Patient’s clinical-epidemiological characteristic with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Boyeros. 2013

Authors

  • Jorge Luis Luis Valdés Fuster Hospital General Docente “Dr. Enrique Cabrera”, La Habana, Cuba
  • Dinorah de la Caridad Oliva Venereo Hospital General Docente “Dr. Enrique Cabrera”, La Habana, Cuba
  • Arturo Luis Viñas Martínez Hospital General Docente “Dr. Enrique Cabrera”, La Habana, Cuba
  • Dania Lastre Hernández Hospital General Docente “Dr. Enrique Cabrera”, La Habana, Cuba
  • Yunier Andrés Camilo Cuéllar Hospital General Docente “Dr. Enrique Cabrera”, La Habana, Cuba

Abstract

Introduction: Infection by AIDS has being a world and national health problem. Decentralization process of the attention of these patients make possible that every day more patients assist to secondary level hospitals to be treated.
Objective: To characterize patients with AIDS infection in Boyeros municipality.
Material and Methods: We were carried out a descriptive, cross-sectional study, of people with AIDS residents in Boyeros municipality up to December 31 2013. Demographic variables analyzed, were age, sex, occupation, AIDS markers illnesses, time of diagnosis, CD4 count and antiretroviral treatment.
Results: The biggest number of cases are of masculine sex. Most affected age groups are 20 to 39 years old and of pre-university educational level. There are 30% of cases are unemployed persons. 80% of the cases have less than 10 years of been diagnosed, 76% were classified as AIDS with CD4 low count. More frequent AIDS illness was neurotoxoplasmosis. Zidovudina-Lamivudina-Nevirapina is the most antiretroviral treatment utilized.
Conclusions: AIDS population in Boyeros is by majority masculine and young people. There is an important group of unemployed persons. The CD4 cells count is above 200 cells/mm3 and more than a half of cases have a suitable ARVT.

 

Keywords: Decentralization, HIV, AIDS, ARVT, CD4 count, Viral Load, Neurotoxoplasmosis.

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Valdés Fuster JLL, Oliva Venereo D de la C, Viñas Martínez AL, Lastre Hernández D, Camilo Cuéllar YA. Patient’s clinical-epidemiological characteristic with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Boyeros. 2013. Rev haban cienc méd [Internet]. 2016 Dec. 22 [cited 2025 Jul. 1];15(6):955-67. Available from: https://revhabanera.sld.cu/index.php/rhab/article/view/1562

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Vol. 15 No. 6: November-December 2016

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Epidemiological and Salubrity Sciences

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