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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Estimating minimum adult HIV prevalence: A cross-sectional study to assess the characteristics of people living with HIV in Italy
AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, Volume 31, No. 3, Year 2015
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Description
In 2012, we conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study to assess the number of people living with HIV linked to care and, among these, the number of people on antiretroviral therapy. The health authority in each of the 20 Italian Regions provided the list of Public Infectious Diseases Clinics providing antiretroviral therapy and monitoring people with HIV infection. We asked every Public Infectious Diseases Clinic to report the number of HIV-positive people diagnosed and linked to care and the number of those on antiretroviral therapy during 2012. In 2012, 94,146 people diagnosed with HIV and linked to care were reported. The majority were males (70.1%), Italians (84.4%), and aged between 25 and 49 years (63.4%); the probable route of transmission was heterosexual contact in 37.5% of cases, injecting drug use in 28.1%, and male-to-male contact in 27.9%. Among people in care, 20.1% had less than 350 CD4 cells/μl, 87.6% received antiretroviral therapy, and among these, 62.4% had a CD4 cell count higher than 350 cells/μl. The overall estimated prevalence of individuals diagnosed and linked to care in 2012 in Italy was 0.16 per 100 residents (all ages). Adding the estimated proportion of undiagnosed people, the estimated HIV prevalence would range between 0.19 and 0.26 per 100 residents. In Italy, the majority of people diagnosed and linked to care receive antiretroviral therapy. A higher prevalence of individuals diagnosed and linked to care was observed in Northern Italy and among males. More information for developing the HIV care continuum is necessary to improve the entire engagement in care, focusing on test-and-treat strategies to substantially reduce the proportion of people still undiagnosed or with a detectable viral load. © Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Raimondo, Mariangela
Italy, Rome
Istituto Superiore Di Sanita
Dorrucci, Maria
Italy, Rome
Istituto Superiore Di Sanita
Règine, Vincenza
Italy, Rome
Istituto Superiore Di Sanita
Suligoi, Barbara
Italy, Rome
Istituto Superiore Di Sanita
Parruti, Giustino
Unknown Affiliation
Paoloni, Maurizio
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Grimaldi, Alessandro
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Foti, Giuseppe
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Chirianni, Antonio
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Ferrari, Carlo C.
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Mussini, Cristina
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Borghi, Vanni
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Viale, Pierluigi
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Bassetti, Matteo
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Bernardi, Stefania
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Vullo, Vincenzo
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D'Ettorre, Gabriella
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Taliani, Gloria L.
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Andreoni, Massimo G.
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Sarmati, Loredana
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Montella, Francesco
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Antinori, Andrea
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Girardi, Enrico
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Pennica, Alfredo
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Cauda, Roberto
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Colafigli, Manuela
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Di Giambenedetto, Simona D.
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Marchili, Mauro
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Anzalone, Enza
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Lichtner, Miriam
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Viscoli, Claudio
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Rizzi, Marco
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Castelli, Francesco
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Quirino, Tiziana
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Santoro, Domenico
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Pan, Angelo
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Zoncada, Alessia
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Bonfanti, Paolo
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Viganò, Paolo
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Puoti, Massimo
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Galli, Massimo
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Rizzardini, Giuliano
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Monforte, Antonella D’Arminio
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Lazzarin, Adriano
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Castagna, Antonella
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Gori, Andrea
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Filice, Gaetano
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Grossi, Paolo Antonio
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Giacometti, Andrea R.
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Bonora, Stefano
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Angarano, Gioacchino
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Santantonio, Teresa Antonia
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Tundo, Paolo
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Celesia, Benedetto Maurizio
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Colomba, Claudia
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Mazzotta, Francesco
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Lo Caputo, Sergio
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Consolini, Rita
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Bartoloni, Alessandro
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De Luca, Andrea
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de Martino, Maurizio
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Manfrin, Vinicio
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Cattelan, Anna María
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Concia, Ercole
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Statistics
Citations: 21
Authors: 64
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1089/aid.2014.0154
ISSN:
08892229
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Participants Gender
Male