Prevalence of Co-Leishmania sp. in patients with HIV/AIDS Program Attended by Hall of STD/AIDS in the Centre of Testing and Counseling (CTA) Imperatriz of MA

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of infection with Leishmania sp. in individuals living with HIV / AIDSserved by the municipal STD / AIDS in the Counseling and Testing Center (ATC) of Imperatriz-MA. Method: Adescriptive cross-sectional study was conducted, the study population consisted of 199 individuals. Data collectionwas done through a questionnaire in order to obtain demographic, socioeconomic and epidemiological data, as wellas examination was performed to collect biological material (blood) of all patients for detection of Leishmania sp.,through laboratory tests (CD4 and CD8) and PCR research. Results:It was observed, among patients,similaritybetween the gender frequency, 49.2% male and 50.8% female, mean age 40 years. 61.8% of the surveyed have a lowlevel of education and 69.3% have a monthly income of up to minimum wage. 2.01% (4/199) of patients analyzedshowed co-infection Leishmania / HIV. From these, three showed that mixed infection by Leishmania (V.) sp andLeishmania (L.) amazonensis, causing LTA and one patient infected by Leishmania (L.) chagasi, causative of LV.Conclusions: This study showed the magnitude of prevalence of co-infection Leishmania / HIV. Thus, it is suggestedthat the anti-Leishmania test be performed on all individuals with HIV / AIDS, in which focus on public policy issuesthat are incremented.