HIV infection among illegal migrants, Italy, 2004-2007.
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.
Pezzoli
Maria Chiara
MC
Local Health Authority, Brescia, Italy.
Hamad
Issa El
IE
Scarcella
Carmelo
C
Vassallo
Francesco
F
Speziani
Fabrizio
F
Cristini
Graziella
G
Scolari
Carla
C
Suligoi
Barbara
B
Luzi
Anna Maria
AM
Bernasconi
Daniela
D
Lichtner
Miriam
M
Cassara
Giuseppina
G
Manca
Nino
N
Carosi
Giampiero
G
Castelli
Francesco
F
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara / Q000208:ethnology; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000453:epidemiology; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D011477:Sex Work; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D047568:Unsafe Sex; D055815:Young Adult