Title |
HIV incidence estimate combining HIV/AIDS surveillance, testing history information and HIV test to identify recent infections in Lazio, Italy
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Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, March 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-12-65 |
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Authors |
Alessia Mammone, Patrizio Pezzotti, Claudio Angeletti, Nicoletta Orchi, Angela Carboni, Assunta Navarra, Maria R Sciarrone, Catia Sias, Vincenzo Puro, Gabriella Guasticchi, Giuseppe Ippolito, Piero Borgia, Enrico Girardi, the SENDIH Study Group |
Abstract |
The application of serological methods in HIV/AIDS routine surveillance systems to identify persons with recently acquired HIV infection has been proposed as a tool which may provide an accurate description of the current transmission patterns of HIV. Using the information about recent infection it is possible to estimate HIV incidence, according to the model proposed by Karon et al. in 2008, that accounts for the effect of testing practices on the number of persons detected as recently infected. |
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United States | 1 | 25% |
Mexico | 1 | 25% |
Unknown | 2 | 50% |
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Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
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Italy | 1 | 2% |
Unknown | 41 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
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Other | 7 | 17% |
Student > Master | 6 | 14% |
Researcher | 6 | 14% |
Student > Postgraduate | 2 | 5% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 2% |
Other | 6 | 14% |
Unknown | 14 | 33% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 26% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 14% |
Social Sciences | 6 | 14% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 5% |
Computer Science | 1 | 2% |
Other | 2 | 5% |
Unknown | 14 | 33% |