| ...However, the two studies indicate that "HIV infection is potentially on the threshold of rapid increase in this population," Lemp said, adding, "If behavior change doesn't occur and there is no intervention, then we would expect some exponential growth in the number of people infected." Lemp said that if public health officials do not "devote considerable resources" to tracking infections and educating the Mexican public about HIV/AIDS, Mexico could "rapidly become the next India or China," where the pandemic is "raging out of control," according to the Times. In addition, the increase in HIV prevalence among migrant workers "echo[es] the skyrocketing [prevalence] rates among Latinos overall," the Times reports... |