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Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Evaluation of HIV transmission clusters among natives and foreigners living in Italy
Viruses, Volume 12, No. 8, Article 791, Year 2020
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Description
We aimed at evaluating the characteristics of HIV-1 molecular transmission clusters (MTCs) among natives and migrants living in Italy, diagnosed between 1998 and 2018. Phylogenetic analyses were performed on HIV-1 polymerase (pol) sequences to characterise subtypes and identify MTCs, divided into small (SMTCs, 2-3 sequences), medium (MMTCs, 4-9 sequences) and large (LMTCs, ≥10 sequences). Among 3499 drug-naïve individuals enrolled in the Italian Cohort Naive Antiretroviral (ICONA) cohort (2804 natives; 695 migrants), 726 (20.8%; 644 natives, 82 migrants) were involved in 228 MTCs (6 LMTCs, 36 MMTCs, 186 SMTCs). Migrants contributed 14.4% to SMTCs, 7.6% to MMTCs and 7.1% to LMTCs, respectively. HIV-1 non-B subtypes were found in 51 MTCs; noteworthy was that non-B infections involved in MTCs were more commonly found in natives (n = 47) than in migrants (n = 4). Factors such as Italian origin, being men who have sex with men (MSM), younger age, more recent diagnosis and a higher CD4 count were significantly associated with MTCs. Our findings show that HIV-1 clustering transmission among newly diagnosed individuals living in Italy is prevalently driven by natives, mainly MSM, with a more recent diagnosis and frequently infected with HIV-1 non-B subtypes. These results can contribute to monitoring of the HIV epidemic and guiding the public health response to prevent new HIV infections. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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https://efashare.b-cdn.net/share/pmc/articles/PMC7472346/bin/viruses-12-00791-s001.pdf
Authors & Co-Authors
Fabeni, Lavinia
Italy, Rome
Irccs Istituto Nazionale Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani
Santoro, Maria Mercedes
Italy, Rome
Università Degli Studi Di Roma Tor Vergata
Lorenzini, Patrizia
Italy, Rome
Irccs Istituto Nazionale Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani
Rusconi, Stefano
Italy, Milan
Asst Fatebenefratelli Sacco
Gianotti, Nicola
Italy, Milan
Irccs Ospedale San Raffaele
Sarmati, Loredana
Italy, Rome
Policlinico Tor Vergata
Antinori, Andrea
Italy, Rome
Irccs Istituto Nazionale Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani
Ceccherini-Silberstein, Francesca
Italy, Rome
Università Degli Studi Di Roma Tor Vergata
D'Arminio Monforte, Antonella D.
Italy, Milan
Università Degli Studi Di Milano
Saracino, Annalisa L.
Italy, Bari
Università Degli Studi Di Bari Aldo Moro
Girardi, Enrico
Italy, Rome
Irccs Istituto Nazionale Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani
Castagna, Antonella
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Castelli, Francesco
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Cauda, Roberto
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Di Perri, Giovanni
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Galli, Massimo
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Iardino, Rosaria
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Ippolito, Giuseppe
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Lazzarin, Adriano
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Rezza, Giovanni
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Viale, Pierluigi
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Cozzi-Lepri, Alessandro
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Gori, Andrea
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Lo Caputo, Sergio
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Maggiolo, Franco
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Mussini, Cristina
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Puoti, Massimo
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Perno, Carlo Federico
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Bai, Francesca
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Bandera, Alessandra
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Bonora, Stefano
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Borderi, Marco
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Calcagno, A.
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Capobianchi, Maria Rosaria
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Cicalini, Stefania
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Cingolani, A.
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Cinque, P.
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Di Biagio, Antonio
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Gagliardini, Roberta
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Guaraldi, Giovanni
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Lapadula, Giuseppe
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Lichtner, Miriam
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Lai, Alessia
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Nozza, Silvia
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Piconi, Stefania
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Pinnetti, Carmela
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Quiròs-Roldan, Eugenia
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Spagnuolo, Vincenzo
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Svicher, Valentina
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Fanti, Iuri
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Galli, Luisa
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Rodano’, A.
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Tavelli, Alessandro
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Errico, Margherita
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Carrara, Stefania
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Di Caro, Antonino
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Angarano, Gioacchino
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Monno, Laura
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Verucchi, Gabriella
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Menzaghi, Barbara
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Cacopardo, Bruno Santi
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Celesia, Benedetto Maurizio
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Pan, Angelo
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Segala, D.
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Bassetti, Matteo
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Bonfanti, Paolo
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Rizzardini, Giuliano
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Bernacchia, Dario
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Poli, Andrea
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Tincati, Camilla
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Sangiovanni, Vincenzo
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Cattelan, Anna María
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Cascio, Antonio
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Parruti, Giustino
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Sozio, Federica
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Corsini, Romina
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Vullo, Vincenzo
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Acinapura, Rosa
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Mondi, Annalisa
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Latini, Alessandra
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Vergori, Alessandra
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de Vito, Andrea
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Rossetti, Barbara
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Montagnani, Francesca
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Caramello, Pietro
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Orofino, Giancarlo
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Manfrin, Vinicio
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Statistics
Citations: 10
Authors: 87
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.3390/v12080791
ISSN:
19994915
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cohort Study
Participants Gender
Male