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ASSESSING SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS IN A COHORT OF WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS, IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
Grinsztejn, Beatriz et al. | Date Issued: 2006
Author
Grinsztejn, Beatriz
Bastos, Francisco Inácio Pinkusfeld Monteiro
Veloso, Valdiléa G.
Friedman, Ruth Khalili
Pilotto, Jose Henrique da Silva
Schechter, Mauro
Derrico, Monica
Andrade, Angela Cristina Vasconcelos de
Lourenço, Maria Cristina da Silva
Moreira, Ronaldo Ismerio
Russomano, Fábio Bastos
Morgado, Mariza Gonçalves
Currier, Judith S.
Affilliation
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Saúde da Mulher, da Criança e do Adolescente Fernandes Figueira. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University of California. Center for Clinical AIDS Research and Education. Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Abstract
A cohort of 458 HIV-positive women under antiretroviral therapy has been followed at a reference hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Most of them belong to impoverished social strata. Patients were screened for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and gynaecologic conditions. Some STIs were found to be uncommon (e.g. chlamydial and gonococcal infections), while some conditions (bacterial vaginosis) and STIs, e.g. hepatitis B and human papilloma virus (HPV) infection, were found to be quite prevalent. The latter is of special concern, due to the high prevalence of HIV/HPV co-infection ( 51%) and its association with severe immunodeficiency, in a context of unacceptable high levels of uterine cancer and uneven gynaecological care. HIV-positive women are in need of comprehensive health services, including high-quality, regular, gynaecologic care in order to diagnose and treat lower genital tract infections and prevent the evolution of HPV-related lesions. Reproductive counselling should be a part of this approach.
Keywords
HIV/AIDS
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
Human papilloma virus (HPV)
Co-infection
Brazil
 
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Citation
Grinsztejn, Beatriz et al. Assessing sexually transmitted infections in a cohort of women living with HIV/AIDS, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. International Journal of STD & AIDS, v. 17, n. 7, p. 473-478, July 2006.
DOI
10.1258/095646206777689071
ISSN
0956-4624
Notes
Publicação científica do Laboratório de Aids e Imunologia Molecular.