TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
KW - Blood Donors
KW - Brazil
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Female
KW - HIV Seroprevalence
KW - HIV-1
KW - Humans
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Odds Ratio
KW - Population Surveillance
KW - Urban Health
AU - Andrade V L
AU - Moreira Alves T
AU - Regazzi Avelleira J C
AU - Bayona M
AB - <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>
BT - Acta leprologica
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9259886?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1997
IS - 3
J2 - Acta Leprol
LA - eng
N2 - <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>
PY - 1997
SP - 159
EP - 63
T2 - Acta leprologica
TI - Prevalence of HIV1 in leprosy patients in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
VL - 10
SN - 0001-5938
ER -