The HIV-Brazil Cohort Study: Design, Methods and Participant Characteristics

• Alexandre Grangeiro ,

  * E-mail: ale.grangeiro@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Maria Mercedes Escuder,

  Affiliation Health Institute, São Paulo State Department of Health, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Alex Jones Flores Cassanote,

  Affiliation Postgraduate Program in Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Rosa Alencar Souza,

  Affiliation STD/AIDS Referral and Training Centre, São Paulo State Department of Health, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Artur O. Kalichman,

  Affiliation STD/AIDS Referral and Training Centre, São Paulo State Department of Health, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Valdiléa Veloso,

  Affiliation Evandro Chagas Clinical Research Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Maria Letícia Rodrigues Ikeda,

  Affiliation Care and Treatment Clinic of the Partenon Sanatorium, Rio Grande do Sul State Department of Health, Porto Alegre, Brazil

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• Nêmora Tregnago Barcellos,

  Affiliation Care and Treatment Clinic of the Partenon Sanatorium, Rio Grande do Sul State Department of Health, Porto Alegre, Brazil

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• Carlos Brites,

  Affiliation Edgar Santos University Hospital Complex, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil

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• Unai Tupinanbás,

  Affiliation Medical School, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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• Noaldo O. Lucena,

  Affiliation Tropical Medicine Foundation, Amazonas State Department of Health, Manaus, Brazil

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• Carlos Lima da Silva,

  Affiliation State Centre for Diagnosis, Treatment and Research, Bahia State Department of Health, Salvador, Brazil

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• Heloisa Ramos Lacerda,

  Affiliation Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

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• Beatriz Grinsztejn,

  Affiliation Evandro Chagas Clinical Research Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Euclides Ayres Castilho

  Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil

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