HIV infection among illegal migrants, Italy, 2004-2007

Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Nov;15(11):1802-4. doi: 10.3201/eid1511.090908.

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

  • Multicenter Study
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Africa South of the Sahara / ethnology
  • Aged
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / epidemiology*
  • HIV Seropositivity / epidemiology
  • HIV-1
  • Humans
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Risk Factors
  • Risk-Taking
  • Sex Work
  • Transients and Migrants*
  • Unsafe Sex
  • Young Adult