PMID- 9229756
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19970721
LR  - 20061115
IS  - 0034-8376 (Print)
IS  - 0034-8376 (Linking)
VI  - 49
IP  - 1
DP  - 1997 Jan-Feb
TI  - [Seroprevalence of various viruses and sociodemographic characteristics of women 
      seeking HIV screening].
PG  - 5-13
AB  - OBJECTIVES: To study the seroprevalence of syphilis, herpes simplex-2, hepatitis 
      B and HIV, and main sociodemographic characteristics and sexual behavior in women 
      seeking testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Mexico City. 
      METHODOLOGY: A self-applied questionnaire was used in 454 women; and a blood 
      sample was taken for the detection of markers for syphilis, herpes simplex 
      virus-2 (HSV-2)), antibodies against core and surface antigens for hepatitis B 
      virus (HBV), and ELISA and Western blot for HIV. RESULTS: Seroprevalences for 
      antibodies against T. pallidum, HSV-2, HBV and HIV were 4.6%, 29.3%, 3.5% and 
      4.0%, respectively. Forty-six percent of the women were 20 to 29 years old; 70% 
      reported complete junior high school or higher education level; 75% were sexually 
      active; 56% reported at least one stable male sexual partner, 17% reported at 
      least one occasional male sexual partner in the last three months, and 60% had 
      had at least one sexual relation in the last three months; of these, only 18% (n 
      = 82) reported the use of a condom as a preventive measure. Almost 30% of the HIV 
      positive women had a history of blood transfusion, while less than 10% of the HIV 
      negative women had received a transfusion. In addition, 10.6% said that one of 
      their sexual partners was infected with HIV or had AIDS. CONCLUSIONS: Risks of 
      HIV/STD transmission for this group of self-selected women were linked to blood 
      transfusion, low education and, most important, the risk from male sexual 
      partners who were HIV seropositive. It is expected that these results will 
      contribute to the improvement and development of strategies for the control and 
      prevention of STD among this population group, as well as the general population 
      in Mexico.
FAU - Hernandez-Giron, C
AU  - Hernandez-Giron C
AD  - Centro de Investigaciones en Salud Poblacional (CISP), Instituto Nacional de 
      Salud Publica (INSP), Cuernavaca, Mor., Mexico.
FAU - Uribe-Salas, F
AU  - Uribe-Salas F
FAU - Conde-Gonzalez, C
AU  - Conde-Gonzalez C
FAU - Cruz-Valdez, A
AU  - Cruz-Valdez A
FAU - Juarez-Figueroa, L
AU  - Juarez-Figueroa L
FAU - Uribe-Zuniga, P
AU  - Uribe-Zuniga P
FAU - del Rio-Chiriboga, C
AU  - del Rio-Chiriboga C
FAU - Hernandez-Avila, M
AU  - Hernandez-Avila M
LA  - spa
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
TT  - Seroprevalencias a diversos virus y caracteristicas sociodemograficas en mujeres 
      que buscan detectarse VIH.
PL  - Mexico
TA  - Rev Invest Clin
JT  - Revista de investigacion clinica; organo del Hospital de Enfermedades de la 
      Nutricion
JID - 9421552
RN  - 0 (Antibodies, Viral)
SB  - IM
MH  - AIDS Serodiagnosis
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Antibodies, Viral/blood
MH  - Child
MH  - Female
MH  - HIV Seropositivity/*epidemiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Seroepidemiologic Studies
MH  - Sexually Transmitted Diseases/*epidemiology/immunology
MH  - Socioeconomic Factors
MH  - Virus Diseases/*epidemiology/immunology
EDAT- 1997/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 1997/01/01 00:01
CRDT- 1997/01/01 00:00
PHST- 1997/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1997/01/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1997/01/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Rev Invest Clin. 1997 Jan-Feb;49(1):5-13.