title: Using the premarital examination for population-based surveillance for HIV in China: a pilot study.
abstract: All couples attending the premarital examination at four selected sites in Zhejiang and Yunnan provinces in China were included in this study. Blood from 9952 individuals was tested for HIV-1 using a gelatin particle agglutination technique. There were no HIV-positive individuals in Zhejiang. In Yunnan, 28 of 3742 individuals were positive, a prevalence of 0.75%. The premarital examination should be used for voluntary counselling and testing and anonymous surveillance for HIV in high prevalence areas.
authors.affiliation: Centre for International Child Health, Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH, UK.
authors.forename: Therese
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hesketh
authors.forename: Xin Mei
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Zhan Biao
authors.initials: ZB
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhu Wei
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Xing
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Cubitt
authors.forename: Andrew M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Tomkins
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011291:Premarital Examinations; D015995:Prevalence