[Adolescents opinions regarding Plato del Bien Comer Maya as nutrition health promotion tool.].

Objective: To know opinions of adolescents from Cholul, Yucatán, about Plato del Bien Comer Maya in order to improve it as health promotion tool.

Materials And Methods: Qualitative study, formative research. Three focus groups were carried out, participating 28 adolescents: 12-16 years old.

[Hyperlipidemia and glucose intolerance in patients with HIV infection receiving antiretroviral therapy].

Objective: To determine the prevalence of secondary effects on lipid metabolism as a result of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), as well as the impact of different types of antiretroviral regimens on lipids and glucose in a group of patients in Yucatan, Mexico.

Material And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted. A questionnaire created for this study was administered to each patient and total cholesterol, triglycerides and fasting glucose values were determined.

Co-infection by the human T-cell lymphotropic virus type II in patients infected by the human immunodeficiency virus in Yucatan, Mexico.

Background: The HTLV-II infection has been reported in patients with HIV infection as often in asymptomatic as those with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of HTLV-II infection in a group of patients infected by HIV in our region, as well as determining the risk factors associated with HTLV-II transmission in this group of patients and its impact on the clinical course of HIV infection.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the prevalence of co-infection of HIV-1 and HTLV-II among 192 patients from Yucatán, México.

HIV-encephalopathy as initial manifestation of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in Yucatán State, Mexico.

Background: The frequency of neurologic manifestations of the central nervous system (CNS) as a defining disease of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (neurologic manifestation defining disease [NMDD-AIDS]) varies according to geographic region. The aim of this study was to determine its prevalence among patients with AIDS diagnosed in the state of Yucatán, Mexico.

Methods: We carried out a retrospective study in which AIDS cases reported at the Health Department in the state of Yucatán, Mexico from January 1983 to July 2001 were analyzed.

Frequency of antibodies against the hepatitis C virus in patients with hepatic cirrhosis in Yucatan, Mexico.

Objective: To report the prevalence of antibodies against the hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) in a group of patients with hepatic cirrhosis (HC).

Material And Methods: A prospective transversal and descriptive study was carried out from March 1998 to May 1999. Study subjects were 153 patients; 117 (76%) male and 36 (24%) female, diagnosed with HC.