*Corresponding author:
Dennis Minoru Fujita, Av Dr Enéas Carvalho de Aguiar, 470 - 2º andar, São Paulo - BrazilReceived: January 29, 2018; Published: February 21, 2018
DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2018.02.000782
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The economic development in emerging countries promoted an
increase of access for new medical technologies and services which
improve the life expectancy of your population at last 10 years
[1]. In Brazil, the increase of senior group is accompanied by new
demands for a better quality of life, based on the interaction and
social integration of the elderly [2]. However, this social renaissance
may be followed by agents that did not represent a risk for this
group [3]. Either by lack of preventive knowledge or by the cultural
conduct to not use condoms, in the past, of this generation. Our
study assessed the number of HIV-infected from Brazilian Ministry
of Health public database (DATASUS) during the last 10 years. We
focused on analyzing the frequency in senior age group, which was
divided in the following distribution by age: 60-64, 65-69, 70-74,
75-79 and 80