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Introduction. HIV infections in Italy has not undergone a substantial decline over recent years. For this reason, we analysed risk-factors and socio-economic indicators of HIV-risk perception in HIV surveillance data. Methods. An observational study was conducted and HIV-risk perception was estimated on the basis of reasons for undergoing...

Background: In Western Europe, about 50% of newly diagnosed HIV-positive individuals are diagnosed at a late stage disease and enter in care late (i.e. with a CD4 count ≤350 μL/μL). The aim of the present study is to analyze the characteristics and the factors associated with being diagnosed late or at an advanced stage of disease among persons...

BACKGROUND: the Italian National HIV Surveillance, instituted by the Ministerial Decree of March 31st, 2008, is based on 21 regional surveillance systems and adopts an essential data collection form with a definite data flow. The unification of HIV and AIDS surveillance systems and the implementation of an identical data collection form are...