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Cacopardo B.
Evolution of major non-HIV-related comorbidities in HIV-infected patients in the Italian Cohort of Individuals, Naïve for Antiretrovirals (ICONA) Foundation Study cohort in the period 2004-2014.
Objectives: The management of HIV disease is complicated by the incidence of a new spectrum of comorbid noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). It is important to document changes in the prevalence of NCDs over time. The aim of the study was to describe the impact of ageing on HIV markers and on the prevalence of NCDs in people living with HIV (PLWHIV) in the Italian Cohort of Individuals, Naïve for Antiretrovirals (ICONA) seen for care in 2004–2014. Methods: Analyses were conducted separately for a closed cohort (same people seen at both times) and an open cohort (all people under follow-up). We used the χ2 test for categorical factors and the Wilcoxon test for quantitative factors to compare pro…
Evaluation of HIV transmission clusters among natives and foreigners living in Italy
We aimed at evaluating the characteristics of HIV-1 molecular transmission clusters (MTCs) among natives and migrants living in Italy, diagnosed between 1998 and 2018. Phylogenetic analyses were performed on HIV-1 polymerase (pol) sequences to characterise subtypes and identify MTCs, divided into small (SMTCs, 2&ndash
Erratum: Characteristics of patients with hepatitis C virus-related chronic liver diseases just before the era of oral direct-acting antiviral therapy in Italy (European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (2018) 30 (676-681) DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000001099)
The authors' affiliations of this article published in last year's years June issue [1] were incorrect and the should be as listed below: Evangelista Sagnellia, Tommaso Stroffolinib, Caterina Sagnellia, Bruno Cacopardoc, Angelo Andriullid, Sergio Babudierie, Nicola Coppolaa, Giovanni B. Gaetaf, Piero L. Almasiog aDepartment of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy bDepartment of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Policlinico Umberto Primo, Rome, cInfectious Diseases, University of Catania, Catania, Italy dGastroenterology Unit, Fondazione 'Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza' IRCCS Hospital, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy e…