Background The life expectancy of patients with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) reported by several epidemiological studies is …

As técnicas estatísticas conhecidas como análise de sobrevida são utilizadas quando se
pretende analisar um fenômeno em relação a um período de tempo, isto é, ao tempo …

Opportunistic infections (OIs) cause significant morbidity/mortality in human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‑infected individuals globally. Disparities between high‑income …

Background The natural history of HIV infection has changed dramatically after the
introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy. Currently, opportunistic illnesses still …

Studies examining the sex differences in morbidity and mortality among HIV/AIDS patients
have yielded inconsistent results. We conducted a meta-analysis of sex differences in …

Objective In Brazil, universal provision of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been guaranteed
free of charge to eligible HIV‐positive patients since December 1996. We sought to quantify …

The increasingly widespread use since 1996 of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART),
a combination of at least three drugs that typically includes either a protease inhibitor (PI) or …

BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to investigate risk factors of human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‐seropositive blood donors in Brazil and to determine if current …

Background: Recent studies have shown substantial increases in the survival of AIDS
patients in developed countries and in Brazil as a result of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and …

Background The impact of HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy) on the time for
progression from HIV diagnosis to AIDS (TPHA) has been little studied in middle-income …