title: HIV infection among illegal migrants, Italy, 2004-2007.
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.
authors.affiliation: Local Health Authority, Brescia, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria Chiara
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Pezzoli
authors.forename: Issa El
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Hamad
authors.forename: Carmelo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scarcella
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vassallo
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Speziani
authors.forename: Graziella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cristini
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scolari
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Suligoi
authors.forename: Anna Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Luzi
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bernasconi
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lichtner
authors.forename: Giuseppina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cassara
authors.forename: Nino
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Manca
authors.forename: Giampiero
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carosi
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Castelli
mesh_terms: 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