aids patients were reviewed. patien ... | 2010 | 20835619 |
| [systemic mycosis: factors associated with death among patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus, cuiabá, state of mato grosso, brazil, 2005-2008]. | between 2005 and 2008, the prevalence of systemic mycosis among 1,300 hiv/aids patients in cuiabá, mato grosso, was 4.6%. the fungus species isolated were cryptococcus neoformans in 50%, cryptococcus gattii in 1.6%, cryptococcus spp in 6.6%, histoplasma capsulatum in 38.3% and paracoccidioides brasiliensis in 3.3%. death was recorded in the cases of 32 patients (53.3%), and cryptococcosis was the main cause. the cd4+ t lymphocyte count was low and similar among patients who survived or died due ... | 2009 | 20209358 |