HIV Infection among Illegal Migrants, Europe, 2004–2007

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  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
• Corporate Authors:
  Giuseppina Cassara’ ; PRISHMA Study Group
• Description:
  To determine HIV prevalence and place of exposure for illegal migrants in Europe, 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.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Dispatch Europe Exposure Female HIV-1 HIV/AIDS And Other Retroviruses HIV Infections HIV Seropositivity Humans Male Middle Aged Migrants Prevalence Prostitution Risk-Taking Risk Factors Transients And Migrants Unsafe Sex Viruses Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 15(11):1802-1804.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Africa South of the Sahara
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7dee280440dd83ecbe1f303ef51a8e621e37f7451c6a447fb01897e8f97f4726
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17992/cdc_17992_DS1.pdf
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