Access to HAART in HIV-infected immigrants: A retrospective multicenter Italian study

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 599-606

  Saracino, Annalisa ^a,b   El Hamad, I ^a,c   Prato, R ^b   Cibelli, D C ^b   Tartaglia, A ^b   Palumbo, E ^b   Pezzoli, M C ^c   Angarano, G ^b   Scotto, G ^a,b  

^a SIMIT Societa Italiana di Malat Infettive e Tropicali   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^c Infectious Diseases Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIA; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL STAGING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EASTERN EUROPE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; ITALY; LEGAL ASPECT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORTH AMERICA; REGISTRATION; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 25144478407     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2005.19.599     Document Type: Article

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