Abstract
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.
Publication types
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Multicenter Study
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Africa South of the Sahara / ethnology
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Aged
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Female
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HIV Infections / epidemiology*
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HIV Seropositivity / epidemiology
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HIV-1
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Humans
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Italy / epidemiology
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Risk Factors
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Risk-Taking
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Sex Work
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Transients and Migrants*
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Unsafe Sex
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Young Adult