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R Rodríguez Cruz

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PubMed1989

Prevalence of infection with human immunodeficiency virus in Cuba.

This article describes the National AIDS Prevention and Control Program in Cuba and presents the results of serologic studies of HIV prevalence. As of 30 May 1988 2,224,748 individuals (approximately one-third of the Cuban population plus 32,750 foreigners) of sexually active age from high-risk and other population groups had been screened to detect HIV antibody. Among resident Cubans a total of 227 HIV infections were found, indicating a prevalence of 0.01 seropositives per 100 people tested. The seroprevalence of HIV among blood donors is on the order of one infection per 50,000 people, and appears to have declined since 1986. The seroprevalence of HIV among groups at risk is relatively low compared to that found among similar groups in other countries.

AIDS Serodiagnosis↗
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Cuba: mass polio vaccination program, 1962-1982.

Poliomyelitis appeared in Cuba in the present century and acquired an endemo -epidemic character, with epidemic peaks every five to seven years. The first polio vaccination campaign, conducted in 1962, changed the trend of the disease by eliminating the morbidity and mortality peaks. Since that time there have been only isolated cases. There have been 21 mass vaccination campaigns, which have been preceded by serologic studies on a sample of the national population younger than 14 years of age. Since the eighth campaign, a trivalent vaccine candy has been administered in two doses to children from one month to three years of age. A booster dose at nine years of age was introduced in the ninth campaign. Since 1962, seven cases have been reported in infants younger than one year of age who, for various reasons, had not been vaccinated. The key to the success of the mass vaccination campaigns conducted over the last 20 years has been the use of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution. The high vaccination coverage achieved in the various campaigns for each age group (greater than 80%) guarantees that no epidemics will break out in the country. Quality-control surveys following each vaccination operation have yielded an understanding of difficulties and have allowed measures to be taken to improve operations.

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