HIV incidence estimate combining HIV/AIDS surveillance, testing history information and HIV test to identify recent infections in Lazio, Italy

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mammone, Alessia ^a   Pezzotti, Patrizio ^b   Orchi, N ^a   Balzano, R ^a   Elia, P ^a   Navarra, A ^a   Nurra, G ^a   Palummieri, A ^a   Puro, V ^a   De, Carli ^a   Ippolito, Giuseppe ^a   Pittalis, S ^a   Girardi, E ^a   Ammassari, A ^a   Bellagamba, R ^a   Boumis, E ^a   Corpolongo, A ^a   D'Offizi, G ^a   Galati, V ^a   Grisetti, S ^a   Liuzzi, G ^a   Nicastri, E ^a   Sampaolesi, A ^a   Visco Comandini, U ^a   Zaccarelli, M ^a   Tozzi, V ^a   Narciso, P ^a   Petrosillo, N ^a   Antinori, A ^a   Perno, C F ^a   D'Arrigo, R ^a   Gori, C ^a   Capobianchi, M ^a   Zaniratti, S ^a   Selleri, M ^a   Sias, C ^a   Sciarrone, M R ^a   Falciano, M ^c   Vullo, V ^c   Sarmati, M L ^d   Battagin, G ^d   Buonomini, A R ^d   Andreoni, M ^d   Giuliani, M ^e   Di, Carlo ^e   Brancatella, R ^f   Maggi, T ^f   Errico, F ^f   Schito, S ^g   Gattari, P ^h   Spizzichino, L ^h   Francesconi, M ⁱ   De, Filippis ^j   Soscia, F ^k   Roberti, L ^k   Tacconi, L ^k   Gallo, I ^l   Anzalone, E ^l   Natalini, G ^m   Raponi, A ^m   Pitorri, A ^m   Caterini, A ⁿ   Aviani Barbacci, S ⁿ   more..

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

^b Laziosanità Agenzia di Sanità Pubblica   (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^d TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f ASL Roma B   (Italy)

^g UO AIDS ASL RMD   (Italy)

^h ASL RME   (Italy)

ⁱ ASL RMH   (Italy)

^j S EUGENIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^k Ospedale Civile di Latina   (Italy)

^l Ospedale di Frosinone   (Italy)

^m CRAIDS Ospedale di Rieti   (Italy)

ⁿ Ospedale di Viterbo   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Avidity index; HIV incidence; Test for recent infection; Testing history

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN P24; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOMOSEXUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858394484     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-65     Document Type: Article

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