HIV infection among illegal migrants, Italy, 2004-2007

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume 15, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1802-1804

HIV infection among illegal migrants, Italy, 2004-2007 (Article) (Open Access)

Pezzoli M.C. , El Hamad I. , Scarcella C. , Vassallo F. , Speziani F. , Cristini G. , Scolari C. , Suligoi B. , Luzi A.M. , Bernasconi D. , Lichtner M. , Cassara' G. , Manca N. , Carosi G. , Castelli F.* , Grassi E. , Ricci A. , Rodella A. , Affronti M. , Prestileo T. , Baglio G. , Buttò S. , Cacciani L. , Colucci A. , Cuomo R. , Gallo P. , Regine V. , Vullo V.

^a Local Health Authority, Brescia, Italy
^b Spedali Civili General Hospital, Brescia, Italy
^c Local Health Authority, Brescia, Italy
^d Local Health Authority, Brescia, Italy
^e Local Health Authority, Brescia, Italy
^f Spedali Civili General Hospital, Brescia, Italy
^g Local Health Authority, Brescia, Italy
^h National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
ⁱ National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
^j National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
^k University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
^l Casa del Sole Hospital, Palermo, Italy
^m Institute for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia, Piazza Spedali Civili 1, 25123 Brescia, Italy
ⁿ Institute for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia, Piazza Spedali Civili 1, 25123 Brescia, Italy
^o Institute for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia, Piazza Spedali Civili 1, 25123 Brescia, Italy
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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.

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Index Keywords

HIV Infections Africa south of the Sahara antibody Human immunodeficiency virus infection population human middle aged Aged HIV Seropositivity Human immunodeficiency virus Unsafe Sex Young Adult migrant worker Humans Adolescent male female Risk Factors prostitution prevalence Article Risk-Taking adult migration HIV-1 Italy Transients and Migrants

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DOI: 10.3201/eid1511.090908

ISSN: 10806040

Cited by: 13

Original Language: English