O perfil epidemiológico (demográfico e laboratorial) da infecção pelo Vírus da imunodeficiência humana na cidade de Belém, Pará, Brasil

Abstract

The Virus of human imunodeficiency 1 (HIV-1), responsible etiological agent for the pandemic of Sida/Aids, presents wide geographical distribution. In Brazil, according to country in number of notifications in America, the number of individuals registered with the disease reached 371.827 cases since the beginning of the epidemic up to 2005. The present work had as main objective to accomplish the epidemic characterization - demographic (sex and age group), clinic (clinical apprenticeship, treatment and used drugs) and laboratorial (countings of linphocytes T CD4+/CD8+ and load plasmatic viral in the first service) - of carriers of the HIV-1 and/or patients with Sida/Aids in the population of Belem of Para. 1.266 patients were selected coming of the Unit of Reference Specialized in Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Special (URE-DIPE), whose samples had been directed to the Laboratory of Virology of the Federal University of Para for accomplishment of the related laboratorial tests above. The main results revealed a prevalence of infection for the HIV-1 in the age group more youth of the population (13-30 years and 30-49 years), the preferential use of triploterapia (three combined drugs) and duploterapy (two combined drugs) for the treatment, as well as the immunological reply of the individuals bearers of the HIV-1 and/or with Sida/Aids of the population of Belem among the years of 1998 and 2002.