[High prevalence of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) associated with transfusion in Puebla, Mexico].
The salient clinical and epidemiological features of the first cases of AIDS diagnosed in the city of Puebla, Mexico, are reviewed. Puebla has 2 million inhabitants and 37 cases of AIDS have been diagnosed since 1984. Thirty-two percent of patients acquired AIDS by blood transfusion, 20% were paid blood donors and 48% acquired the HIV infection by the sexual route, thus making a 52% prevalence of transfusion-related HIV infection. These data are substantially different from those reported in other countries and in other cities within Mexico, where the prevalence of transfusion-associated HIV infection is about 11.5%. The high prevalence of transfusion-related AIDS seems to be due to existence of "blood centers" where paid donors are bled using non-disposable material, and they are poorly selected. HIV infection is thus transmitted to paid-blood donors which in turn become transmitters of the disease. The new regulations on blood donation adopted in Mexico abolish paid blood-donation and the selection of blood donors is more stringent. This should result in reducing the serious problem of transfusion-associated HIV infection in the city of Puebla, Mexico.
Lobato-Mendizábal
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E
Alvarez-Suárez
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Y
Marín-López
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A
Ruiz-Argüelles
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Galindo-Rodríguez
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C
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001782:Blood Donors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D065227:Transfusion Reaction
Prevalencia alta de síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida (SIDA) asociado a transfusion en Puebla, México.