Maternal and neonatal risk factors associated with increased mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 in Mexico: Results of a case-control study.

Background: Maternal, obstetric and neonatal factors that increase the possibility of mother-to-child HIV transmission (MTCT) are known as mechanisms of transmission. Our aim was to determine the risk factors associated with MTCT in Mexico.

Methods: We conducted a case-control study from March to December 2015.

Risk factors for HCV transmission in HIV-positive men who have sex with men in México.

Purpose: In the last two decades transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in HIV positive men who have sex with men (MSM) has been reported globally. Chemsex and specific sexual practices have been identified as risk factors. Our study aimed to identify risk factors for HCV transmission in MSM living with HIV attending in Mexico.

Comorbidities and polypharmacy among HIV-positive patients aged 50 years and over: a case-control study.

Objective: This study was to determine and compare the prevalences of polypharmacy and comorbidities in patients aged 50 years or older with those patients younger than 50 years in a Mexican population.

Results: One hundred and twenty-five patients were enrolled, 60 (48%) were aged 50 years or older. The median CD4+ cell counts were 509 cells/μL (interquartile range [IQR]: 324-730) for the older patients and 384 cells/μL (IQR: 262-562) (P = 0.

Mexican patients with HIV have a high prevalence of vertebral fractures.

Low bone mineral density (BMD) and fragility fractures are common in individuals infected with HIV, who are undergoing antiretroviral therapy (ART). In high-income countries, dual energy X-ray absorptiometrry is typically used to evaluate osteopenia or osteoporosis in HIV infected individuals. However, this technology is unavailable in low andmiddle income countries, so a different approach is needed.