Late presenters in an HIV surveillance system in Italy during the Period 1992-2006

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 282-286

  Borghi, Vanni ^a,d   Girardi, Enrico ^b   Bellelli, Stefania ^b   Angeletti, Claudio ^b   Mussini, Cristina ^a   Porter, Kholoud ^c   Esposito, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AIDS presenters; Epidemiology; Late tester

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TIME;

ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58149144249     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318186eabc     Document Type: Article

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