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Document 1872
DOCN M94A1872
TI Ambulatory care system for Cuban HIV-positives.
DT 9412
AU de la Concepcion JC; Perez J; Torres R; Sanatorium Santiago de las
Vegas, La Habana, Cuba.
SO Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):432 (abstract no. PD0338). Unique
Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370703
AB OBJECTIVES: To describe the Ambulatory Care System for HIV-positives and
AIDS cases in Cuba METHODS: All persons diagnosed as HIV-positives from
April 1986 through December 1994 were selected for this study.
(screening test: ELISA (ORGANON TECNIK, PASTEUR TECNIC) confirmatory
test: Western Blot (ORGANON TECNIKA, PASTEUR TECNIC). The most part of
the selected persons were admited in one of the 13 Comprehensive Care
Centers (Sanatoriums) throughout the country. Estimations of incubation
and survival time were made using Kaplan-Meier curves and correlations
using parametric and non-parametric tests. RESULTS: Cuban HIV-positive
Care System has been in constant evolution and has been criticized
because Cuba adopted a different strategy from the rest of the world.
However our results show slowness of the epidemic curve with 1007
HIV-positives diagnosed since 1986, 251 AIDS cases and 160 deaths due to
AIDS. The incubation period is around 11 years and the Survival time 18
months. CONCLUSIONS: Our care system offers the posibility of early
diagnosis, treatment and comprehensive Education wich have result in an
slowness of both AIDS and HIV epidemic when compared with other
countries over the world. Highly specialized medical management is
offered with the possibility of Ambulatory Care System since 1993 that
involve family Doctors and community in general.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/THERAPY *Ambulatory Care AIDS
Serodiagnosis Cuba Human HIV Seropositivity/*THERAPY MEETING
ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).