Prevalência de HIV1 em pacientes de hanseníase no Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

Vera Andrade; Tadiana Moreira Alves; João Carlos Regazzi Avelleira; Manuel Bayona

doi:10.47878/hi.1996.v21.35418

Authors

Vera Andrade Médica sanitarista. Departamento de Epidemiologia da Superintendência de Saúde Coletiva da Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Rio de Janeiro
Tadiana Moreira Alves Instituto Estadual de Dermatologia Sanitária. Rio de Janeiro - Brasil
João Carlos Regazzi Avelleira Instituto Estadual de Dermatologia Sanitária. Rio de Janeiro - Brasil
Manuel Bayona MD, Ph.D. Departamento de Epidemiologia e Bioestatística, Colégio de Saúde Pública. Universidade do Sul da Flórida - Tampa, Flórida - USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47878/hi.1996.v21.35418

Keywords:

Cross-sectional survey, HIV1 infection, AIDS, Leprosy, Epidemiology, Blood donors

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to learn if HI V1 infection was associated with leprosy in South America, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by comparing the prevalence rates of 1,016 leprosy patients tested on a voluntary basis and 78,482 blood donors. A cross-sectional survey of anti-HIV1 antibodies was conducted in Rio de Janeiro, from 1990 to 1992 for this purpose. HIV1 prevalence found among leprosy patients was (three cases) 2.9 per 1,000, and among blood donors was (282 cases) 3.8 per 1,000. Such difference was not significant (OR = 0,79, p = 0.69). Since HIV1 cases were only found among male leprosy patients, further analysis excluded females. Male leprosy patients showed a slightly higher prevalence of HIV1 than blood donors before and after age adjustment. However, this result was not statistically significant (adjusted odds ratio = 1.38, 95% Cl 0.35-4.5, p = 0.83). These data do not provide evidence that leprosy and HIV1 infection are associated in the State of Rio de Janeiro. This is consistent with similar investigations conducted elsewhere.

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