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Document 2332
DOCN M94A2332
TI Premarital HIV testing: the case of Mexico.
DT 9412
AU del Rio C; Trevino A; Mellado E; Quintanilla M; Muniz M; CONASIDA
(National AIDS Council), Mexico D.F., Mexico.
SO Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):328 (abstract no. PC0243). Unique
Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370243
AB OBJECTIVE: Over the past three years 7 out of the 32 states in Mexico
have made HIV testing a part of their mandatory premarital screening
despite strong recommendations against it from us as well as opposition
from NGO's. We decided to review the experience in Coahuila, one of the
7 states in order to evaluate its impact as a public health control in
AIDS. METHODS: From May of 1992, when testing was made mandatory,
through December of 1993 all premarital HIV tests done at the 3 major
cities of Coahuila (Saltillo, Torreon and Monclova) were studied.
Testing was done using either 2nd generation ELISA or agglutination
tests. RESULTS: Coahuila, is a border state with the United States. It
has a population of 2,126,924 and 287 AIDS cases reported through
December of 1993 (rate = 13.6 per 100,000 inhab). A total of 9,014
premarital HIV tests were performed with 4 positive results (0.04%).
Three were confirmed using Western blot and one was a false positive. Of
those with a positive result, two previously knew that they were
infected and only one was actually a new finding attributable to HIV
screening. Thus 1 new HIV infected person was diagnosed out of 9014
tests done. This person was refused a marital license in Coahuila but
got married in Nuevo Leon, a contigous state. DISCUSSION AND
CONCLUSIONS: Previous studies done in Mexico among adult men as well as
blood donors have found a seroprevalence of 0.03-0.04%, identical to the
one found through premarital HIV testing in Coahuila. Our data confirm
that premarital HIV testing is not only violatory of human rights but an
expensive public health measure useless in the control of the spread of
HIV as refusal of a license to marry does not prevent sexual activity
among consenting adults. In a country were AIDS resources are scarce we
should be careful in their allocation favoring useful prevention
strategies.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*PREVENTION & CONTROL
Adult *AIDS Serodiagnosis/ECONOMICS Cost-Benefit Analysis
Cross-Sectional Studies *Developing Countries Female Human HIV
Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*PREVENTION & CONTROL Incidence Male *Mass
Screening/ECONOMICS Mexico/EPIDEMIOLOGY *Premarital Examinations
MEETING ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).