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E. Vaccher

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Burden of Disease in PWH Harboring a Multidrug-Resistant Virus: Data from the PRESTIGIO Registry

2020

AbstractBackgroundCurrently, no data are available on the burden of morbidity and mortality in people with HIV-1 (PWH) harboring a 4-class drug-resistant (4DR) virus (nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, protease inhibitors, integrase strand transfer inhibitors). The study aimed to assess the incidence of clinical events and death in this population.MethodsThis was a cohort study on PWH from the PRESTIGIO Registry with a documented 4DR virus. Burden of disease was defined as the occurrence of any new event including an AIDS-defining event (ADE) or non-AIDS-defining event (NADE) or death from any cause after 4DR evidence (baseline). Co…

0301 basic medicinemedicine.medical_specialty4-class drug resistance; AIDS-defining event; cancer; death; non-AIDS-defining event4-class drug resistancenon-AIDS-defining event.PopulationMajor ArticlesSettore MED/0703 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineInterquartile rangeInternal medicinedeathmedicinecancerCumulative incidenceAIDS-defining event030212 general & internal medicineeducationnon-AIDS-defining eventDisease burdeneducation.field_of_studyProportional hazards modelbusiness.industryIncidence (epidemiology)Hazard ratio030112 virologyAcademicSubjects/MED00290Infectious DiseasesOncologybusinessCohort study
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HIV Infection in 403 Female Prostitutes in Italy

1991

Since the beginning of HIV epidemic, it became clear that the modality of transmission was different between Western Countries and Africa (1). Infact, in Africa heterosexual contact is the most important factor in the spread of HIV infection and female prostitutes are considered to be the major reservoir of HIVinfection (2).

business.industryTransmission (medicine)Hiv epidemicFemale prostituteHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)medicinemedicine.disease_causebusinessDemography
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