@article{Bruni_Caetano dos Santos_Stauffert_da Cunha Filho_de Oliveira Bicca_Freitas da Silveira_Amélia da Rosa Farias_2019, place={Goiânia}, title={Trichomonas vaginalis AND HIV INFECTION: RELATION AND PREVALENCE AMONG WOMEN IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL}, volume={48}, url={https://revistas.ufg.br/iptsp/article/view/55324}, DOI={10.5216/rpt.v48i1.55324}, abstractNote={<p><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Trichomoniasis is a curable sexually transmitted infection (STI) that has been reported to be linked to exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), although few studies have described this association. The purpose of this study was to focus on the incidence of trichomoniasis in low-income women, its relation to HIV status, viral load levels and TCD4+ cell counts, among other risk factors, using an in vitro culture as a diagnostic test. A crosssectional study among 267 women (103 HIV-positive and 164 HIV-negative) was conducted in 2015. The overall prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) infection was 6.4%. Among HIVpositive and HIV-negative women, the prevalence was 3.9% and 7.9%, respectively, yet these results were not statistically different (p=0.1878). The factors associated with TV infection were cigarette smoking (OR= 3.52), vaginal itching (OR=4.43) and bacterial vaginosis (BV) (OR= 5.29). HIV status, TCD4+ cell count and viral load were not associated with TV infection in this group. The prevalence rates found, lower than those observed in other studies, may be due to the fact that the women evaluated in the present study are part of a low-risk population<br>as well as the limited sample size of HIV positive women.</span></span></p>}, number={1}, journal={Revista de Patologia Tropical / Journal of Tropical Pathology}, author={Bruni, Mirian Pinheiro and Caetano dos Santos, Carolina and Stauffert, Dulce and da Cunha Filho, Nilton and de Oliveira Bicca, Guilherme and Freitas da Silveira, Mariângela and Amélia da Rosa Farias, Nara}, year={2019}, month={abr.}, pages={15–24} }