<sec><title>INTRODUCTION: </title>In Brazil, AIDS has been described as a multi-faceted pandemic. This study aimed to describe the trends of AIDS in São Mateus microregion, in Espírito Santo, and in Brazil, from 1999 to 2008. </sec><sec><title>ME...
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| author | Ana Paula Martins Vilela Franciéle Marabotti Costa Leite Edilson Romais Schmildt Simone Mendes Carvalho Susana Bubach Kamila Medani Tristão Emanuelle Pires de Amorim |
| author_facet | Ana Paula Martins Vilela Franciéle Marabotti Costa Leite Edilson Romais Schmildt Simone Mendes Carvalho Susana Bubach Kamila Medani Tristão Emanuelle Pires de Amorim |
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| description | <sec><title>INTRODUCTION: </title>In Brazil, AIDS has been described as a multi-faceted pandemic. This study aimed to describe the trends of AIDS in São Mateus microregion, in Espírito Santo, and in Brazil, from 1999 to 2008. </sec><sec><title>METHODS: </title>Data were collected from the Notification Offences System, and a trend analysis was made. </sec><sec><title>RESULTS:</title> Microregion-based results are close to the state and national levels but with particular features that indicate the presence of regional sub-epidemics. </sec><sec><title>CONCLUSIONS: </title>Despite progress in nearly thirty years of the epidemic, AIDS remains an incurable disease, and prevention is still the best defense against it together with the implementation of specific public policies.</sec> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7197d1f4830e416dbb0866faa2adc82b2022-12-22T00:21:57ZengSociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical0037-86821678-98492013-01-014619296Ana Paula Martins VilelaFranciéle Marabotti Costa LeiteEdilson Romais SchmildtSimone Mendes CarvalhoSusana BubachKamila Medani TristãoEmanuelle Pires de Amorim<sec><title>INTRODUCTION: </title>In Brazil, AIDS has been described as a multi-faceted pandemic. This study aimed to describe the trends of AIDS in São Mateus microregion, in Espírito Santo, and in Brazil, from 1999 to 2008. </sec><sec><title>METHODS: </title>Data were collected from the Notification Offences System, and a trend analysis was made. </sec><sec><title>RESULTS:</title> Microregion-based results are close to the state and national levels but with particular features that indicate the presence of regional sub-epidemics. </sec><sec><title>CONCLUSIONS: </title>Despite progress in nearly thirty years of the epidemic, AIDS remains an incurable disease, and prevention is still the best defense against it together with the implementation of specific public policies.</sec>http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822013000100092Public healthEpidemiologyAcquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| spellingShingle | Ana Paula Martins Vilela Franciéle Marabotti Costa Leite Edilson Romais Schmildt Simone Mendes Carvalho Susana Bubach Kamila Medani Tristão Emanuelle Pires de Amorim Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Public health Epidemiology Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| topic | Public health Epidemiology Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
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