| incidence and risk factors of hiv infection: a prospective study of seronegative drug users from milan and northern italy, 1987-1989. | to assess the incidence of and risk factors for human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection among hiv-negative intravenous drug abusers, we studied a cohort of intravenous drug abusers recruited from drug treatment centers in milan and northern italy. we enrolled 933 subjects between january 1, 1987 and april 15, 1989 and we followed 460 subjects with one or more visits for a mean follow-up duration of 10.4 months. the incidence rate of hiv infection was 7.4 per 100 person-years, equivalent to ... | 1990 | 2090283 |
| effectiveness of infection control measures in controlling a nosocomial outbreak of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among hiv patients in italy. | between october 1992 and february 1994, 33 cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (mdr-tb) were diagnosed among patients infected by the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) and hospitalised in an hiv ward in milan, italy. this outbreak was part of a much larger outbreak, begun in another hospital and probably transferred through a patient. | 2000 | 10654646 |
| human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) seropositivity in intravenous (i.v.) drug abusers in three cities of italy: possible natural history of hiv infection in i.v. drug addicts in italy. | the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) antibodies and the symptoms induced [persistent generalized lymphadenopathy (pgl), aids-related complex (arc), acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids)] was evaluated in several groups of intravenous (iv) drug abusers in three large italian cities (milan, bologna, and rome). the earliest evidence of seropositivity in sera collected from patients with acute viral hepatitis dates back to 1979 in milan and to 1981 in bologna with peaks in 1983 i ... | 1987 | 3430144 |