title: Human immunodeficiency virus infection in women undergoing treatment for cervical neoplasia: prevalence and the feasibility of routine screening.
abstract: This study was undertaken to evaluate the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and the feasibility of routine HIV screening in women undergoing various treatment of cervical neoplasia at Chiang Mai University Hospital between October 2004 and October 2006. Four hundred and ninety five women were recruited for HIV screening with the opt-out approach performed. In this study, thirty-seven (7.47%) women had a previous diagnosis of HIV infection with a mean duration 4.16 years (range: 1-15 years). The remaining 458 women consented to have an HIV test. Six women (1.31%) were newly identified as HIV seropositive, giving an overall prevalence of 8.69%. In conclusion, the prevalence of HIV infection in this study was considerably high and routine HIV screening is feasible because of the high acceptance rate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand. kiet_ji@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Chumnan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kietpeerakool
mesh_terms: D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D015483:HIV Antibodies