Document 2437
 DOCN  M94A2437
 TI    Comparison of HIV prevalence with HBV, HCV and HDV infections in
       northern and southern Italian i.v.d.a.
 DT    9412
 AU    Grisorio B; Lucchini A; Salomoni A; Edo S; Paoletti V; Filetti M;
       Barbarini G; Division of Infectious Diseases OO.RR. Foggia, Italy.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):304 (abstract no. PC0145). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370138
 AB    OBJECTIVE: To compare the prevalence of HIV, HBV, HCV and HDV
       infections, and their correlations, between Italian Northern and
       Southern i.v.d.a. METHODS: We followed, from June 1985 to December 1993,
       3810 i.v.d.a. enrolled in six SER.T. (Public Sanitary Structures for
       i.v.d.a.) in Lombardy, Northern Italy, and 1294 followed by the Division
       of Infections Diseases of Foggia, Puglia, Southern Italy. RESULTS AND
       DISCUSSION: HIVAb was present in 44% of Northern and in 42% of Southern
       i.v.d.a., HBSAg in 5.5% of Lombardy and in 9.5 Puglia patients, HDVAb in
       53% of Southern and 5% of Northern HBsAg+ i.v.d.a., HCVAb in 55% of
       Northern and 75% of Southern patients. We demonstrated that HIV
       prevalence in similar, today, in all Italian Countries; HCV do not
       recently introduced into the population and HDV prevalence is higher in
       Southern than in Northern Italy.
 DE    Comparative Study  Delta Infection/COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Hepatitis
       B/COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Hepatitis C/COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY
       Hepatitis, Viral, Human/*COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Human  *HIV
       Seroprevalence  Italy/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Prevalence  Substance Abuse,
       Intravenous/*COMPLICATIONS  MEETING ABSTRACT

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