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CASTANEDA VARGAS, Esmiraida et al. Behaviour of HIV/aids carriers in II Frente municipality. MEDISAN [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.6, pp. 793-798. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive and cross sectional study was carried out during the 2013, on the 16 patients with the human immunodeficiency virus/aids in II Frente municipality, Santiago de Cuba province, with the aim of characterizing them according to variables of interest for the investigation. Among the main results there were: the male sex (87.5%), the age group 20-29 years (50.0%), the university school level (43.7%), the unemployed, the single persons, as well as the sexual pattern as the most common way of infection. The incidence of HIV/aids in this municipality has increased in the last years and the people's councils of higher rates were Mayarí and Loma Blanca

Palabras clave : human immunodeficiency virus/aids; incidence; prevalence; primary health.

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