Influence of vaccine-preventable diseases and HIV infection on demand for an infectious diseases service in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, over 22 years – Part II (1995-2016)

Abstract

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Epidemiological analysis of human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease between 2010 and 2019

“…Initially, it is important to notice that, despite the great success of the fight against AIDS in recent decades, with a number of deaths much lower than in the first years of the pandemic, it is far from being a controlled disease or in regression in the world (11)(12)(13)(14)(15) . Neither the contamination disappeared, nor the aggravation of the disease, which, if well treated, can progress very satisfactorily (15,16) .…”

“…HIV is a serious public health issue (11) , because even after decades of studies there is no effective cure or vaccine that protects the population against this virus (13,(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24) . Thus, even if many efforts have been made worldwide to control and treat the disease, giving greater life expectancy to its carriers, the levels of hospitalization and death due to the infection remain high (12,14,15,20,22) , as well as the increase of the infection, which is still seen in some populations not traditionally associated with the illness, as women and heterosexuals (13,16) .…”