DEMOGRAPHICAL, VIRO-IMMUNOLOGICAL, CLINICAL AND THERAPEUTICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HIV INFECTED PATIENTS IN A 'EPIDEMIOLOGICALLY UNEXPLORED' REGION OF ITALY (CALABRIA REGION): THE CALABRHIV COHORT.

Autor: Maria Concetta Postorino, Filippo Luciani, Carmelo Mangano, Maria Stella Carpentieri, Paolo Scerbo, Armando Priamo, Giuseppina Berardelli, Roberto Marino, Alfredo Vallone, Nicola Serrao, Vincenzo Pisani, Chiara Costa, Albano Terremoto, Giuseppe Foti, Lucio Cosco, Massimo Calderazzo, Domenico Corigliano, Preziosa Scordo, Carlo Torti, Alessio Strazzulla
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp e2015054-e2015054 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2035-3006
DOI: 10.4084/mjhid.2015.054
Popis: Background and Objectives HIV epidemics may differ among epidemiological contexts. We aimed at constructing an HIV clinical cohort whose main epidemiological, clinical and therapeutical characteristics are described (the CalabrHIV cohort, Calabria Region, Southern Italy). Methods The CalabrHIV cohort includes all HIV patients on active follow-up in all infectious disease centers in the Calabria Region as at October 2014. All information were recorded in a common electronic database. Not-infectious co-morbidities (such as cardiovascular diseases, bone fractures, diabetes, renal failure and hypertension) were also studied. Results 548 patients (68% males; 63% aged 50 years-old patients than in
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