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Clinical and epidemiological profile of elderly people with HIV: A sample from ...
Marques, Isadora Caixeta; Melo, Ana Luísa de Castro; Figueiredo, Bárbara Queiroz de; Santos, Giovanna Martins; Cyrino, Larissa SilvaIntroduction: Aging contributes to a greater susceptibility of the elderly to sexually transmitted infections (STIs), due to organic changes that occur at this stage of life and to the prolongation of sexual life. Objective: In this sense, this research aimed to evaluate the clinical and epidemiological profile of elderly people infected with HIV. Methodology: This is a documentary, retrospective study, which h...
Acute HIV infection with atypical clinical and laboratory presentation: case re...
Cyrino, Larissa Silva; Figueiredo, Bárbara Queiroz de; Lopes Júnior, Célio Honório; Marques, Isadora Caixeta; Cyrino, Luana SilvaIntroduction: Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) represents, in Brazil and in the world, a public health problem: estimates show that, in 2017, 42,420 new cases of HIV were diagnosed in Brazil. Despite these high rates, it is noted that underdiagnosis is still a problem: data show that, in the United States, almost 15% of people infected with the HIV virus are unaware of this diagnosis. Objec...