2021
DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0076-2021
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Risk factors for leptospirosis and brucellosis in people living with human immunodeficiency virus who attended a referral hospital in southeastern Brazil

Abstract: Introduction: Leptospirosis and brucellosis cause immunosuppression that worsens the clinical condition of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). We investigated the serological profile and risk factors of PLWHA. Methods: Serum samples (n=238) were researched for Brucella spp. antibodies using Rose Bengal and tube agglutination tests and Leptospira spp. antibodies using the microscopic agglutination test. Results: All samples were negative for Brucella spp. For leptospirosis, four samples (1.69%) were positive, … Show more

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“…In a study in Brazil that similarly evaluated Leptospira serology and risk factors for infection found lower seroprevalence (0.9%) in the age group 30-60 years old in PWH. 52 Most of the seropositive PWH in our study owned dogs (38; 23%) or cats (19%), though the differences were not statistically significant when compared to those who did not own any animals. Studies conducted in the SADC region reported that cats are significant drivers of leptospirosis in households 53 and exposure to cattle was identified as a risk factor for the transmission of the bacteria, 54 although in this study only 1% of patients owned cattle.…”
Section: Associated Risk Factorsmentioning
confidence: 53%
“…In a study in Brazil that similarly evaluated Leptospira serology and risk factors for infection found lower seroprevalence (0.9%) in the age group 30-60 years old in PWH. 52 Most of the seropositive PWH in our study owned dogs (38; 23%) or cats (19%), though the differences were not statistically significant when compared to those who did not own any animals. Studies conducted in the SADC region reported that cats are significant drivers of leptospirosis in households 53 and exposure to cattle was identified as a risk factor for the transmission of the bacteria, 54 although in this study only 1% of patients owned cattle.…”
Section: Associated Risk Factorsmentioning
confidence: 53%
“…Enquanto nove dos artigos correspondem com a identificação de anticorpos anti-Leptospira em cães na região sudeste, representada na Tabela 2. Entretanto, não foi identificado, nas bases bibliográficas, nenhum artigo aplicado no Espírito Santo relacionado ao tema no período determinado.Na região sudeste, no intervalo de 2018 a 2022, o sorovar Pyrogenes, identificado pela soroaglutinação microscópica (MAT), foi o mais prevalente em humanos desta região, seguido de Icterohaemorrhagiae, Bataviae, Cynopteri, Andamana, Hebdomadis, Bataviae, Autumnalis, Sejroe, Tarassovi, Canicola, Australis, Panama, Javanica, Grippotyphosa, Copenhageni, Castellonis, Pomona e Patoc(CAETANO et al, 2020;FORNAZARI et al, 2021;BRITO et al, 2021). Em contraposição ao estudo, os autoresBenitez et al (2021) identificaram neste mesmo período do presente estudo os sorovares Canicola e Autumnalis, sendo os mais prevalentes ocorrendo na população humana de Londrina, no Parananá.…”
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