2014
DOI: 10.1590/s0080-623420140000700011
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The distribution of tuberculosis in Porto Alegre: analysis of the magnitude and tuberculosis-HIV coinfection

Abstract: Objective Analyzing the geographical distribution of the tuberculosis (TB), its incidence and prevalence and TB-HIV coinfection in the districts of Porto Alegre from 2007 to 2011. Method An ecological, descriptive study of time series that used descriptive and geoprocessing techniques. Results In total, were recorded 3,369 incident cases and 3,998 prevalent cases of pulmonary TB. In both contexts, there was predominance of cases in males and in Caucasians. Seventeen districts showed prevalence rates above 79.2… Show more

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“…The coinfection between tuberculosis and HIV should be observed, as this relationship increases the mortality rate of the population. Porto Alegre has a high rate of coinfection, from 20 to 30%, well above the national average of 10% (13) . Hepatitis was mentioned in the answers of the participants as a third most common disease affecting the users they assist.…”
Section: Tuberculosis Has Appeared More Often (A12) There Was a Timementioning
confidence: 95%
“…The coinfection between tuberculosis and HIV should be observed, as this relationship increases the mortality rate of the population. Porto Alegre has a high rate of coinfection, from 20 to 30%, well above the national average of 10% (13) . Hepatitis was mentioned in the answers of the participants as a third most common disease affecting the users they assist.…”
Section: Tuberculosis Has Appeared More Often (A12) There Was a Timementioning
confidence: 95%
“…O município de Porto Alegre, estado do Rio Grande do Sul, apresentou uma porcentagem de coinfecção TB/HIV de 23,6% no período de 2007 a 2011 17 . As variações nesses resultados podem ocorrer devido a diferenças no cálculo adotado em cada estudo, assim como por variação real no número de casos de coinfecção TB/HIV.…”
Section: Materiais E Métodosunclassified
“…A constatação de que o menor número de casos coincide com as áreas de baixos valores do IDH também foi observada no estado de São Paulo 25 e no município do Rio de Janeiro 28 . A existência de bolsões de pobreza e de áreas endêmicas pode ser uma explicação para esse fenômeno 17 .…”
Section: Materiais E Métodosunclassified
“…Portanto, essa pandemia causa impacto no controle da TB e no aumento da frequência das formas graves, extrapulmonares e disseminadas na manifestação da AIDS (Brunello et al, 2011;Liu et al, 2015). Em virtude das elevadas taxas de morbidade e mortalidade por TB em indivíduos HIV positivos, a detecção, o tratamento e a prevenção da TB tornaram-se prioridades nos programas nacionais de controle da AIDS (Organization., 2009;Peruhype et al, 2014 (Wang et al, 2014;Chandra et al, 2015).…”
Section: Tuberculoseunclassified
“…Os países com alta prevalência de HIV, particularmente nos anos 1990, tiveram suas taxas de incidência aumentadas da ordem de três a quatro vezes (Peruhype et al, 2014;Saúde., 2014).…”
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