title: [AIDS epidemiology and HIV prevalence among beneficiaries of the regional hospital of Mexican Oils, Salamanca, Gto].
abstract: We studied the HIV prevalence among oil workers and their families in a middle size population. Results were analyzed and compared with previous reports from USA, Brazil, and other cities in México. There were no differences in prevalence between workers and their families (3.4 vs. 3.7 per 1,000). The only way of transmission in adults was sexual, while in two children with AIDS, the mechanism was perinatal. Seven of the 16 patients HIV positive detected were found screening contacts. We detected 3 cases with the AID Syndrome: two of them have died, to date with an average survival of 4 months, once the diagnosis was established. Our results clearly indicate that while epidemiologic studies an contact yield good results, open population surveys have not good cost-benefit values, and this studies should be carried in high risk population only.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: García García
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Ramírez Aragón
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D009786:Occupational Health Services; D010578:Petroleum
chemical_list: D010578:Petroleum
vernacular_title: Epidemiología del SIDA y prevalencia del HIV en derechohabientes del hospital regional de petróleos Mexicanos, Salamanca, Gto.