Sociodemographic and health profile of TB/HIV co-infection in Brazil: A systematic review
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: to ascertain the epidemiological profile of TB/HIV co-infection in Brazilian scenarios. METHOD: this is a systematic review conducted via electronic search in databases PubMed, EMBASE, LILACS and SciELO, having as inclusion criterion articles based on the Brazilian scenario of TB/HIV co-infection. RESULTS: of the total 174 studies, 15 were selected, revealing the epidemiological profile of the co-infection in different scenarios: male, economically active age, low education level, brown/black ethnicity, low income, heterosexual, pulmonary clinical form, alcoholism and Directly Observed Therapy. CONCLUSION: the sociodemographic and epidemiological profile of people with TB/HIV co-infection has an expected occurrence pattern, which corroborates articles found in the literature, either at national level or by grouping the studies according to region or state
Authors
Bastos SH, Taminato M, Fernandes H, Figueiredo TMRM, Nichiata LYI, Hino P
Year
2018
Topics
- Epidemiology and Determinants of Health
- Epidemiology
- Determinants of Health
- Education
- Population(s)
- Ethnoracial communities
- General HIV+ population
- Engagement and Care Cascade
- Treatment
- Substance Use
- Alcohol
- Co-infections
- Tuberculosis
