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AIM: By 2013, 35.3 million people are living with HIV in the world. The objective of our study is to evaluate the scientific activity and the production of VIH in Spanish between the years 2008 and 2012. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Bibliometric, descriptive of cross section study of articles published between 2008 and 2012 into Spanish and Portuguese with about 14 variables. RESULTS: 830 articles have been reviewed (46.9% original articles) 141 journals other than 18 countries. In 61% of cases the main author was a graduate in medicine and 27.7% was a nurse. 38.9% of the articles are based on issues of treatment and tertiary prevention of HIV infection. DISCUSSION: Despite being a problem with high incidence, the Spanish nursing published little about HIV/AIDS infection, unlike the Brazilian companions, who either by rebound or topicality of the theme, see increased their publications and interventions in recent years.
