Raimundo Nonato Colares Camargo Júnior, Jaciara Simone Sarmento Gomes, Mônica Cristina Corrêa Carvalho, Hipócrates de Menezes Chalkidis, Welligton Conceição da Silva, Juliana Sousa da Silva, Samia Rubielle Silva de Castro, Raul Cunha Lima Neto, Victor Hugo Pereira Moutinho
INTRODUCTION: Human visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a zoonosis of great importance to public health due to its epidemiological diversity, with emphasis on the possibility of aggravation by coinfection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). OBJECTIVE: The aim was to study the epidemiological characteristics of VL cases associated with HIV coinfection in Pará. Methods. Reported cases of VL from January 2006 to December 2016 were investigated. A descriptive epidemiological method related to age, gender, area of residence and coinfection with HIV was used...
2023: HIV/AIDS: Research and Palliative Care