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High incidence of adverse reactions to initial antiretroviral therapy in Brazil
Menezes de Pádua,C.A.; César,C.C.; Bonolo,P.F.; Acurcio,F.A.; Guimarães,M.D.C.A concurrent prospective study was conducted from 2001 to 2003 to assess factors associated with adverse reactions among individuals initiating antiretroviral therapy at two public referral HIV/AIDS centers in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. Adverse reactions were obtained from medical charts reviewed up to 12 months after the first antiretroviral prescription. Cox proportional hazard model was used to perform univ...
Hepatitis C virus infection among Brazilian hemophiliacs: a virological, clinic...
Carmo,R.A.; Oliveira,G.C.; Guimarães,M.D.C.; Oliveira,M.S.; Lima,A.A.; Buzek,S.C.; Corrêa-Oliveira,R.; Rocha,M.O.C.We determined and analyzed risk factors of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected Brazilian hemophiliacs according to their virological, clinical and epidemiological characteristics. A cross-sectional and retrospective study of 469 hemophiliacs was carried out at a Brazilian blood center starting in October 1997. The prevalence of HCV infection, HCV genotypes and factors associated with HCV RNA detection was determin...