HIV Infection among Illegal Migrants, Italy, 2004–2007

Pezzoli, Maria Chiara; El Hamad, Issa; Scarcella, Carmelo; Vassallo, Francesco; Speziani, Fabrizio; Cristini, Graziella; Scolari, Carla; Suligoi, Barbara; Luzi, Anna Maria; Bernasconi, Daniela; Lichtner, Miriam; Manca, Nino; Carosi, Giampiero; Castelli, Francesco

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HIV Infection among Illegal Migrants, Italy, 2004–2007

Published Date:

Nov 2009

Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 15(11):1802-1804.

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Pezzoli, Maria Chiara ; El Hamad, Issa ; Scarcella, Carmelo ; Vassallo, Francesco ; Speziani, Fabrizio ; ... More ▼

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Giuseppina Cassara’ ; PRISHMA Study Group ;

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Description:

To determine HIV prevalence and place of exposure for illegal migrants in Italy, we tested 3,003 illegal adult migrants for HIV; 29 (0.97%) were HIV positive. Antibody avidity index results (indicators of time of infection) were available for 27 of those persons and showed that 6 (22.2%) presumably acquired their infection after migration.

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Emerging Infectious Diseases

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