Según un estudio de la Universidad de California dado a conocer en Los Angeles Times y en Medical News Today la infección de VIH entre la población mexicana migrante en el Estado está creciendo de forma terible, y a su vez esparciéndose en México.
"Last year, government researchers from Mexico and California announced plans for a joint study to explore the spread of HIV among migrant workers and their families. The study focused on seasonal farm workers, day laborers and urban workers in Fresno and San Diego counties, as well as similar groups and their relatives in the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Michoacan (Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, 2/7/03).
The first study of 600 migrant workers in Fresno and San Diego counties showed that as many as 1% of workers -- or 20,000 people -- are HIV-positive. That prevalence rate is more than three times as high as the rate in the general U.S. and Mexican populations, according to researchers. The second study, which was published in the Nov. 1 issue of the Journal of AIDS, found that HIV prevalence among pregnant women at Tijuana General Hospital in Mexico is more than four times as high as the rate among the general populations in both Mexico and the United States..."
Parece ser que una gran crisis está a punto de explotar, y lo peor es que miles de personas ni siquiera saben que tienen el virus.
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