Vaucher MB, Fisch P, Kliemann DA. Human immunodeficiency virus cascade–continuum of care stages and outcomes in a hospital in southern Brazil. World J Virol 2024; 13(3): 96416 [PMID: 39323453 DOI: 10.5501/wjv.v13.i3.96416]
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Manoela Badinelli Vaucher, MD, MSc, Doctor, Professor, Department of Hepatology, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Rua Sarmento Leite, 245 Centro Histórico, Porto Alegre 90050-170, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. manuvaucher@hotmail.com
Research Domain of This Article
Infectious Diseases
Article-Type of This Article
Retrospective Cohort Study
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Manoela Badinelli Vaucher, Dimas Alexandre Kliemann, Department of Hepatology, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre 90050-170, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Manoela Badinelli Vaucher, Department of Medicine, Universidade do Vale do Taquari (UNIVATES), Lajeado 95914-014, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Manoela Badinelli Vaucher, Department of Life Sciences, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC), Santa Cruz do Sul 96815-900, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Patrícia Fisch, Department of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre 90619-900, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Patrícia Fisch, Department of Epidemiology, Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Porto Alegre 91350-250, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Dimas Alexandre Kliemann, Department of Infectious Disease, Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Porto Alegre 91350-250, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Author contributions: Fisch P and Kliemann DA designed the research study; Vaucher MB and Fisch P performed the research; Vaucher MB and Kliemann DA analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Hospital Group.
Informed consent statement: The requirement for informed consent was waived by the Research Ethics Committee of the Hospital Group, as it is a non-intervention study, upon commitment to patient confidentiality.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors declare no conflict of interest.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement-checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement- checklist of items.
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Corresponding author: Manoela Badinelli Vaucher, MD, MSc, Doctor, Professor, Department of Hepatology, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Rua Sarmento Leite, 245 Centro Histórico, Porto Alegre 90050-170, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. manuvaucher@hotmail.com
Received: May 6, 2024 Revised: June 6, 2024 Accepted: July 18, 2024 Published online: September 25, 2024 Processing time: 114 Days and 20.6 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: The capital of southern Brazil, Porto Alegre, has the highest acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related mortality rate. These data demonstrate that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/AIDS is an important public health problem in the city, and it is important to carry out studies to improve indicators. The HIV cascade was adopted as a portrait of implemented public policies. That is why we decided to carry out this study with the objective of identifying the steps and results of continuity of care in patients diagnosed with HIV infection in a hospital located in Porto Alegre. The development of the HIV cascade using local data allowed for the stratification and assessment of risk factors associated with losses occurring between each stage of the cascade, to develop new strategies aimed at achieving the 90-90-90 target in future assessments.
