01911nas a2200361   4500000000100000008004100001260000900042653001500051653001000066653004200076653001700118653001100135653002800146653001100174653002300185653001000208653001100218653001200229653000900241653001600250653001500266653002800281653001700309100001600326700002000342700002600362700001300388245007000401300001100471490000700482520104600489022001401535       1997                            d  c199710aAdolescent10aAdult10aAIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections10aBlood Donors10aBrazil10aCross-Sectional Studies10aFemale10aHIV Seroprevalence10aHIV-110aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aOdds Ratio10aPopulation Surveillance10aUrban Health1 aAndrade V L1 aMoreira Alves T1 aRegazzi Avelleira J C1 aBayona M00aPrevalence of HIV1 in leprosy patients in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  a159-630 v103 a<p>The purpose of this study was to learn if HIV1 infection was associated with leprosy in 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 (3 cases) 2.9 per 1000, and among blood donors was (282 cases) 3.8 per 1000. 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% CI 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.</p>  a0001-5938