Prevalence of leishmaniasis-hiv coinfection in Brazil from 2007 to 2018

The number of cases of Visceral Leishmaniasis-HIV coinfection has increased, and the association between the two infections is already considered an emerging problem. The aim was to describe the clinical and epidemiological profile of cases of coinfected VL-HIV in Brazil. This is a descriptive study of confirmed cases of VL-HIV co-infection, notified in Brazil, in the years 2007 to 2018. The variables studied were: date of notification; age; sex; race / color; schooling; Region; HIV coinfection and case evolution. All collected data were entered into a Microsoft Excel® 2010 spreadsheet and were analyzed using Bioest at statistical software, version 5.0, chi-square test (p <0.01). 45,055 cases of VL from 2007 to 2018 were confirmed in the country and 7.5% (3,388 / 45,055) were coinfected with HIV. It was observed that the coinfected VL-HIV patients were male (78.2%); 39.8% had elementary education; the predominant age group was 20-39 years (49.2%); they belonged to the brown / black race (76.2%) and evolved to cure (65.7%). It is necessary that health professionals, especially those working in areas where VL is endemic, pay attention to the occurrence of VL-HIV co-infection, considering the high number of cases in which HIV spreads to medium and small cities.