TY - JOUR T1 - Vaccination coverage in a cohort of HIV-infected patients receiving care at an AIDS outpatient clinic in Espírito Santo, Brazil JO - The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases T2 - AU - Pinto Neto,Lauro Ferreira da Silva AU - Vieira,Julia Vescovi AU - Ronchi,Nathália Rossoni SN - 14138670 M3 - 10.1016/j.bjid.2017.03.021 DO - 10.1016/j.bjid.2017.03.021 UR - https://www.bjid.org.br/en-vaccination-coverage-in-cohort-hiv-infected-articulo-S1413867016306766 AB - This cross-sectional study assessed the immunization status of human immune deficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients receiving care at an outpatient clinic in Brazil. The sociodemographic characteristics, CD4 count and HIV viral load of 281 out of 612 adult outpatients were analyzed. A total of 331 patients were excluded because of no availability of vaccination cards. Chi-square or Fisher's exact test were used. Immunization coverage was higher for diphtheria/tetanus (59.79%) and hepatitis B (56.7%), and lowest for hepatitis A (6.8%) and for meningococcal group C (6%). Only 11.74% of the patients had received the influenza virus vaccine yearly since their HIV-infection diagnosis. No vaccination against influenza (p<0.034) or hepatitis B (p<0.029) were associated with CD4 counts <500cells/mL; no vaccination against flu or pneumococcus were associated with detectable HIV viral load (p<0.049 and p<0.002, respectively). Immunization coverage is still very low among HIV-infected adults in this setting despite recommendations and high infection-related mortality. ER -