HIV1 infection in extra-European students in Turin (Italy): epidemiologic pattern and risk factors.
The authors studied a population of 5634 students from various continents to determine possible correlations between risk factors and seroprevalence of HIV infection. In the African sample the seroprevalence rate was 3.5%; the age range from 19 to 30 years was most affected; prevalence differences between the sexes were slight (3.5% for the males vs 3% for the females); the evaluation of the medical history (STDs, malaria, TB and hospital stays) showed no statistically significant association with HIV-1 infection; the central-eastern Africa significantly appeared the most affected.
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Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Microbiologia, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy.
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D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa / Q000208:ethnology; D015153:Blotting, Western; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution