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Document 0418
DOCN M9630418
TI HIV infection among women undergoing abortion in Montreal.
DT 9603
AU Remis RS; Eason EL; Palmer RW; Najjar M; Leclerc P; Lebel F; Fauvel M;
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Montreal General; Hospital,
Que.
SO Can Med Assoc J. 1995 Nov 1;153(9):1271-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96067012
AB OBJECTIVE: To determine the seroprevalence and correlates of HIV
infection in a subpopulation of women of childbearing age in Montreal.
DESIGN: Anonymous unlinked seroprevalence study. SETTING: Pregnancy
termination unit in a teaching hospital in Montreal. PARTICIPANTS: Women
presenting for abortion from July 1989 to June 1993 who resided in
Quebec and were not known to have HIV infection; 12,017 (99.6%) of
12,068 eligible women were included in the study. INTERVENTION: HIV
antibody testing of serum left over from samples obtained for routine Rh
typing; the same algorithm as for serodiagnostic testing, namely enzyme
immunoassay (EIA) followed by confirmatory testing of repeatedly
EIA-reactive samples, was used. OUTCOME MEASURES: HIV serostatus by age,
marital status, region of residence (metropolitan Montreal versus
other), country of birth and number of living children. RESULTS: Most
(84.7%) of the subjects resided in metropolitan Montreal. The median age
was 27.0 (range 13 to 50) years. The serum samples of 22 women were
confirmed to be HIV positive, for an overall seroprevalence rate of 1.8
per 1000 (95% confidence interval 1.1 to 2.8). The seroprevalence rate
did not vary significantly by age, marital status, region of residence
or study year. However, it was strongly correlated with country of
birth: Canada 0.16, Haiti 23.5, HIV-endemic countries other than Haiti
5.3 and non-HIV-endemic countries other than Canada 0.0 per 1000. The
seroprevalence rate among women born in Haiti was 147 times higher than
that among women born in Canada (p < 0.0001). Of the women born in Haiti
the rate was 3.0 times greater among those who immigrated to Canada in
1985 or later than among those who immigrated earlier (p = 0.047).
CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study indicate that the HIV
seroprevalence rate among women in Montreal is strongly associated with
country of birth, women born in HIV-endemic countries, especially Haiti,
having the highest rate. These results will help in the development of
policies regarding HIV antibody testing and prevention of HIV
transmission in Quebec.
DE Abortion, Legal/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA Adolescence Adult Confidence
Intervals Emigration and Immigration Female Haiti/ETHNOLOGY Human
*HIV Seroprevalence Middle Age Pregnancy Quebec/EPIDEMIOLOGY
Residence Characteristics Seroepidemiologic Methods Support, Non-U.S.
Gov't Urban Health JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).